Letter to the Editor This May, we remember the Canadians who sacrificed life and limb to help liberate the Netherlands 75 years ago. I had…
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College welcomes new women’s volleyball coach
Bryan Fraser brings years of playing and coaching experience to the role College of the Rockies women’s Avalanche volleyball team will have a new leader…
Veteran Jean Hubbard joined army on 18th birthday
By Elinor Florence Jean Hubbard, now aged 92, joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps on her 18th birthday. Wearing her red and white polka-dotted dress,…
Lack of engagement sags novel
Book Review By Derryll White Baantjer, A.C. (2006). DeKok and Variations on Murder. I found this novel recently in an antique store in Nelson. I…
The Fighting Ballendines: eight brothers go to war
By Elinor Florence This band of EIGHT Métis brothers from Saskatchewan served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, following the path laid…
Fred Sutherland: The Last Canadian Dambuster
By Elinor Florence Fred Sutherland of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is now Canada’s last surviving Dambuster – one of only two men left in the…
Mayor’s update for November
By Mayor Mary Giuliano City of Fernie Volunteerism is considered an honourable action as that is when an individual or group provides services for no…
Heroic family hid Jewish couple from Nazis
By Elinor Florence This is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Holland by the Canadian Armed Forces, so it’s an appropriate time to remember…
Parallax View: new works by Ulbe Hoekstra
Born and raised in Leamington, Ontario in 1954, Ulbe Hoekstra was born to Dutch parents who immigrated to Canada in the 1950s. Each year a…
KØGGING appearing in Kimberley and Invermere
Dutch vocalist, Norbert Kögging, returns to the birthplace of his debut album to launch his sophomore effort. The Amsterdam-native with his band, KØGGING, will embark…