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RDEK board showed sound leadership
e-KNOW Editorial Sometimes elected officials have to make a decision that seems to fly in the face of the short burning fuse of public desire, for the sake of long-term gain. The Regional District of East Kootenay board of directors … > Read More
Parks Canada announces wildlife crossing program for KNP
Cell towers also going into park Parks Canada is embarking on what it expects will be a long-term wildlife crossing program for Kootenay National Park (KNP). Trevor Kinley, Parks Canada’s Wildlife Crossing Project manager Feb. 26 announced to District of … > Read More
DOI asking UBCM to push its stand against Jumbo municipality
The District of Invermere wants the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) to stand by a resolution passed last September that in part states opposition to “the concept of an unelected body making land use decisions for an area with … > Read More
Letter to the Editor
RE; Closure of Invermere Dialysis Unit On January 21, East Kootenay News Online Weekly featured a story laying out three views of the Invermere Dialysis Unit closure. Invermere’s Mayor Gerry Taft and Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald both spoke out … > Read More
District hears of interest in pump track
Radium Hot Springs has one; so does Golden and Fernie and Cranbrook will have one completed this spring. And some residents of Invermere would like to see one in their town, too. District of Invermere council last night (Jan. 22) … > Read More
Three views of the Invermere Dialysis Unit closure
Interior Health (IH) has pulled the plug on the Dialysis Unit at the Invermere and District Hospital. While the move is creating upheaval for Golden and Columbia Valley residents requiring treatment, it has also become a hot button issue politically. … > Read More
DOI staying out of the basement
District of Invermere council last night (Dec. 11) voted to directed administrative staff to increase the municipality’s metered water rates for all multi-family units. After a debate about exactly what types of multi-use residences to be included in a water … > Read More
Jumbo opposition outraged by province
The B.C. Government is coming under fire for today’s announcement of the signing of the letters patent for the creation of a municipality in the Jumbo Valley. Leading the charge is the Ktunaxa Nation (KN), which says the provincial government … > Read More
Greg Deck to be first mayor of Jumbo
Jumbo officially a mountain resort municipality He started the Village of Radium Hot Springs, orchestrating its municipal creation and then guided it as mayor from its 1991 incorporation until he left office in 2008. And now Greg Deck gets to … > Read More
District moves to protect water sources
The District of Invermere is taking steps to protect its two sources of water – Goldie Creek/Paddy Ryan Lakes and groundwater wells – in order to meet Interior Health permitting requirements. Council Oct. 23 unanimously approved recommendations by Chief Administrative … > Read More
