Tag: 2026 Municipal Election

‘The best job in the world’: Castlegar mayor, councillors say goodbye

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Members of Castlegar city council bid teary goodbyes and paid heartfelt tributes to each other at their final meeting before the next council is sworn in.

Castlegar’s Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff ready for next chapter

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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

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

New Denver tops in local voter turnout at 71%

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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

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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.

UPDATED: Lisa Kwiatkowski elected mayor of Rossland

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She was elected today over Janice Nightingale by a vote of 1,110 to 487.

Who won? 2026 West Kootenay/Boundary election results

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A list of candidates in the Oct. 17 elections for councils, school boards, and regional district boards.

Catherine Guesford elected mayor of Fruitvale

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The incumbent councillor took two-thirds of the vote, defeating incumbent mayor Wes Startup by a vote of 278-136.

UPDATED: Nick Cashol elected mayor of Trail

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The incumbent councillor defeated three other candidates, taking 45 per cent of the vote.

Will Parker elected Slocan Valley regional district director

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Parker had 794 votes while Kevin Shaw had 302. Jae Hamilton withdrew from the late, but too late to be deleted from the ballot. He asked people not to vote for him.

Gord Zaitsoff elected RDCK director for Lower Arrow-Columbia

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He defeated incumbent Henny Hanegraaf by a vote of 348 to 312.

Colin Moss tops polls for New Denver council

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He received 193 votes, followed by Kathy Hartman with 181, Daphne Budding with 154, and former councillor Vern Gustafson with 153.

Teresa Weatherhead re-elected Arrow Lakes regional director

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She defeated incumbent Nakusp councillor Tina Knooihuizen by a vote of 435-64.

Frances Swan elected Arrow Lakes school trustee

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She defeated Steve Gascon by a vote of 401 to 228.

West Kootenay Labour Council endorses 5 candidates

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The West Kootenay Labour Council has given its stamp of approval to five local election candidates who it believes to be "labour friendly

With election looming, Trail council bids farewell

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Trail's chief administrator has paid tribute to the outgoing city council for conducting themselves professionally and treating "staff, the community, and each other with respect and dignity."
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Q&A with outgoing RDKB chair Grace McGregor

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Grace McGregor is retiring after nearly 21 consecutive years as regional director for Christina Lake. We spoke to her a day after she chaired her final Regional District of Kootenay Boundary meeting.

FortisBC urges preparation for power outages

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The company that provides electricity to much of the West Kootenay had 479 outages in 2025.

De Havilland Canada reaches $2.5B financing deal to double waterbomber production

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Doctors, advocates fear end of safer supply under new B.C. Conservative government

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Harm-reduction advocates say they are bracing for a possible increase in overdose deaths and more stress on the health-care system if the incoming B.C. Conservative government follows through on its pledge to end safer supply in the province.

Ottawa designates Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion a project of national interest

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The federal government has listed the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion at the Port of Vancouver as a project of national interest.
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