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$2. 65 million secured for residential energy retrofits through Home Save Central Kootenays
19+ hour, 41+ min ago (86+ words) Residents across the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) can now access energy retrofit funding through'Home Save'Central Kootenays, a new program designed to help improve home comfort, reduce energy costs, and lower associated emissions'for Kootenay residences. Home Save'Central Kootenays is…...
Kootenay Gallery of Art Presents Young Visions 2026
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (147+ words) This exhibition will showcase the creativity, talent, and artistic growth of young artists from across SD20 in a vibrant display of student and instructor works produced over the past year, bringing together a diverse collection of artworks spanning multiple mediums. Visitors…...
Public Engagement for Seven Mile Dam & Generating Station
20+ hour, 19+ min ago (94+ words) Castlegar Source Public Engagement for Seven Mile Dam & Generating Station BC Hydro is starting engagement on Wednesday, April 22 at 5: 30 to 6: 30 pm for the Seven Mile Water Use Plan Order Review and Application for Fisheries Act Authorization amendment. This work is…...
Non-replaceable forestry license for hard-to-access or fire/pest-damaged wood
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (377+ words) A non-replaceable forest licence has been awarded to Box Lake Lumber Products, enhancing its operations and the sustainable use of local timber. The opportunity is targeted to boost B. C. s value'added wood sector, putting to work unlogged timber. Turning tough timber…...
Op/Ed:" Ten Years into the Toxic Drug Crisis
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (752+ words) There are moments when the toxic drug crisis becomes painfully real. A phone call in the middle of the night. A memorial growing on along the side of the Columbia River. A name spoken quietly among colleagues because another person…...
New health regulation puts patients" safety first
1+ week, 1+ day ago (146+ words) Beginning Wednesday, April 1, 2026, the health professions and occupations act comes into effect, which will improve patient safety by increasing transparency and ensuring good and consistent governance for regulators. For health-care professionals, it means more support and structure from regulators, so…...
Evening blaze destroys large part of Sunningdale home
1+ week, 1+ day ago (101+ words) March 27 saw fire crews responding to a residential fire on Hazelwood Drive according to KBRFR Acting Captain Kyle Boutin. Boutin said the call came in at 10: 33 p. m. , and crews arrived at 10: 39 p. m. to find heavy smoke and flame coming from the rear…...
Eight former KIJHL member teams, including Castlegar Rebels, breakaway and create entirely new hockey eague
1+ week, 1+ day ago (250+ words) Eight former members of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) have announced that they will create their own independent league starting in 2026-27, called the Western International Junior Hockey League (WIJHL), and will no longer be affiliated with the KIJHL,…...
Editorial: Clear-cutting forests, losing water.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (322+ words) When large tracts of forest are clear-cut, we lose more than the trees and their shelter and all the other plant and animal species they nurture and protect; we also lose water. Our demands for water are increasing. Climate change…...
New investments in local fire departments improve capacity, operations for Castlegar/RDCK
1+ week, 2+ day ago (188+ words) BC NDP'MLAs Brittny Anderson and Steve Morissette say that provincial funding distributed to volunteer and composite fire departments across the province, including in the Kootenays, will support fire department capacity and operations, making people in the community safer and better…...