The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) has scheduled three open houses as part of its ongoing public consultation on the Draft Solid Waste Management…
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Questioning candidate’s ties to the Kootenay-Columbia
Letter to the Editor By way of background, I am a local lawyer based in the Kootenay-Columbia region, born and raised in Kimberley, and currently…
Charges laid following a targeted knife assault
Two suspects in an edged weapon assault were taken into police custody, early Wednesday afternoon, during a high risk take down in the Invermere area….
A powwow performance celebration for all ages
Powwow dance, hoop dance and Métis jigging are beautiful expressions of Indigenous Peoples’ rich history and culture. Translated from Cree to mean “to dance” and…
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Sgt. Darren Kakuno This past week, September 30 through October 6, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 58 calls for service. The following are some…
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Sgt. Darren Kakuno This past week, September 23 through September 29, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 52 calls for service. The following are some…
Summer in the East Kootenay 2019
Summer 2019 in the East Kootenay was about as lovely as one can hope for nowadays. We didn’t suffer from breathing weeks-upon-weeks of thick forest…
Nitros seek to remain unbeaten; Riders/Rockies clash
The Kimberley Dynamiters head into tonight’s (Friday, Sept. 27) Kootenay International Junior Hockey League contest against the Princeton Posse undefeated. The Dynamiters have won five…
Lack of open house notices unacceptable: MLA
Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok says it is suspicious and unacceptable that the provincial government provided such little notice about information gathering open houses covering…
The Whitehouse has been sold
Another Columbia Valley institution is about to undergo a major change. The venerable Whitehouse Hotel in Windermere has been sold, only a few weeks after…