One of the best selling musical artists of all time, Kenny Rogers, will be performing a special concert at Western Financial Place on Feb. 26…
Sparwood passing lane project completed
Motorists have new passing opportunities along Highway 3 in Sparwood, thanks to a new $7.5 million westbound passing lane, which was completed on October 23….
Fire destroys Gold Creek home
Cranbrook Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire in the early morning hours of Monday, November 18 in Gold Creek. The call made…
Budget cuts put successful community literacy programs at risk
MLA Report By Norm Macdonald, Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Recently, I sat down with a group of people from across the constituency who are responsible for…
Insured annuities a wise strategy
By Kim Inglis Increased life expectancy has investors worrying that they will outlive their retirement assets, and their anxiety is magnified by concerns about preserving…
Shifting to look at ‘what is right’ instead of ‘what is wrong’
By Josh Lockhart Sometimes when we think of counselling or therapy, we think of Sigmund Freud, one of the founders of psychotherapy. One of Freud’s…
Canfor and USW reach tentative deal
The United Steelworkers (USW) has reached a tentative agreement with Canadian Forest Products (Canfor). After a five-week pause in talks, Canfor and the USW resumed…
Kimberley Speed Watch completes another year
Weather, everybody talks about the weather. But there is another topic I hear about a lot, traffic! There are plenty of stories out there about…
West Fernie Dike completion celebrated
Multi-year project provides additional flood protection for community Representatives from the Federal and Provincial Governments along with the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) gathered…
Canada’s aging society and its implications
Perceptions by Gerry Warner We are an aging society. Not much news in that, but how many of us realize just how old our society…