Conservation groups are anxiously awaiting a response to the long-awaited World Heritage Committee (WHC) mission report on [Read more]
British Columbia is made up of 94% Crown land. Only a very small portion of the land within British Columbia is privately [Read more]
Province supports resource workers in Golden. Ministry of Community and Rural Development. Workers in the Golden area are [Read more]
Long-term community forest supports Ktunaxa success. Ministry of Forests and Range. A 25-year community forest agreement [Read more]
NDP MLAs ‘overwhelmed’ by ancient forest of the Upper Incomappleux Valley — call for protection. by [Read more]
B.C. supports 40 workers with $1.8M to improve heritage. Some 40 laid-off resource workers will develop new skills while [Read more]
Press release – Trust opens $20M transition opportunity for workers. VICTORIA – A program designed to financially [Read more]
After recent news of indefinite mill closures slated for Canfor sawmill operations in Radium, Vavenby and Rustad, Tembec [Read more]
Things are heating up in the backcountry. That’s the word from Southeast Fire Centre forest fire officials. After a [Read more]
Press release – Forest Industry CEOs correct the record on forestry issues The three signatories to this statement [Read more]
by David R Pacey. I am really amazed that MacDoanld is criticizing the Liberal government about Forestry policy when it was [Read more]
East Kootenay prescribed burns planned in April. The Trench Society. The Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program [Read more]
First Nations threaten to tell all to the world if the BC Government refuses to make good its promises. Forest-dependent [Read more]
Shanghai code approval opens up market to Canadian wood. Ministry of Forests and Range. Shanghai’s approval of a new [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 – CASTLEGAR – The Southeast Fire Centre thanks the public for heeding calls to reduce the number of [Read more]
Newly elected Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald will be taking on a new role in the NDP caucus when parliament [Read more]
Dark and gloomy days are ahead for many employees who work at the Canfor lumber mill in Radium Hot Springs after the mill [Read more]
Fire danger across the province is still low, according to the Ministry of Forests. Weather maps on the forest protection [Read more]
A total of 46 unemployed forest workers in the region will be employed to carry out ecosystem restoration and forest fire [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]
