The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which represents, manages and administers arts, culture and heritage funding programs on behalf of the Columbia Basin Trust,... [Read more]
Call for entry, artists/cultural venues — Columbia Basin Culture Tour, August 14-15, 2010. Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. Registrations are currently being accepted... [Read more]
by Steve Mantyka. The Creston Valley Thunder Cats rolled into Invermere for a Saturday night tilt with the Rockies and filled the net four times in the first period en route... [Read more]
Sledders support mountain caribou recovery. Ministry of Environment. Snowmobile clubs in the Thompson, Kootenay and Cariboo regions of British Columbia have signed stewardship... [Read more]
by Steve Mantyka. The Columbia Valley Rockies traveled to Creston Valley to play the Thundercats on Saturday night and the Cats attacked with a vengeance, leading to an 8-1... [Read more]
by Steve Mantyka. Ghostriders haunt Rockies. The Columbia Valley Rockies were bested Friday night by the Division leading Fernie Ghostriders, 7-1 in a game that was dominated... [Read more]
Tri-Regional District funding to safeguard communities. Regional District of East Kootenay. The Kootenay Wildfire Protection Program has received $5 million in funding... [Read more]
Columbia Basin Water Smart initiative kicks off, applications now open to basin communities. Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is inviting municipalities, Regional Districts and... [Read more]
December 12-15 – We know the holiday season is here when the CPR Holiday Train hits the rails once more. Decorated with thousands of Christmas lights, it is quite... [Read more]
Arrival of ultrasound to Creston Valley Hospital brings smiles. … [Read more]
Building a better world starts at home. Columbia Brewery highlights support of Waste Reduction Week. by Columbia Brewery. Labatt and its Columbia Brewery are proud to support... [Read more]
Panel discusses flu vaccinations and swine flu pandemic. by Art Joyce. Reproduced with permission from the Valley Voice. To take the flu shot or not? That was the question... [Read more]
More grain to be transported by sailboats in project’s year two. A fleet of 12 sailboats will ply the waters of Kootenay Lake this weekend and transport 12,000lbs... [Read more]
Open fires permitted throughout the Southeast Fire Centre. Effective at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 7 October and until further notice, Category 1, 2 and 3 open fires, including... [Read more]
Wildsight and Y2Y grateful for new signs at Kootenay Pass — where wildlife and highway corridors collide, extra road caution is advised. Wildsight and the Yellowstone... [Read more]
A resident of the Kootenays region of southeastern British Columbia says that since 2003 she has been prevented from obtaining the necessities of life by bureaucratic incompetence... [Read more]
A surge of abandoned campfires across the Southeast Fire Centre has fire officials concerned, as the risk of wildfire is high to extreme for much of the region. Fire wardens... [Read more]
Province invests $2.4M to boost adult literacy skills. Free tutoring programs will help B.C. adults upgrade their education or improve their English and literacy skills this... [Read more]
Percy Schmeiser returns to the Kootenays. Internationally-renowned Saskatchewan farmer, Percy Schmeiser (see video), continues to support the establishing of a Kootenay region... [Read more]
Cooler weather and precipitation have led the Southeast Fire Centre to lift the campfire ban in many areas, but fire officials are thanking the public for their cooperation... [Read more]
An ongoing lightning storm in the Southeast Fire Centre has caused over 100 new wildfires, despite significant localised precipitation. Wildfire fighters responded quickly... [Read more]
Deadline July 29 – By Trevor Hamre. Recently, the Province has had 3 environmental assessment meetings in the East & West Kootenays around the Glacier/Howser ruin-of-the-river... [Read more]
Weekend lightning causes six wildfires. Crews in the Southeast Fire Centre responded to six lightning-caused wildfires over the weekend. The largest fire has burned 1.5 hectares.... [Read more]
Press release – CASTLEGAR – The Southeast Fire Centre thanks the public for heeding calls to reduce the number of human-caused fires. Since July 3, when campers were... [Read more]
