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Here comes the snow again

Environment Canada and Mainroad East Kootenay Contracting have issued weather advisories warning of heavy snowfall for the Elk Valley and southern East Kootenay communities from…

Extreme cold warning covers most of region

Environment Canada this morning issued an extreme cold warning for the Columbia Valley, Kootenay National Park and Elk Valley areas of the East Kootenay. “A…

RDEK Columbia Valley office shut after chemical spill

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) reports it’s Columbia Valley office is presently closed and is being vented following a small chemical spill in…

IHCAS makes its largest donation ever to EKFH

The Invermere Health Care Auxiliary Society (IHCAS) has made their largest single donation ever to the East Kootenay Foundation for Health (EKFH) this December. The…

Extended fall Highway 1 closures coming

Traffic gets thick and chaotic in Radium Hot Springs and along highways 93 and 95 during the extended detours from the Kicking Horse Canyon project….

Area Director praises wildfire response

Electoral Area F Director Susan Clovechok Public cooperation with ongoing restrictions urged As the last active Evacuation Alert in the Columbia Valley was lifted earlier…

Evacuation Order and Alert due to Horsethief Creek Fire

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK), has issued an EVACUATION ORDER for 25 dwellings and a number of recreation sites in the Horsethief Creek…

Two new wildfires sparked in the valley

Sydney Sigl, visiting Invermere from Arizona, watches smoke rise over Mount Bruce earlier today. Erika Sigl photo There are two new wildfires burning in the…