Dear Mr. Halpenny, Thank-you for letting us in the Invermere area know Interior Health’s official position on the situation [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 – Here’s an new angle on a continual problem, that of other road users failing to yield to emergency [Read more]
On Monday, April 12, 2010, Fire Chief Roger Ekman proudly drove the new and long-awaited ‘Rescue One’ home [Read more]
In a March 11, 2010 press release, BC Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon, announced that ambulance services in the province [Read more]
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, the District of Invermere Council, at a regular meeting, moved the process of the purchase [Read more]
The Windermere/Fairmont Fire Department has a new, full-time deputy fire chief these days and Chief Jim Miller was happy [Read more]
Training day. In fact, it was a weekend. A chilly one in early November, where local firefighters from Fairmont and Windermere [Read more]
From the S/Sgt’s Desk – 911 — be part of the solution not part of the problem. Ever call 911 because you [Read more]
Talks are back on between the Ambulance Paramedics of BC and the employer. The two bargaining committees will meet Tuesday [Read more]
by Dr. Robert Halpenny. Interior Health would like to take this opportunity to provide Invermere area residents with the [Read more]
On July 16, 2010, Transport Canada sent a letter to Mr. Steen Anderson of Interior Health, addressed to Invermere and [Read more]
New emergency department access, Invermere and District Hospital. Interior Health Authority. Effective June 1st the entrance [Read more]
Three separate avalanches in one week, lately, resulted in the deaths of five individuals. Once again, these purely avoidable [Read more]
Edgewater/Radium Ladies Auxiliary believe in their ER with $2,000 donation. Fundraising for the Invermere District Hospital [Read more]
Industrial Inquiry Commission issues report on the BC Ambulance Service. In November of 2009, An Industrial Inquiry Commission [Read more]
Invermere Health Care Auxiliary makes $243,773 gift to ER campaign. East Kootenay Foundation for Health. Christmas has [Read more]
Spirit of the season and the Invermere ER. The $4.3 million redevelopment project of the Invermere District Hospital Emergency [Read more]
Following the introduction of legislation to force paramedics back to work, the province will establish a commission of inquiry [Read more]
I was curious when I read that, at the Regional District of East Kootenay’s September 4th meeting, a new deputy emergency [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]
