December 19th, 2016 – 9:00am Since Friday, the ice jam in the Kicking Horse River has shown considerable signs of stabilizing.  Aerial and ground assessments by authorities have confirmed the river water has successfully channeled through much of the ice between the canyon and...

Authorities from the Golden and Area Emergency Management Program, the Town of Golden, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Emergency Management BC, RCMP, Golden Fire Department, and Golden & District Search & Rescue continue to monitor the current ice jam in the Kicking Horse...

Over the past weekend, the Town of Golden once again experienced two significant ice-floes from the Kicking Horse River. Ground assessments have confirmed all ice is holding well within the dike walls, river flow is steady, and there are no immediate threats to the existing dike infrastructure...

While Santa and his team prepare for Christmas, the Town of Golden and friends are busy organizing some fantastic holiday fun for everyone. ToG Rec Services has been in touch with the North Pole and it seems that Santa has a bit of extra time on Sunday, December 18 and he would like to spend it...

With the winter season upon us, ToG Recreation Services is providing plenty of ways to stay active and warm indoors! This year, the Recreation Services Department is bringing you some great new initiatives that fall inline with the department’s mission to facilitate a healthy and vibrant...

On behalf of the Town of Golden, its elected council and members of staff, I am pleased to share with you some of the highlights of Council’s trip to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) Conference last month. This year, Town Council took its own selected issues to the...

At the 2016 Union of BC Municipalities conference, the Federal and Provincial governments announced that Golden has been awarded $622,500 through the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) to complete the work on our Community Sewer System Improvements project.The CWWF program targets projects...

The Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funding program allows communities like Golden to dedicate resources to improving tourism-based infrastructure and amenities to attract more visitors and encourage longer stays. Recently, a comprehensive review of the RMI funding program...

The Town of Golden is pleased to announce the substantial completion of Phase 2 of construction of the community’s largest Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) project to date, the Highway 1 Corridor Enhancement. Completed within the projected budget of approximately $625,000, the project...

The Resort Municipality Initiative helps rural tourism affected communities to provide for the growing expectations of the tourism community and become the municipal ambassadors for British Columbia to the world. Read more about what is happening in Golden because of the RMI funding we...