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IPPs need to be shut down
Letter to the Editor The time until the opening of the polls on May 14 is calculated from 9 a.m., PST, May 3. I submit the following letter to the editor for publication: Our civilization is doing a good job … > Read More
2013 Volunteers of the Year
On April 12, Volunteer Kootenays and Investors Group welcomed 240 guests to a fabulous celebration of community spirit. The eighth Annual Volunteer Appreciation & Awards Gala was held at the beautiful St. Eugene Resort and Casino’s Pavilion. Volunteer of the … > Read More
City partners with BC Hydro to plant trees at Kinsmen Park
The City of Cranbrook continues to beautify selected areas throughout the city thanks to a partnership with BC Hydro. This spring, in celebration of Arbor Day, volunteers from the City of Cranbrook and BC Hydro will be planting 27 trees … > Read More
Elk climbs on list of B.C.’s most endangered rivers
The Elk River has been steadily climbing on the BC Outdoor Recreation Council’s list of the province’s most endangered rivers. The river has come under another microscope lately concerning rising selenium levels in its waters due to open pit coal … > Read More
Kootenay-Koocanusa area to get fish and wildlife program
A new program will help protect and enhance fish, wildlife and habitats in and around Koocanusa Reservoir and its tributaries in the Kootenay River system thanks to a $3-million commitment from Columbia Basin Trust. The support will be going toward … > Read More
Wild Voices for Kids program growing
The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) is growing, and would like to give cheers to BC Hydro, Revelstoke Credit Union, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and Columbia Basin Trust, for their support of CBEEN’s Wild Voices for Kids … > Read More
Kootenays save over one million kilowatt hours
As a result of the provincially-funded LiveSmart BC Small Business Energy Assessments, more than 50 businesses completed energy retrofits during 2012 to improve their carbon footprint and lower operating costs. Together their improvements have identified over one million kilowatt hours … > Read More
Winter BLAST returns to Blue Lake
“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together”. – Vesta M. Kelly Blue Lake Forest Education Society runs the Winter BLAST (Blue Lake Adventure Skills Training) program in response … > Read More
RDEK Board Highlights
Lake Koocanusa Official Community Plan After discussing the results of the public hearing held in Grasmere on February 25 the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors March 1 made a number of amendments to the Lake Koocanusa … > Read More
Blissett calls budget bogus
Kootenay East NDP candidate Norma Blissett says the Liberals’ claim that their budget is balanced is bogus. “The Liberals are cashing cheques on an $800 million one-time fire sale of assets, before the vast majority of those sales have been … > Read More
