

ATTENTION KIDS: SAY NO TO DRUGS!! ONLINE AND PRINT EDITIONS: Neighbourhood History: The Gulch Church, Train Station Issue 126 Page 1.
The United States-Iran War started with conflicting reasons for doing so. Issue 126 Page 2.
Red Alert! Toxic drug warnings in Trail lead to fires, overdoses and death.
By Casey LeMoel,
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The drug crisis has been going on for years now. It is in every town, every province, every country on Earth. The norm in my hometown is sirens several times a day and night. This constant noise, even in a small town, can really affect a person's mental health. Sadly, the situation has worsened in recent months and weeks.
If you grew up here, and the drugs we are seeing right now often don't respond to naloxone, Derby stated, then you will know this was not the norm. Dan Derby quoted in saying ''Our community needs help. We are in the midst of a crisis. Since the start of 2026, Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue has been busier than ever in its history. This time last year, from January 1st to now, 100 calls for service came in. This year, 200 calls for service have come in, and about 100 are related to the drug crisis in our community.
Recently, there has been one confirmed death at the local La Nina Shelter. A man was in a room and came out on fire. After failed attempts by the shelter staff to put the fire out, emergency services arrived and took the man to the hospital, where he later died with over 90-degree burns on his body. The Neighbourhood News knows the young man's name, but is not releasing it to respect the family at this time.
In the last 24 hours, a suspicious fire around 1 am in the back of the Community Inclusion Centre, run by CDS, has suffered approx. $40k damage to their kitchen and smoke damage throughout the building. A suspect has been spotted on building cameras. Several unconfirmed reports have come of 19 overdoses and several deaths in the Trail area has occured since Income assistance checks came out last Wednesday.
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Drug Epidemic is affecting the quality of life of first responders, medical services, health care workers, families, citizens, some business owners and the city services to the breaking point.
By Casey LeMoel
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As this drug epidemic emergency continues to happen with no end in sight, it is important to look at the impact it continues to have on first responders, medical services, healthcare workers, families, business owners, citizens and city services. From a business perspective locally, Mr Danny Ferraro has shared his concerns in a letter to the Trail City Council. He stated many things, but one important one was how it is impacting their family business. The Ferraros have been huge community supporters of the Trail and the area since 1943.
Ferraro Foods believes in superior customer service and the best grocery shopping experience that is possible. This family knows the grocery business better than anyone, period. Also, the Ferraros work so hard and care about a great, high-quality shopping experience. It is important to state that homeless people and people addicted to drugs are people just like you and me. It is also important that everyone has a story. What I mean is not everyone got to where they are at due to drugs and being homeless. Never judge everyone the same, as not all homeless people have addictions to drugs. Some people are homeless cause they lost their job, due to circumstances out of their control.
It is also important that anyone respects another person's or a business's space. Respect is a two-way relationship, and a business owner has to protect their place of business and its customers if they want a reputable business and repeat business. Over the years, I have heard multiple times of business owners, employees getting assulted from agressive people on drugs or needing drugs. I know this cause I have been assaulted multiple times over the years. I always tell everyone, I do not judge people on what I hear about the person, but rather on my own experience with that person. I strongly believe in this cause, so many people judge someone based on anotherès personès views or experience.
After Mr. Ferraro submitted his letter with his concerns the local shelter responded to his letter.

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