CBT partners with the province to provide affordable seniors’ hnousing. The Columbia Basin communities of Cranbrook, [Read more]
The province has announced a new seniors website (www.SeniorsBC.ca) to provide seniors and their families with better access [Read more]
Seniors in residential care facilities are now paying more for less. With the increase in residential care rates for seniors [Read more]
by Helga Boker. An open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell by the Columbia House Family Council in Invermere about the devastating [Read more]
Nov 12, Invermere – Columbia Valley seniors are keeping their issues on the top of the political agenda, says Columbia [Read more]
Government to raise $53.7 million in revenue on the backs of seniors in residential care. by Norm Macdonald MLA Beginning [Read more]
The District of Invermere is eagerly awaiting the results of a study currently underway to assess the needs for housing [Read more]
This is a response to recent letters about my involvement in the restructuring of health-care facilities in Revelstoke: As [Read more]
Constituency report from Norm Macdonald, MLA – Seniors deserve the highest quality of care Recently, a Campbell [Read more]
A few years ago the Liberal government cut back the number of long-term care beds. That now means that if an elderly person [Read more]
Behind the Wheel – Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for a positive topic to write about! I heard from [Read more]
More health care dollars slashed — cuts affect us all. Recently, the British Columbia government announced to staff [Read more]
BC Ombudsperson releases recommendations on seniors care; health ministries fail to implement majority of recommendations. In [Read more]
In a press release dated October 8, 2009, BC Health Minister Kevin Falcon laid out new room rates for residents in long-term [Read more]
Bill of rights for residents promotes better care. by Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport The Residents’ Bill of Rights [Read more]
by Lake Windermere District Benevolent Society After serving the Columbia Valley successfully for some 25 years and raising [Read more]
I had the ‘pleasure’ recently of spending the afternoon on stretcher #4 in our local emergency room. And before [Read more]
Letter to editor – Re: Yielding real results for seniors. After reading Liberal candidate Mark McKee’s letter in [Read more]
Letter to editor — Mr. McKee, I read the above budget and if I didn’t know better, I would think it was a fairly [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]
