The Fairmont Hot Springs annual community clean-up hosted by the Fairmont District Lions Club and the Columbia Lake Stewardship Society is taking place on April…
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Autumn in the East Kootenay 2025
Photos by Carrie Schafer and Ian Cobb This past autumn was all about a house rising, for us. A long, tiring, helpless wait shed its…
Winter Market in Fairmont Dec. 12
Take a trip to Fairmont Hot Springs on December 12 and experience all the festive fun the community has to offer! Pick up your Holiday…
Debris Flow Mitigation Project completion celebrated
Petition delivered during ceremony asking for a review of the financial and procedural concerns The completion of the Cold Spring Creek Debris Flow Mitigation Project…
Deeds, not words
By Ian Cobb Canada lost a national hero on September 23 and the Columbia Valley lost one of its most admired and beloved citizens, when…
Restoring natural landscapes with NTBC
By Megan Jamison Kootenay Conservation Program Michelle Daniel, Kootenay Conservation Land Coordinator with The Nature Trust of BC (NTBC), is passionate about ecosystem enhancement and…
Structure Protection Unit acquired for CVRFRSD
The Columbia Valley Rural Fire and Rescue Service Department (CVRFRSD), made up of Edgewater, Fairmont Hot Springs, Panorama, and Windermere, have acquired a new type…
From risk to resilience
ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation leads wildfire mitigation work in the Kootenays The ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation, with funding support from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC),…
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Sgt. Jeff Witzke This past week, March 3 through March 9 , Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 44 calls for service. The following is…
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Sgt. Jeff Witzke This past week, February 17 through Feb. 23, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 69 calls for service. The following is a…