Teck Coal Ltd. will provide $285,000 to the non-profit Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and pay a $15,000 penalty as a result of three Environmental Management Act…
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Funding for airport infrastructure project
Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook will receive $60,000 in funding from the B.C. Air Access Program this year for apron safety upgrades, announced Kootenay…
At the Library
By Mike Selby Cranbrook Public Library Ann Brocklehurst’s ‘Dark Ambition’ explores just what made Dellen Millard—a young Canadian aviation heir—go on an Ontario murder spree….
Citizens here want their voices heard in Victoria
MLA Report By Norm Macdonald Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA On April 11, we will launch the next election campaign, bringing to an end my 12 years…
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Cpl. Grant Simpson Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 42 calls for service over this past week. A few of them are highlighted below. Bleach…
What’s behind the proposed wildlife agency?
Letter to the Editor The province’s announcement of a new wildlife management agency raises more questions than it answers. Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett’s interpretation,…
Trust’s largest Radium project all about community
Columbia Basin Trust contributes $500,000 for new community centre The new multi-purpose community centre in Radium Hot Springs will be the result of foresight, planning,…
Trashy but Flashy Fashion Show returning
The always popular Trashy but Flashy Fashion Show has been missing from Earth Day Fernie festivities for a few years but it is back for…
Local girls need vote support in Cheer Contest
East Kootenay Knights look to defeat Canada in Hometown Hockey Cheer Contest The East Kootenay Knights Female Peewee Hockey Team needs your help to represent…
Anonymous group seeks to save/buy ICE
An anonymous group of Cranbrook area business people have banded together in an effort to keep the Kootenay ICE in the city and region. A…