Owners of about 150,000 properties throughout the Kootenay-Columbia region can expect to receive their 2022 assessment notices, which reflect market value as of July 1,…
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Avalanche risk growing across region
As snow continues to fall across the East Kootenay, the avalanche risk keeps rising. Starting Thursday, Jan. 6, the avalanche risk in the Rockies and…
Snow expected Wednesday through to Sunday
Mainroad East Kootenay Contracting this afternoon (Dec. 21) reported a weather event is anticipated to impact the East Kootenay starting Wednesday, December 22, and carry…
Overdose crisis in B.C. claiming lives in record numbers
British Columbians continue to die in record numbers from an increasingly toxic and volatile illicit drug supply. The BC Coroners Service and Ministry of Public…
Inaugural Stuff the Bus to support Food Bank
NextGen Transit Inc., operator of the BC Transit service in East Kootenay, has announced 2021 dates for first ‘Stuff the Bus’ event. This event will…
Legal cannabis sector quadrupled in three years
The value of B.C.’s legal cannabis sector has more than quadrupled over the three years since Canada legalized non-medical cannabis (Oct. 17, 2018). The province…
It’s not too late if the plan is ambitious
Letter to the Editor Ambition and cooperation to stabilize our climate are dramatically different between the two parties competing in a bilateral race in Kootenay-Columbia…
Provincial state of emergency extended
The B.C. government has extended the provincial state of emergency through the end of the day on Aug. 18, to support the ongoing co-ordinated response…
Severe thunderstorm watch for entire region
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the entire East Kootenay. “Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that…
We feel the East Kootenay is a forgotten entity
Letter to the Editor Interior Health Authority (IHA) recently announced that once again it was delaying the redevelopment of the East Kootenay Regional Hospital’s oncology…