By Ian Cobb and Carrie Schafer Winter 2025 in the East Kootenay was relatively welcoming, aside from its snitty and damaging beginning Nov. 20/21 (2024)….
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Ecosystem improvements on the horizon
Eight projects will enhance biodiversity, restore ecosystems Healthy ecosystems are essential for sustaining biodiversity and community well-being. To support this, Columbia Basin Trust is providing…
Autumn and Christmas in the East Kootenay 2024
The following photo collection was captured during rambles around the East Kootenay in the autumn and Christmas season 2024. Photos in this collection were captured…
Three more lakes surveyed in Columbia Basin
Three more lakes in the Upper Columbia Basin have been surveyed this summer through Living Lakes Canada’s Foreshore Inventory Management Planning (FIMP) program. St. Mary’s Lake in…
Canal Flats gets rural development funding
The B.C. government has announced it is providing more than $5 million to Indigenous organizations and local governments in rural communities throughout B.C., including communities…
Firefighters get upper hand on wildfire south of Columere
Highway 93/95 has been re-opened after being temporarily closed overnight due to a wildfire south of Columere Park. “Our team did an amazing job, and…
Columbia Lake foreshore survey report now available
As the popularity of Columbia Lake grows, both as a recreational hotspot and a scenic place to live, monitoring the lake’s foreshore is just as…
Shore to Shore Pathway funded
Tilley Memorial Park and Columbia Lake will soon become more accessible to beachgoers in Canal Flats, thanks to a large grant from Columbia Basin Trust…
Connecting youth, the climate crisis and water
Submitted by Living Lakes Canada and Wildsight We watch a pair of beavers slip silently through the water. Their lodge is just below us, nestled…
KNC purchases property to protect archaeological site
The Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) announced today that it has purchased a piece of property on the east side of Columbia Lake near Canal Flats…