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…
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CFKR delivers $226k to four service organizations
The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) is pleased to officially announce $226,000 in funding to support four projects in the East Kootenay through…
City values and beliefs guide actions in homelessness challenges
The City of Cranbrook, like most other cities in B.C., is experiencing unprecedented challenges related to the impacts of the ongoing housing, opioid, and mental…
EKASS getting $38,860 for Rock Solid
The Civil Forfeiture Grant Program provides funding to support community-safety-related projects throughout British Columbia. As part of the 2022-23 cycle, $9.7 million will support 197…
Council meets with street level support agencies
The growing issues around homelessness, drugs and crime and its impacts to the business community and residents across the City of Cranbrook, was behind a…
Youth inform drug misuse prevention efforts working
By Erin Knutson East Kootenay Addiction Services Society (EKASS) is on the frontline of addictions outreach, prevention, education, and research in British Columbia and across…
Cranbrook will survive marijuana legalization
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary Steady as she goes seems to be the phrase to describe the feelings of Cranbrookians as we stand on…
Interior Health year in review
By Doug Cochrane Interior Health Board Chair As 2018 arrives, it is a great opportunity to reflect on the past year. On behalf of Interior…
Prestigious honour for sexual health clinic
Mt. Baker Secondary School Wellness Clinic is the proud recipient of Options for Sexual Health’s 2017 BC Clinic of the Year award. The Mt. Baker…
Telephone town hall on marijuana legalization March 14
Next week Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski will host a telephone town hall for residents to let him know their views on marijuana legalization. “The legalization…