Warm, dry weather continues to reduce inflows to Kootenay Lake, but water levels remain within the operating limits set under the International Joint Commission's 1938 Order of Approval, according to the International Kootenay Lake Board of Control.
Water levels on Kootenay Lake are expected to rise in the coming weeks after officials declared the start of the annual freshet, signalling changing conditions for shoreline communities.
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has established the Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board, which will look into cross-boundary mining pollution.
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Highway 39 at the 11300 block south of Mackenzie is closed in both directions as RCMP and other emergency crews attend a vehicle incident involving a bus.
B.C.’s privacy watchdog is investigating whether B.C. Crime Stoppers adequately protected anonymous tipsters’ personal information after a breach at its tip-platform provider.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is investigating a suspected fatal grizzly bear attack near Bella Coola after one person was found dead, and a second still missing.