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Kootenay RC Life members took advantage of the sunny sky in Trail on Sunday to rev the engines of their monster trucks and muscle cars at Gyro Park. Photo: Jim Bailey
The RC Car Club invites enthusiasts young and young at heart to join.

Rev your engines, spring has arrived in the West Kootenay

Kootenay RC Life is open to all, both the young and young at heart

Kootenay RC Life members took advantage of the sunny sky in Trail on Sunday to rev the engines of their monster trucks and muscle cars at Gyro Park. Photo: Jim Bailey
The RC Car Club invites enthusiasts young and young at heart to join.
Pool closures and the cancellation of aquatic and lifesaving programs due to COVID created a severe shortage of lifeguards in Trail and beyond. Photo: Jim Bailey

City of Trail takes innovative approach to attract pool staff and lifeguards

“It’s a really bad cycle of issues that seemed to really hit aquatics quite harshly.”

Pool closures and the cancellation of aquatic and lifesaving programs due to COVID created a severe shortage of lifeguards in Trail and beyond. Photo: Jim Bailey
A Castlegar woman succumbed to her injuries after Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue extracted her from the river bank below the Esplanade in downtown Trail.

Castlegar woman dies of injuries after fall from Trail Esplanade

‘A mother, a daughter, a sister and an aunt, who was loved and had a family who fought for her’

A Castlegar woman succumbed to her injuries after Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue extracted her from the river bank below the Esplanade in downtown Trail.
Hammer Head Equities applications for permits to remove trees on private property were denied by Rossland council in August 2021. Photo: Jim Bailey

Rossland council will not appeal court’s decision in favour of developer

City to comply with court’s orders, work to ensure community’s bylaws applied fairly and transparently

Hammer Head Equities applications for permits to remove trees on private property were denied by Rossland council in August 2021. Photo: Jim Bailey
Beaver Valley Nitehawks goalie Connor Stojan makes one of 35 saves on the night in a 6-3 victory over the Nelson Leafs. Photos Jim Bailey

Beaver Valley Nitehawks eliminate Nelson Leafs

Nitehawks win in six, will face the Creston Valley Thundercats in Murdoch division final

Beaver Valley Nitehawks goalie Connor Stojan makes one of 35 saves on the night in a 6-3 victory over the Nelson Leafs. Photos Jim Bailey
Nitehawks forward Gavin Tritt taps in the game winning goal in a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory over the Nelson Leafs on Wednesday at the B.V. Arena. Photo: Jim Bailey

B.V. Nitehawks take Game 4 in dramatic OT win over Nelson Leafs

Nitehawks forward Gavin Tritt scores in the extra frame to lift B.V. to 4-3 win over Leafs

Nitehawks forward Gavin Tritt taps in the game winning goal in a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory over the Nelson Leafs on Wednesday at the B.V. Arena. Photo: Jim Bailey
Other SPCA services from the non-profit, such as animal cruelty investigations, sheltering, and pet adoption services for dogs like Bear (pictured) will continue. Photo: Jim Bailey

Greater Trail municipalities will not renew SPCA animal control contract

Municipalities of Regional District of Kootenay Boundary will no longer be funding…

Other SPCA services from the non-profit, such as animal cruelty investigations, sheltering, and pet adoption services for dogs like Bear (pictured) will continue. Photo: Jim Bailey
The Nelson Police Department's stats for 2021 show a significant drop in crime. File photo

Traffic stop in Trail leads to handguns, drug seizure

BC Highway Patrol Nelson Police Dog Services on a routine patrol when they stopped a car in Trail

The Nelson Police Department's stats for 2021 show a significant drop in crime. File photo
A group of teens got away without charges after apologizing for attacking pedestrians and unhoused people in Trail, B.C. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. teens apologize for attacking unhoused Trail residents with BB guns

RCMP said the youth expressed genuine remorse after talking one-on-one with one of their victims

A group of teens got away without charges after apologizing for attacking pedestrians and unhoused people in Trail, B.C. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nitehawks forward Ethan Smyth watches this shot beat Nelson Leafs goalie Frederick Larochelle in a 7-3 Game 3 victory on Tuesday. Photo: Jim Bailey

Beaver Valley Nitehawks dominate Nelson Leafs in Game 3 victory

Game 4 in best of seven Neil Murdoch Division semifinal series goes tonight (Wednesday) at 7 p.m.

Nitehawks forward Ethan Smyth watches this shot beat Nelson Leafs goalie Frederick Larochelle in a 7-3 Game 3 victory on Tuesday. Photo: Jim Bailey
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Youth target homeless with toy guns in downtown Trail

RCMP report eight youths use toy guns and gelatin BBs to target Trail’s most vulnerable

(Phil McLachlan/Black Press Media File)
Rossland family loses father and relatives in earthquake in Turkey. Photo: gofundme.com

West Kootenay family loses husband/father, 20 family members in Turkey earthquake

Cheryl Forest’s husband Midrap, and 24 members of extended family have died in the quake

Rossland family loses father and relatives in earthquake in Turkey. Photo: gofundme.com
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West Kootenay teenager to compete at Worlds for Team Canada

J.L. Crowe grad Jaxon Kuchar will race in Bathurst, Australia at World Cross-Country Championships

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Glen Kalesniko (left) and Mark Allen stand locked outside their respective downtown Trail businesses because the building that houses Pride Gym and Performance Fitness has been closed more than two months due to fire code violations. Photo: Jim Bailey

Weights idle, ring empty; Trail gym owners locked out of their businesses

“Honestly, it’s been a nightmare,” Glen Kalesniko, Pride Gym, said of the 2+ month lockout

Glen Kalesniko (left) and Mark Allen stand locked outside their respective downtown Trail businesses because the building that houses Pride Gym and Performance Fitness has been closed more than two months due to fire code violations. Photo: Jim Bailey
Rossland developer applications for permits to remove trees on private property was denied by Rossland council in August 2021. Photo: Jim Bailey

Developer wins case against City of Rossland

Court rules that the city acted in bad faith when considering development permit applications

Rossland developer applications for permits to remove trees on private property was denied by Rossland council in August 2021. Photo: Jim Bailey
Photo: Trail Times

Teck Trail Operations fined $2.2M for 2019 spill

Teck spilled 2.5 million litres of a low pH solution into the Columbia River

Photo: Trail Times
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Trail RCMP on the lookout for wanted man

The RCMP is asking the public for assistance in tracking down 43-year-old Jarrid Constantin

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Accused shooter at Trail ambulance station served time for manslaughter

Francis Paradis is facing attempted murder charges in Trail; served 11 months in a Quebec prison

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Pend d’Oreille property owner Jim Urquhart gets about $500 per year for two transmission lines running through his back yard. Photo: Jim Bailey

West Kootenay landowner seeks fair land-use compensation from power companies

Jim Urquhart calls out landowners to protest power companies’ in perpetuity right-of-way agreements

Pend d’Oreille property owner Jim Urquhart gets about $500 per year for two transmission lines running through his back yard. Photo: Jim Bailey
Royal Theatre owner Lisa Milne is appreciative of all the support she has received following traumatic incidents at theatre. Photo: Jim Bailey

Trail theatre owners thankful for support after series of traumatic events

Royal Theatre owners Jason and Lisa Milne considered selling the heritage landmark

Royal Theatre owner Lisa Milne is appreciative of all the support she has received following traumatic incidents at theatre. Photo: Jim Bailey