WestJet today announced that its regional airline, WestJet Link, will begin operating nonstop flights between Vancouver and Cranbrook’s Canadian Rockies International Airport on October 27….
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Let’s log to improve the forest instead of destroying it
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary Was it all just a lie? It’s hard to avoid thinking that when you consider all the sawmill closures…
Chamber holding conversation on service cancellation
Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce members are invited to join the chamber and Canadian Rockies International Airport officials for a conversation with Air Canada regarding the…
Regional tourism projects get funding boost
Destination BC is providing $4 million this year to support 57 tourism projects across British Columbia, including three in the East Kootenay and one in…
Angel Flight fundraising in order offer help
A volunteer organization offering medical flight services from the Kootenays to Kelowna continues to seek funding support. Angel Flight East Kootenay, founded by retired airline…
MP presents petition to keep Air Canada service at YXC
Yesterday (May 16) in the House of Commons, Kootenay–Columbia Member of Parliament Wayne Stetski presented a petition calling for federal Transport Minister, the Hon. Marc…
MP Stetski sponsors petition to keep Air Canada service
Wayne Stetski, Member of Parliament for Kootenay – Columbia, is sponsoring a petition calling for federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau to recommend Air Canada maintain…
Advice for spring break travellers
Wednesday morning, following the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines disaster, which killed 157 people including 18 Canadians, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced Canada will ground all Boeing 737 Max…
Air Canada nixing Calgary to YXC flights
Air Canada this morning announced it will be discontinuing flights between Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) and Calgary starting April 29. Noting it is moving…
City seeks funds for wildfire mitigation work
City of Cranbrook council Nov. 26 gave the go-ahead to city staff to seek grant funding in order to conduct two wildfire mitigation projects on…