2026 Municipal Election

Castlegar’s Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff ready for next chapter

2026 Municipal Election Greg Nesteroff - October 23, 2026

Soon after Heaton-Sherstobitoff learned that she will not be the next mayor of Castlegar, community organizations began beating a path to her door.

Facts and firsts from the 2026 West Kootenay/Boundary elections

2026 Municipal Election Greg Nesteroff - October 20, 2026

Observations, oddities, and other trivia gleaned from the local government election results.

Trail mayoral runner-up Terry Martin has no regrets

2026 Municipal Election Greg Nesteroff - October 19, 2026

The second-place finisher in the race for mayor of Trail says he wouldn't have done anything differently in his campaign with the benefit of hindsight.

New Denver tops in local voter turnout at 71%

2026 Municipal Election My Kootenay Now - October 19, 2026

New Denver's 71 per cent was the highest among the 21 municipalities and electoral areas that had races. It came despite the fact there was no mayoral contest in the village.

UPDATED: Brian Bogle elected mayor of Castlegar

2026 Municipal Election Greg Nesteroff - October 18, 2026

The incumbent councillor won a landslide victory, with 70 per cent of the vote, over fellow councillor Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff and Grand Forks resident Donald Pharand.