With water levels continuing to drop, the evacuation alert for the City of Kimberley’s Morrison Subdivision and a section of Wallinger Avenue was lifted yesterday…
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April in the East Kootenay
The buds come out in April, if they’re smart. Sometimes March can tempt and tease buds out, and it is rarely good for them as…
Dr. Richard Atleo to speak at college
Well-known First Nations scholar, speaker and elder, Dr. E. Richard Atleo, will give a free presentation at College of the Rockies on Thursday, May 10….
Finishing what they started
Last autumn Wildsight members from the Columbia Valley scoured the hills and ravines on the Wilmer Wetlands Wildlife Sanctuary, collecting somewhere between 160 and 200 tires….
The story of the Prairie Crocus’ furry coat
Photo by Larry Halverson According to legend the Crocus’s furry coat is to protect it on chilly spring nights. The Prairie Crocus seems fitting to…
Low flush toilet rebate applications now available
Applications for the City of Cranbrook Low Flush Toilet Rebate program will be available for pick up or download as of today – Tuesday, May…
Mosquito boom expected in city
The 2012 City of Cranbrook Mosquito Control Program is now underway. The Mosquito Control Contractor has been undertaking biological control efforts directed at the mosquitoes…
High snowpacks around province, including in Kootenays
Cooler temperatures have created a high snowpack in many areas of the province. For example, snowpacks in the Upper Fraser are at record levels and…
Columbia Valley RCMP holding open house
Columbia Valley RCMP Report As was done last year Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment will be hosting an open house. More information will be provided next…
Parker’s Nature
By Shawn Parker We found this herd of about 14 rams on a drive up the Bull River drainage. We saw 13 full size rams,…