September is World Alzheimer’s Month, a time to push the global conversation about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias to the forefront. With an estimated 70,000…
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B.C.’s COVID-19 response and latest updates for Sept. 23
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Stephen Brown, deputy minister of health, today (Sept. 23) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on…
Obituary for Erna Bukovnik
Erna Bukovnik 1931 – 2020 On September 13, 2020, Erna Bukovnik, much loved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away at the age of…
Comment period opens for Steamboat Jubilee Mountain OCP
Approximately 50 people participated in a series of open houses to get their first look at the draft Steamboat Jubilee Mountain Official Community Plan (OCP)….
Valley challenged to donate to EKFH before snow flies
East Kootenay Community Credit Union (EKC) challenges all other Elk Valley businesses that can to contribute to the East Kootenay Foundation for Health (EKFH) new…
MFPR changes aimed at increasing domestic production
Changes to the Manufactured Forest Products Regulation (MFPR) around export requirements for sawn-wood products and lumber made from western red cedar or cypress go into…
Programs to aid cannabis producers, Indigenous businesses
Cannabis producers in B.C. will have greater access to local retailers and consumers, thanks to new direct delivery and farm-gate sales programs that are in…
CFES respond to kitchenette fire at Sandman Monday
Members of Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services responded to a call of a kitchenette fire in one of the hotel rooms at the Sandman Inn…
Wildsight applauds province’s Old Growth Report
The B.C. government has released its long-awaited Old Growth Report. After months of speculation by both the forest industry and environmental organizations, the government put…
B.C.’s COVID-19 response and latest updates for Sept. 22
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer and Stephen Brown, deputy minister of health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel…