RCMP and Search and Rescue units from Kimberley and the Columbia Valley have concluded their search for two missing men – 21-year-old Stephen Thomson of Canal Flats and 18-year-old Nicholas Hoefnagels of Carstairs, Alberta on Sunday, June 16. The two … > Read More
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By Josh Lockhart Have you noticed that a lot of movies, games and TV shows have a Zombie theme to them? From the TV show The Walking Dead to the new movie World War Z to the never-ending Zombie attacks … > Read More
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Creston Valley’s agriculture sector has the potential to help feed the region and drive local community and economic development. In order to realize this potential, College of the Rockies (COTR), the agriculture sector and other community partners will be exploring … > Read More
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By Larry Halverson/Friends of Kootenay These spiny pink balls are the result of wasps laying eggs inside the leaf. A chemical reaction causes the leaf to mutate, protecting the wasp larva and allowing it to grow safely inside. Cynipid wasps … > Read More
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During the month of June, golf professionals will golf from sunrise to sunset to support those living with ALS. Pros from Copper Point Golf Club, Windermere Valley Golf Course and Eagle Ranch Resort (pictured above) will golf as many holes … > Read More
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HEADS UP: Beer Festival set to pour in Fairmont tonight and tomorrow It’s a beery time in the East Kootenay! Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is hosting the second annual East Kootenay Beer Festival at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort tonight, June 15 … > Read More
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Movie Reviews By Lynne Martin THE GREAT GATSBY (2013) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel of the same name. A great American classic, this book originally received a lukewarm … > Read More
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Walter Silas Sipchenko Dates: Birth date: October 8, 1951 Death date: June 3, 2013 Obituary: Walter Silas Sipchenko, 61, of Hosmer, BC, beloved father, brother and friend, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by the ones he laughed with, lived for, … > Read More
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Where did Wayne Stetski’s election signs for Mayor of Cranbrook go? Stetski and his team erected his signs in strategic locations around the city after depositing his nomination papers for mayor on the morning of October 4, which was the … > Read More
