Provincial

On the eve of a high-profile assault trial involving three members of Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire and Rescue, the Crown has stayed charges against two of the accused.

No one was hurt when a vehicle struck an arena wall at the Castlegar and District Recreation Complex.

RCMP say the incident happened Oct. 17 in the 700 block of 11th Avenue as the man was walking on the street near his home.

A woman charged in a head-on crash at Genelle four years ago that left another woman with serious injuries will have her preliminary hearing next year.

Thomas Mellish, a paralegal with McEwan & Co. in Trail, ran from Rossland to Christina Lake on the old Cascade highway on Sept. 26, a 65-kilometre trek with over 4,500 feet (1,370 metres) of elevation gain. We spoke with him this week. 

Who was more excited at the ribbon cutting Friday for a new rental housing complex in Fruitvale: Kootenay Monashee MLA Steve Morissette or Lower Columbia Affordable Housing Society president Jan Morton?

B.C. officials say it’s time to roll up your sleeves as we enter the fall virus season.  The post Province rolls out updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines for fall appeared first on AM 1150.

A 70-year-old Castlegar man has died after starting a fire behind a business in the 1700 block of Columbia Avenue.

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma said proposed changes to Canada’s bail laws reflect the province’s push for tougher rules targeting repeat and violent offenders.  The post B.C. attorney general welcomes proposed federal bail reforms targeting repeat violent offenders appeared first on AM 1150.