An evacuation alert has been issued for 30 properties in the Poplar Creek area, about 60 kilometres north of Kaslo, as crews respond to a growing wildfire.
Several West Kootenay organizations have secured funding to make their buildings and operations more energy efficient and resilient through the Columbia Basin Trust.
Team representatives were told last week during the final meeting of the current recreation commission that it's too late to make changes to the agreement, which is for one year with the option of two one-year renewals.
B.C.’s three main party leaders clashed over affordability, health care and Indigenous rights in a heated televised election debate Wednesday evening.
The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections.Â