Tag: Kootenay Drug Alert

Interior Health issues drug alert for Kootenays

Addictions My Kootenay Now -
Interior Health has issued a drug alert for the Kootenays, warning of multiple overdoses involving down containing high amounts of fluorofentanyl and medetomidine.

cjat Now playing play

ckqr Now playing play

- Advertisement -

Latest News

Kalesnikoff celebrates opening of new mass timber head office in Castlegar

Community
A new two-storey head office built using locally sourced wood has officially opened in Castlegar, bringing Kalesnikoff's support teams together under one roof.

Former Columbia Basin Trust chair charged with sexual assault

Columbia Basin Trust
The BC Prosecution Service confirmed Valemount mayor Owen Torgerson was charged this month relating to an alleged offence occurring on April 2 of this year.

Contaminated organics have cost Castlegar $24,000

City of Castlegar
City staff are proposing to crack down on repeat offenders by auditing organics bins and placing stickers on those with contaminants inside.

Smith rules out another referendum: “It is time to move forward together”

National
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has ruled out another referendum on the province’s place in Canada after unofficial results showed a strong majority of voters favoured remaining in the country.

Facts and firsts from the 2026 West Kootenay/Boundary elections

2026 Municipal Election
Observations, oddities, and other trivia gleaned from the local government election results.
- Advertisement -