Staffing shortage cancels sailings on Kootenay Lake ferry
A travel advisory has been issued by Drive BC, cautioning travellers that ferry services across Kootenay Lake may be ...
The Free Press1d
Kootenay Lake ferry resumes normal schedule, union begins OT ban
The Kootenay Lake ferry has resumed normal service for the first time in months after the union ended its strike action in ...
Demonstrators gather in Nelson to protest ongoing Kootenay Lake Ferry strike
Protestors gathered at the intersection of Vernon and Ward streets in Nelson Wednesday to voice frustrations over the ongoing ...
Grand Forks Gazette9d
Kootenay Pass closed until 4 p.m. for avalanche control
Due to the Kootenay Pass closure today, the Kootenay Lake Ferry will make additional essential service sailings, leaving from ...
CBC.ca27d
B.C. construction company fined after falling tree kills worker
It happened on a forest service road in the Beaton area, east of Revelstoke in B.C.'s West Kootenay. Crescent Bay Construction was fined $8,995.26 on Jan. 23, notice of which was recently posted ...
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Kootenay community that helped fight wildfires concerned by provincial response
On a hot, dry night in July 2024, a lightning storm passed across the north end of Kootenay Lake, leaving several columns ... Valentine called the BC Wildfire Service to discuss the situation and the ...
The Vancouver Sun29d
High avalanche risk in parts of B.C. coast due to rain and warm temperatures
The weather agency has also issued a winter storm warning for Highway 3 at Kootenay Pass between Grand Forks and Creston, as almost 35 centimetres of wet snow could create “messy and potentially ...
The Free Press11d
Kootenay ferry union says operator negotiating in bad faith
The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU), which represents 80 ferry workers on the Harrop and Glade cable ferries as well as ...