Honey In The Jar is the collaboration project of songwriters Ben Sures, Karla Anderson and Chloe Albert. Ben Sures is an accomplished and versatile guitarist…
Area restriction order amended
An area restriction order that’s been in effect near fires burning in areas west of Elkford is being amended, effective August 28, to increase public…
Interior Health welcomes new board director
Interior Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Patricia (Pat) Dooley to its Board of Directors effective August 31. “We are very fortunate to…
East Kootenay Energy Diet encore
The East Kootenay Energy Diet has been officially launched for another year! The East Kootenay Energy Diet (EKED) is a program that helps residents of…
BCTF ignoring government’s fiscal reality: province
After mediator Vince Ready walked away from the bargaining table, citing the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and provincial government being too far apart for mediation…
A rhyming explanation about the state of B.C. education
Letter (poem) to the Editor There’s no problem with education in B.C. today? What is this nonsense I’m hearing you say? The doors have…
CFUW Cranbrook Club open to new members
With an interesting line-up of activities and speakers again this year at our monthly meetings, members of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Cranbrook…
An education system sadly failing its children
Perceptions by Gerry Warner Enough is enough! On Sept. 2 more than half a million B.C. students are supposed to bring their shining faces back…
Facebook ruined my dress
Mommy’s Weird By Kyla Cornish I wear a lot of black. I don’t mean to. Well, I guess I do mean to. I just like…
An exquisite writer who lays claim to traditions of Homer
Book Review By Derryll White Kadare, Ismael (1989). The File on H. “Just as in the metabolism of living beings, so in oral poetry, death…