RDKB: 3 of 5 directors acclaimed

Three of the five incumbent Regional District of Kootenay Boundary directors have been acclaimed for another term.

Beaver Valley director Ali Grieve, rural Grand Forks director Linda Kay Wiese, and West Boundary director Sharen Gibbs were all unopposed when the nomination deadline closed today. Grieve is a longtime director while Wiese and Gibbs are each completing their first terms.

Longtime Columbia River director Linda Worley will face James McFaddin, whose wife Maria is the mayor of Castlegar.

In Christina Lake, there will be a race between Rocio Graham and Rupert Oldroyd. Incumbent and board chair Grace McGregor did not seek re-election. She had been area director since 2005.

General voting day is Oct. 17.

Click here for a complete list of West Kootenay/Boundary candidates.

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