Library Champions Project Expanding into the Kootenay/Boundary regions
Library Champions is a three-month online volunteer project that connects new immigrants to the library and the community. This project has trained 1,800 new immigrants who have reached out to over 100,000 people throughout the Lower Mainland over the past 10 years. Now expanding throughout BC, the Library Champions Project is...
Firefighters make quick work of early-morning vehicle blaze in Montrose
The second vehicle fire in as many days sent KBRFR crews to Montrose early Friday morning, according to Acting Cpt. Lee De Pellegrin. This, after two vehicles burned to the ground in Genelle Wednesday evening (for full coverage, click here). The call came in at 4;43 a.m., drawing three firefighters from Trail and two from...
Interior Health encourages families to get their COVID-19 pediatric vaccines by Family Day
Local pediatricians and Interior Health are encouraging families to set a goal this winter: get everyone in your household age five and over vaccinated before Family Day (Feb. 21). “The pediatric COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, and we encourage families to make their vaccination plans now to get children immunized as...
Woman assaulted with makeshift blowtorch in downtown Trail
On Jan. 23 at 11:01 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report that a 38-year-old Trail man allegedly tried to light a 22-year-old Trail woman on fire in the 1400 block of Bay Avenue. "The man attempted to burn the woman by igniting hairspray with a lighter and spraying the woman with the jet of flame," said Trail...
Greenwood Lotto Max Winner “Elated” after $179K Win
Peter Jones says he’s “elated” to pack up his things and move home to Victoria after scoring $179,218.30 from the November 19, 2021 Lotto Max draw. The Greenwood resident purchased his ticket from McMynn’s Family Foods on Florence Street and was sitting at the kitchen table when he found out the good news. “This win is going...
Grand Forks police recover stolen truck and trailer full of family’s belongings
A family moving to the East Kootenay can thank a tip from the public for police successfully retrieving a family's belongings said Grand Forks RCMP in a media release Sunday. Police said the file started sometime early Saturday January 22, 2022 when a Ford F350 truck with an attached 18 foot enclosed cargo trailer was taken...
Assault over Snow Removal may lead to charges
On Jan. 9, at 6:56 p.m. a Trail and Greater District RCMP officer responded a report of an assault, according to Trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. He said the report indicated a 44-year od man assaullted a 51-year-old Trail man in the 4000 block of Casino Road, in Trail. "The victim, the 51-year-old man, was shoveling...
Fatal multi-vehicle collision on Highway 1
On Jan. 8, at approximately 6 p.m., Sicamous RCMP responded to a collision involving several commercial tractor-trailer units, a cube van, and motor vehicles on the Trans-Canada Hiwy 1 between Sicamous and Salmon Arm. Early investigation determined that a chain reaction collision started when an eastbound flat deck tractor-trailer...
Trail RCMP find Jesus on New Year's Day
On January 1, 2022, at 2:36 a.m. Trail and Greater District RCMP received a statue of Mary and Jesus located in the 800 block of Victoria Street, in Trail. Trail RCMP top cop Sgt. Mike Wicentowich said a local security officer had located these two statues in a parking lot and turned them over to a Trail RCMP officer. Please...
RCMP recommend charges after alleged assault at KBRH
On Sunday, Jan. 2, at 11:53 a.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report that a 39-year-old Fruitvale woman was allegedly assaulted and injured by a 19-year-old Trail man while inside the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, in Trail, according to Trail RCMP NCOIC Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. He said the woman was acting...
