ANKORS and the Community Resilience Project will be hosting a community education event called ‘Let’s Talk Harm Reduction’ on March 26. This event is taking…
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Drug Alert issued for Cranbrook area
Interior Health (IH) Nov. 28 issued a Drug Alert for the Cranbrook area, warning about a substance being sold as Down containing Bromazolam. Bromazolam is…
More visible homelessness expected this winter
Solutions and action needed, not criticism, says City of Cranbrook As winter approaches, the City of Cranbrook and its community partners are preparing for what…
CFKR distributes $265k to four local charities
The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) is very pleased to announce $265,000 in funding to support four projects benefitting the Elk Valley, Cranbrook,…
Cranbrook captured in human rights report
A recent report completed by British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) offers a snapshot of human rights challenges and community responses in…
Playing a pivotal role in harm reduction
By Erin Knutson Shelby Ross, as part of the episodic overdose prevention (eOPS) team, plays a pivotal role in harm reduction, partnering with their peers…
Giving Where We Live
East Kootenay Telus Community Ambassadors were recently out in the community ‘Giving Where We Live.’ President Edith LeClair and Vice President David Cumming delivered 50…
Ankors is available for all
By Erin Knutson Ankors peer health navigator and drug checking technician James Kaufman espouses inclusion, compassion, stigma reduction, and diversity as part of the local…
RCMP and social services share views on crime spike
The issue of increasing property crime and the search to find answers and steps forward continued last week when the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce hosted…
Chamber hosting townhalls on growing issues in city
The Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce is hosting two upcoming townhall meetings centred around the uptick in petty crime, homelessness, and mental health and addictions struggles…