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Storm damages private bridge south of Nakusp

Storm damages private bridge south of Nakusp

Nakusp Jul 1, 2020 / 12:44 pm

A private bridge across Caribou Creek south of Nakusp was swept off its moorings by flooding as a result of the massive thunderstorm that moved through the area...

A woman pinned under her car is saved after cries for help were heard

A woman pinned under her car is saved after cries for help were heard

Kaslo Jun 24, 2020 / 6:00 pm

A woman is safe after being pinned underneath her car overnight, all thanks to a resident who heard her cries for help on Monday morning. On June 22, at 8:45...

Police cruiser vandalized in Nakusp last weekend

Police cruiser vandalized in Nakusp last weekend

Nakusp Jun 17, 2020 / 4:50 pm

Police in Nakusp are looking to find a man who vandalized several vehicles last weekend, including a police car. In a press release, Nakusp RCMP said a man was...

More evacuation orders issued for Central Kootenays

More evacuation orders issued for Central Kootenays

Salmo Jun 1, 2020 / 9:05 am

More flooding woes, this time in the Central Kootenays. The Regional District of Central Kootenay has issued an evacuation order for the Salmo, Ymir area for...

New backcountry ski resort proposed for West Kootenays

New backcountry ski resort proposed for West Kootenays

New Denver May 27, 2020 / 11:31 am

A New Denver developer’s plans to build a “world-class, all-season, backcountry-oriented mountain destination… complemented by a...

Stop collecting employee data from cameras, Teck told

Stop collecting employee data from cameras, Teck told

Cranbrook May 26, 2020 / 5:15 pm

B.C.’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has told Teck Coal to stop collecting certain employee information gathered from surveillance...

Police raided a Castlegar home Friday

Police raided a Castlegar home Friday

Castlegar May 23, 2020 / 11:30 am

A man was arrested in a Castlegar drug raid Friday, after police found what they believe to be fentanyl and cocaine/ As part of an investigation into drug...

Cat and 5 kittens abandoned in closed box at a B.C. dump

Cat and 5 kittens abandoned in closed box at a B.C. dump

Cranbrook May 22, 2020 / 11:28 am

A cat and her five kittens are recovering with a loving foster mum after a good Samaritan found them abandoned in a cardboard box at a dump near Cranbrook. The...

Bear trashes interior of car after getting stuck inside

Bear trashes interior of car after getting stuck inside

Trail May 20, 2020 / 4:14 pm

Trail RCMP got more than they bargained for when they responded to a call on Monday night. A black bear managed to get inside a vehicle after the owner decided...

Logging area once had 'highest levels of non-compliance'

Logging area once had 'highest levels of non-compliance'

Kaslo May 5, 2020 / 9:00 pm

After discovering “some of the highest levels of non-compliance” ever encountered in B.C. at a logging area near Kaslo back in 2012, the forestry...

Travellers can expect heavy delays in Cranbrook area

Travellers can expect heavy delays in Cranbrook area

Cranbrook May 2, 2020 / 5:30 pm

UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. A grass fire that temporarily stopped traffic on Highway east of Cranbrook has since been doused, and traffic is flowing smoothly once again. ...

Kelowna company behind facility producing renewable natural gas from wood waste

Kelowna company behind facility producing renewable natural gas from wood waste

Fruitvale Apr 30, 2020 / 4:35 pm

A Kelowna-based company has signed an agreement with FortisBC to provide the utility with renewable natural gas gathered through the forest sector. The...

Nakusp community service agency adapts to pandemic

Nakusp community service agency adapts to pandemic

Nakusp Apr 23, 2020 / 10:41 am

How does a human-services agency care for people in a time of pandemic? Very carefully, says its executive director. “We’ve really had to adjust,...

First virus case at care home outside Lower Mainland recorded

First virus case at care home outside Lower Mainland recorded

Cranbrook Apr 16, 2020 / 4:37 pm

A staff member at a long-term care facility in Cranbrook has tested positive for COVID-19 — the first case of the virus at a care home outside the Lower...

Shambhala Festival set to proceed in July, for now

Shambhala Festival set to proceed in July, for now

Salmo Apr 14, 2020 / 11:14 am

One of B.C.'s longest running music festivals isn't throwing in the towel just yet. Gatherings of more than 50 people are currently banned in the...

RCMP searching for armed thieves after Castlegar home invasion

RCMP searching for armed thieves after Castlegar home invasion

Castlegar Apr 9, 2020 / 1:33 pm

RCMP are on the lookout for three suspects involved in a violent home invasion and theft in Castlegar Wednesday morning. Officers are searching for a red 2014...

Whitewater Ski Resort near Nelson ends season early

Whitewater Ski Resort near Nelson ends season early

Nelson Mar 16, 2020 / 10:02 am

Whitewater Ski Resort near Nelson, B.C. is ending its season early due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ski hill made the announcement Sunday. “Over the...

RCMP, Coroner investigate fatal mobile home fire in Nakusp

RCMP, Coroner investigate fatal mobile home fire in Nakusp

Nakusp Mar 10, 2020 / 12:52 pm

RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating after a body was found at house fire in Nakusp. Police were called on Mar. 7 just after 9:30 p.m. for a...

RCMP seek suspect in armed robbery of Trail pharmacy

RCMP seek suspect in armed robbery of Trail pharmacy

Trail Mar 9, 2020 / 11:02 am

The RCMP is releasing surveillance images of an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Trail on Sunday. Police were called about the incident inside the Safeway at...

TSB releases investigation into 2018 close call at Trail airport

TSB releases investigation into 2018 close call at Trail airport

Trail Mar 5, 2020 / 10:58 am

The Transportation Safety Board has released the results of an investigation into a 2018 near-miss at the Trail Airport. A Pacific Coastal Airlines Beechcraft...