Regional News
By Kyra Hoggan on Monday Aug 20 2018
A local pastor has apparently expanded her repertoire from saving locals from hellfire to saving locals from truck fires as well, after an incident Monday morning in Blueberry.
The incident occurred just after 11 a.m.
“I just so happened to look out my window and saw some really black smoke, and thought, ‘Well, that’s odd’,” said Kinnaird...
By Boundary Sentinel on Monday Aug 20 2018
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre continues to monitor the wildfire situation in the Boundary region,
RDKB staff said there are currently more than 151 fires burning within the Southeast Fire Centre with 80 addresses remaining on Evacuation Alert in the region, including three areas near the Santa Rosa, Toronto Creek and Lynch Creek fires.
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By Contributor on Friday Aug 17 2018
By Wildsight
Representatives of the Canadian and American federal governments met on August 15th and 16th for the second round of negotiations to update the 54-year old Columbia River Treaty. The meetings were held, not in Ottawa or Washington, but in Nelson, in the Canadian Columbia River Basin.
The treaty between the two nations that share the 2000...
By Contributor on Thursday Aug 16 2018
As students prepare to begin or continue post-secondary education, the BC Federation of Students has officially launched its campaign on Fairness for International Students.
The province-wide campaign, titled “Fairness for International Students,” which kicked off Wednesday in Victoria, at Camosun College, is geared to mobilize post-secondary students to fight for fairness, consistency...
By Boundary Sentinel on Thursday Aug 16 2018
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has added 25 more properties on evacuation alert in the Lynch Creek area of the Granby River Valley on Wednesday, August 15.
This decision, announced Wednesday in a RDKB media release, means a total of 80 addresses or close to 200 people are now on evacuation alert in the RDKB.
Below are notes on some fires of interest in the region:...
By Regional District of Central Kootenay on Wednesday Aug 15 2018
Yesterday, the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) issued an Evacuation Alert for nine addresses located south of Renata on Lower Arrow Lake due to wildfires. The community of Shields, located further south along the lake, is now included in the alert area to align with the area identified by BC Wildfire Service.
A map of the amended alert area follows, and it can also be found...
By Contributor on Wednesday Aug 15 2018
The BC SPCA is on high alert, bracing for the need to assist animals impacted by the province’s raging wildfires.
This past Friday, an evacuation order was issued for areas that included the BC SPCA’s Quesnel Branch. We’ve also taken the precautionary measure of evacuating animals from our Williams Lake Branch. Staff and volunteers worked quickly to evacuate a total of 60 animals to...
By Regional District of Central Kootenay on Wednesday Aug 15 2018
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) has issued an Evacuation Alert for nine addresses located south of Renata on Lower Arrow Lake due to wildfires. A map of the alert area follows, or it can be found on the RDCK website here.
There are three fires currently active in the...
By Trail Champion on Wednesday Aug 15 2018
On Aug. 9, around 6 p.m., the Trail and Castlegar Joint Crime Reduction Unit, Trail General Investigation Section, and Trail General Duty police officers executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act at a residence on Coleman Street in Trail. A 48-year-old male and a 47-year-old female were arrested and taken into custody by police. Police seized fentanyl,...
By Timothy Schafer on Tuesday Aug 14 2018
There was no smoke or fire as the city took its final toke on the document that will legislate the use, production and sale of cannabis in Grand Forks.
City council passed final reading of the Zoning Bylaw amendment late last month that included several points pertaining to cannabis.
However there was no discussion on the bylaw amendment when it finally passed July 23, the final...
