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Prescribed burn scheduled for Thursday near Rock Creek

The BC Wildfire Service will be conducting a 72-hectare ecosystem restoration burn in the Kettle River area, approximately three...

Big White’s big red truck arrives

Christmas may be over, but the Big White Fire Department is still celebrating. The January arrival of their one-of-a-kind,...

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week

November 1st to 7th is Carbon Monoxide (CO) awareness week and Grand Forks Fire Rescue's Rich Piché says that...

Grand Forks Search and Rescue searching the Boundary

Grand Forks Search and Rescue is searching for numerous people in the Boundary. People in the form of volunteers...

RCMP say back to school with new traffic considerations

Has it already been 6 months since students started staying home from school due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic?...

ANKORS report toxic levels in street drugs

ANKORS OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED THIS OVERDOSE WARNING EXTREMELY TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS OF FENTANYL IN LIGHT YELLOW PEBBLE FOR YOUR SAFETY: Due to toxic...

Grand Forks DMAF update

In Grand Forks, engineering design for flood protection infrastructure will soon be underway and moving toward meeting the goals...

Grand Forks RCMP Detachment reopens to public

Starting this week, the Grand Forks RCMP Detachment has 're-started' and returns to regular office hours of 9 AM...

2020 flood risk abates in the RDKB

Risk of flooding has now abated in the Boundary region. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre...

RDKB Rescinds All Evacuation Alerts in Boundary

The RDKB Emergency Operations Centre has rescinded an evacuation alert for 1136 properties affecting about 2200 people in the...

RCMP Teams Up With Grand Forks EOC

Grand Forks and the Boundary received a massive downpour over this past weekend shifting the RDKB's EOC or Emergency...

Weekend thunderstorm and rainfall increases flood threat

An unusually hot weekend predicted by Environment Canada could to turn to heavy rainfall, increasing the flood risk in...

RDKB EOC Issues Additional Evacuation Alerts

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has issued two more evacuation alerts bringing the total...

RDKB Orders Evacuation of Six Properties

Emergency officials from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary ordered six properties to be evacuated when the Kettle River...

RDKB Area D Evacuation Alerts

The RDKB Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has issued evacuation alerts for seven properties in the low-lying Manly Meadows area...

RDKB Makes Sandbags Available as Water Levels Expected to Rise

As the May long weekend approaches, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is asking residents in the west...
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Report makes six recommendations on event safety after Lapu Lapu festival tragedy

A report commissioned by the B.C. government after a deadly attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver makes a number of recommendations to improve security at public events.

B.C. SPCA welcomes proposed ban on exotic cats

The B.C. SPCA is welcoming proposed regulations from the B.C. government to ban all exotic cat species. 

RCMP seeking two men after explosion outside MLA Bowinn Ma’s North Van office

RCMP have released images of two men they believe were involved in an explosion last month in North Vancouver, which damaged the front door of the building housing the constituency office of B.C. NDP MLA and cabinet minister Bowinn Ma.

Adam Bremner-Akins joins B.C. Greens leadership slate

The B.C. Greens have announced Adam Bremner-Akins from Port Coquitlam as the third and final candidate in the party’s leadership race.

Drought and strong winds challenging firefighters in B.C.’s northeast

The B.C. Wildfire Service has warned today's strong winds expected across much of the province could lead to more extreme wildfire activity.
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