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The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary board is puzzled by the response from the provincial government to concerns over an encampment in the Pend d'Oreille where three people have died in fires this year.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary will ask for public feedback Thursday on the idea of banning artificial intelligence data centres from rural parts of the Beaver Valley.

Five West Kootenay municipalities will be receiving millions of dollars for major infrastructure projects thanks to a federal fund, but others are left hoping for better luck next year.

The one-room Park Siding log schoolhouse, which has been a museum since the early 1990s, saw holes punctured in its roof when a tree came down on it late last month.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary wants the provincial government to immediately remove an encampment in the Pend d'Oreille where three people have died in two fires this spring.

Residents from across the Beaver Valley, Trail, Genelle and beyond are invited to come along, bring the family, and take simple steps toward wildfire preparedness at the upcoming Get FireSmart community event on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Montrose Community Park.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has tentatively budgeted $30,000 for the struggling Trail Skills Centre, but a final decision won't be made until next month.

Kootenay Boundary Fire Rescue won't add a second deputy fire chief this year after a Regional District of Kootenay Boundary subcommittee voted against the expenditure.