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Prescribed burn scheduled for Thursday near Rock Creek

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The RDKB Emergency Operations Centre has rescinded an evacuation alert for 1136 properties affecting about 2200 people in the...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

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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

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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

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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

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

RDKB Area D Evacuation Alerts

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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

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As the May long weekend approaches, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is asking residents in the west...
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