By Mike Selby Cranbrook Public Library The Cranbrook Public Library is now open with extended hours (with some restrictions and reduced services.) We encourage patrons…
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Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Sgt. Darren Kakuno This past week, March 8 through March 14, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 57 calls for service. The following is a…
Obituary of Lydia Ridke
LYDIA RIDKE (RENNER) DECEMBER 22, 1924 – MARCH 5, 2021 The family of Lydia Ridke write this tribute in memory of our beloved mother Lydia (nee Renner)…
Obituary of Claude Angus Oram
Claude Angus Oram December 19, 1942 – March 5, 2021 Claude Angus Oram passed away on March 5, 2021 from advanced prostate cancer. Claude was…
Obituary of Audrey June Hickson
AUDREY JUNE HICKSON (AMES) JUNE 19, 1922 – MARCH 4, 2021 Those we love don’t go away; They walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard but always near….
Obituary of Dora “Phyllis” Elisabeth Bower
Dora “Phyllis” Elisabeth Bower 1927 – 2021 With sadness the family of Dora “Phyllis” Elisabeth Bower announces her passing on March 4, 2021 at the…
Teenagers, bugs and watersheds
By Lorene Keitch Jessie Caza stands at the front of the class, mask on. A classroom of Grade 9 students squirm and fidget as the…
Spring sightings
Letter to the Editor The birders swarm Wasa like the swallows coming back to Capistrano. Swans and geese at the sloughs. Ice thins daily, fishers…
Communication or a waste of taxpayer money?
Letter to the Editor Kootenay-Columbia MP Rob Morrison has not communicated much with constituents since the 2019 election, so I was curious to read his…
Balancing conservation with recreation on Lake Windermere
Faces & Places: Shannon McGinty Story by Nicole Trigg Kootenay Conservation Program Lake Windermere is the most heavily used body of water in the entire…