Province supports resource workers in Golden. Ministry of Community and Rural Development. Workers in the Golden area are [Read more]
“Supporting students, serving communities”. Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of the Government of Canada that provides [Read more]
More health care dollars slashed — cuts affect us all. Recently, the British Columbia government announced to staff [Read more]
Talks are back on between the Ambulance Paramedics of BC and the employer. The two bargaining committees will meet Tuesday [Read more]
The Liberals recently unveiled the new provincial budget, it goes without saying that it fell short of our collective expectations. [Read more]
From best to last — young workers call frozen minimum wage an embarrassment as BC set to claim last place August 31, [Read more]
Extremists like John Bergenske and Wildsight continue to debate Jumbo and try to distort history for their political ends. [Read more]
Press release – VICTORIA – British Columbia will pay up to 750 unemployed workers to take wildfire suppression training [Read more]
Press release — BC Federation of Labour – BC Liberal Platform ignores BC’s Job Crisis Expanding Temporary [Read more]
Press Release The announcement of the temporary closure of four Tembec mills in the East Kootenay has left hundreds of [Read more]
Agreement reached with health facilities employees. Ministry of Finance / Ministry of Health Services. The Facilities Bargaining [Read more]
British Columbia Federation of Labour. Against a backdrop of the Winter Olympics, and talk of early signs of economic [Read more]
Seniors in residential care facilities are now paying more for less. With the increase in residential care rates for seniors [Read more]
Governments of Canada and B.C. invest $14M in jobs. An investment of more than $14 million through the Community Adjustment [Read more]
The provincial budget update released today by Finance Minister Colin Hansen ignores the hardships faced by tens of thousands [Read more]
Claim that HST will save the forest industry is too little, too late: Macdonald. Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett’s claim [Read more]
Press release – Governments of Canada and B.C. invest $60M in jobs. A $60-million commitment will help the Job Opportunities [Read more]
The writing is already on the wall. America is bankrupt and big world changes are coming. China has become the world’s [Read more]
Press release – Ontario commits to $10.25 minimum wage, BC’s remains frozen at $8. The B.C. Federation of Labour [Read more]
Tembec announced temporary shutdowns in all off their British Columbia facilities this week. The Canal Flats and Elko [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]
