Sep 2, near Fernie – If your family is looking for a perfect East Kootenay summer’s end, the Nature Conservancy [Read more]
A new and modern community centre is about to rise, literally like the phoenix, from the ashes of the former Elkford Elementary [Read more]
Conservation groups are anxiously awaiting a response to the long-awaited World Heritage Committee (WHC) mission report on [Read more]
New RDEK chair elected. Regional District of East Kootenay. There is a new chair at the helm of the RDEK. Cranbrook Mayor [Read more]
The Government of Canada has announced it will contribute $1.2 million to the College of the Rockies for their youth internships [Read more]
Sale of fireworks to be regulated in RDEK. Regional District of East Kootenay. Starting next month, businesses in the rural [Read more]
East Kootenay residents join Watershed Network steering committee. Columbia Basin Watershed Network. The Columbia Basin Watershed [Read more]
East Kootenay prescribed burns planned in April. The Trench Society. The Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program [Read more]
The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which represents, manages and administers arts, culture and heritage funding [Read more]
Until Mar 4, Fernie – Bail Your MLA out of Jail fundraiser. by Jennifer Osmar. Our MLA Bill Bennett has volunteered [Read more]
Since our story last week on closure of the Invermere helipad because Interior Health had not met Transport Canada requirements, [Read more]
Aug 14-15 – Columbia Basin Culture Tour of Fernie, Kimberley, Cranbrook and Creston – a project of the Columbia [Read more]
As residents of southern Louisiana prepare to hold a citizens’ summit this weekend on the gulf oil disaster, another [Read more]
CBT partners with the province to provide affordable seniors’ hnousing. The Columbia Basin communities of Cranbrook, [Read more]
CBT and BC Conservation Foundation partner — $55,000 to support basin Bear Aware programs. Spring is blooming in [Read more]
Regional District of East Kootenay. An industrial accident has left one man in hospital in Calgary and is prompting a reminder [Read more]
After plans for a bear cub rehabilitation project at Fromme Mountain on Vancouver’s North Shore were abandoned, the [Read more]
RCMP and BC Coroners Service investigate suspicious death outside Fernie bar. Elk Valley RCMP. On March 21, 2010, Fernie [Read more]
Panorama (Mar 16), Canmore (Mar 17), Invermere (Mar 18), Fernie (Mar 20) – Vancouver-based quartet, Maria In the [Read more]
Call for entry, artists/cultural venues — Columbia Basin Culture Tour, August 14-15, 2010. Columbia Kootenay Cultural [Read more]
- Vehicle impoundment as a penalty
- Radium car show 2010
- Kootenae House National Historic Site
- Wilmer, historic village with spectacular mountain views
- 2010 Greywolf Cliffhanger Challenge
- Environmental stewardship of BC parks lacking
- Really, not me
- Columbia Valley RCMP incidents, Aug 25-30
- ‘A deliberate act of deceit and arrogance’
- Crews make progress on Nine Bay Lake fire (updated)
- Invermere heliport
- Former mayors join BC Conservative strategy group
- Careless smokers
- Columbia Valley RCMP incidents, Aug 20-22
- Economist says HST is a tax increase
- BC budget highlights
- Edgewater to discuss revitalization (June 22)
- Accidents, road closures in Kootenay National Park (updated)
- Fairmont accident sends dogcatcher to hospital
- FRP acquired by Northwynd
- BC restaurants hit hard by HST
- Head-on collision east of Golden kills 6 (updated)
- The amazing legacy of the Morigeau family
- Invermere doctor killed in train accident
- BC has lowest minimum wage, highest poverty rate
- Accidents, road closures in Kootenay National Park (updated) (31)
- BP begins drilling near Fernie (29)
- BC restaurants hit hard by HST (14)
- Canada Day -- celebrating without a soap box (11)
- FRP acquired by Northwynd (11)
- Courtenay natural pharmacy raided, closed (10)
- The amazing legacy of the Morigeau family (8)
- Parents messing with hockey (6)
- Sometimes obeying the law can be dangerous (6)
- Anti-HST initiative succeeds, but Elections BC delays (6)
Events
Sep 17-18, Radium Hot Springs – Classic car enthusiasts are gearing up for the 21st Annual Columbia Valley Classics [Read more]
Sep 5, Panorama – Imagine a late summer day golfing on one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world. The [Read more]
Sep 18, Lake Windermere – 15th Annual Lakeshore Cleanup. In conjunction with the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup [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]
