Behind the Wheel – In 1977 BC established the limit of 50 mg% as the provincial limit on Blood Alcohol Concentration [Read more]
This is the season when the fruit trees in our yards here in the Columbia Valley are laden with luscious apples, pears [Read more]
School Patrols: With school now starting up we would like to remind drivers to slow down, or the nice police person will [Read more]
Behind the Wheel – The use of vehicle impoundment as part of an array of penalties to discourage improper driving behaviour [Read more]
by Dr. Robert Halpenny. Interior Health would like to take this opportunity to provide Invermere area residents with the [Read more]
Columbia Valley RCMP. Over this past weekend Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 30 calls for service. Note worthy incidents [Read more]
Columbia Valley RCMP. Over this past weekend Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 30 calls for service. Note worthy incidents [Read more]
Since our story last week on closure of the Invermere helipad because Interior Health had not met Transport Canada requirements, [Read more]
Behind the Wheel – What’s behind me and why should I care? I’m driving down the highway and I’m certainly [Read more]
Over this past long weekend police responded to 39 calls for service. Note worthy incidents are outlined.
Black bear killed in vehicle collision in Kootenay National Park on Highway 93 South. by Parks Canada. An adult male black [Read more]
From the S/Sgt’s Desk – While stationed in Maple Ridge we got a call of a break and enter at a pharmacy store. [Read more]
The government of British Columbia is determined to catch the impaired drivers on the province’s roads and to accomplish [Read more]
Dear Mr. Halpenny, Thank-you for letting us in the Invermere area know Interior Health’s official position on the situation [Read more]
Behind the Wheel – It’s that time of year again, sunny and dry with a chance of mindless smokers. I watched another [Read more]
Behind the Wheel – Something must have struck a nerve lately as I have received a number of requests to deal with cyclists [Read more]
Tips for traveling in hot weather with a child or pet. We hear the same cautions every year as the hot weather approaches [Read more]
Sometime around 5-6pm on the evening of Monday, August 16, 2010, a collision between a motor home and an automobile on [Read more]
Over this past weekend Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 30 calls for service. Note worthy incidents are outlined below. [Read more]
August long weekend proving fatal on BC roads. RCMP investigators from the Golden Detachment and the Trans Canada East [Read more]
- CBT ‘shaping our future’ symposium
- Driving with a BAC between 50 and 80 mg%
- Gaming grants announced
- Road kill in Kootenay Park
- Rock scaling in Kootenay National Park
- Fall fruit — dessert time for bears
- CBT youth water workshop
- Kootenay Country Fair
- Thor again
- Columbia Valley RCMP incidents, Sep 3-6
- BC liquor stores collect for Pakistan flood relief
- Kootenay Krusher endurance mountain bike race 2010
- Classroom with Outdoors now offers fall programs
- BC gets tough on drinking and driving
- Eddie Mountain arena re-opens
- Edgewater to discuss revitalization (June 22)
- BC budget highlights
- Accidents, road closures in Kootenay National Park (updated)
- Fairmont accident sends dogcatcher to hospital
- BC restaurants hit hard by HST
- BC has lowest minimum wage, highest poverty rate
- FRP acquired by Northwynd
- Harper visits East Kootenay
- The amazing legacy of the Morigeau family
- Invermere doctor killed in train accident
- Accidents, road closures in Kootenay National Park (updated) (31)
- BP begins drilling near Fernie (29)
- BC restaurants hit hard by HST (18)
- Vehicle impoundment as a penalty (14)
- FRP acquired by Northwynd (12)
- Canada Day -- celebrating without a soap box (11)
- Courtenay natural pharmacy raided, closed (10)
- The amazing legacy of the Morigeau family (9)
- Sometimes obeying the law can be dangerous (8)
- Anti-HST initiative succeeds, but Elections BC delays (6)
Events
Oct 22-24, Revelstoke – Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) will be hosting a free symposium for key leaders and residents [Read more]
Sep 24-26, Nakusp – In just a few short years, today’s youth will be the leaders in our communities, our province [Read more]
Sep 12, Fort Steele – Fort Steele will be a big attraction in the valley on Sunday, September 12, 2010. Bring the [Read more]
Sep 11-12, Radium – The Columbia Valley Cycling Society and Nipika Mountain Resort are presenting the 2010 Kootenay [Read more]
Sep 11, Windermere – Fall is in the air and what could possibly be a better way to celebrate this glorious season [Read more]
Visitor Guide
The visitor to Kootenae House National Historic Site stands in a seemingly empty field, surrounded by majestic mountains which overlook the peaceful [Read more]
Wilmer, British Columbia, is a tiny community situated on one of the benches overlooking the Rocky Mountain Trench, just a stone’s throw from Invermere [Read more]
In 1964, the Cranbrook Courier wrote of the Morigeau family, “Possibly no other family has had such an influence on the affairs of both white and [Read more]
