Emergency guides available to help prepare for natural disasters, wildfires

As West Kootenay residents prepare for another season of flooding and wildfires, and the Southeast Fire Centre identifying four active wildfires today, people should use their Emergency Preparedness G

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My Kootenay Now delivers the latest local news, events, contests, and radio features from across the Kootenays in BC.

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3 men charged in 2022 death of a homeless man outside Castlegar bank
Mounties in Castlegar, B.C., say the three accused were arrested Friday after an investigation lasting almost four years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/castlegar-homicide-jeanluc-noel-levesque-charges-9.7179317?cmp=rss
8 teams leave KIJHL to start independent league
Teams from 100 Mile House, Castlegar, Chase, Creston, Golden, Kelowna, Sicamous and Spokane, Wash., will form the Western Independent Junior Hockey League.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kijhl-teams-leave-establish-wijhl-9.7152026?cmp=rss
The limits of speed on Fifth Avenue to be studied in city pilot project

Excessive speed and a lack of safety along Fifth Avenue South have resulted in the approval of a pilot study to reduce the rates of travel along the collector route. 

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City of Castlegar to test backup North Well water supply

And the well in question is the North Well backup water supply in Castlegar, which is expected to have a planned 24-hour test of its service between April 14-15.

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Castlegar set to absorb 7.76 municipal tax increase as budget nears adoption

With one more reading of the 2026 - 2030 Financial Plan Bylaw to come, the 2026 Castlegar budget includes a 7.76 per cent tax increase for residential properties. 

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Report on constructing city snag-dump near CDCC to be investigated by Castlegar city staff

The selection of a site for a sani-dump in Castlegar is backing up at the city council level again.

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Castlegar council coins new bylaw to orchestrate conduct of citizens

Castlegar city council has passed an amalgamated version of a Good Neighbour Bylaw, bringing together the aspects of nuisance management, noise control and standards for property maintenance into one

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Case for zero carbon in Castlegar made at council level

Appearing before Castlegar city council on March 2 in the committee-of-the-whole meeting, Laura Sacks and Dr. Amy Rudkoski on behalf of Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health and the West Kootenay Cl

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