Forestry watchdog report points to the government’s continued failure to protect communities from wildfire risk. The BC [Read more]
Invermere firefighters show their support for Norman Gagatek. Columbia River – Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald sat down with [Read more]
A surge of abandoned campfires across the Southeast Fire Centre has fire officials concerned, as the risk of wildfire is [Read more]
Cooler weather and precipitation have led the Southeast Fire Centre to lift the campfire ban in many areas, but fire officials [Read more]
Additional firefighting crews requested. British Columbia is welcoming additional personnel from Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan [Read more]
Press release – Campfires Prohibited Throughout the Southeast Fire Centre. CASTLEGAR – Effective at 12:00 noon [Read more]
Weekend lightning causes six wildfires. Crews in the Southeast Fire Centre responded to six lightning-caused wildfires over [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]
Macdonald asks Auditor General to examine follow-through on Filmon wildfire report. New Democrat forests critic Norm Macdonald [Read more]
B.C. thanks Canada for firefighting efforts. At the B.C.-Alberta-Saskatchewan joint Cabinet meeting, B.C. Premier Gordon [Read more]
An ongoing lightning storm in the Southeast Fire Centre has caused over 100 new wildfires, despite significant localised [Read more]
Lightning storm sparks wildfires. Crews across the southern portion of the Southeast Fire Centre are responding to a series [Read more]
Press release – Emergency support for wildfire evacuees extended. WEST KELOWNA – Emergency social services coverage [Read more]
Press release – VICTORIA – British Columbia will pay up to 750 unemployed workers to take wildfire suppression training [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]
