A big shoutout to the preschool and elementary school classrooms that submitted names as part of the City of Fernie’s 2024 Snow Plow Naming Contest!…
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New 300 student school coming to Fernie
More student seats are on the way for families in the Southeast Kootenay School District (SD5) with funding approved for a new elementary school in…
More space for students at Isabella Dicken Elementary
Students at Isabella Dicken Elementary School in Fernie are returning to an expanded and improved school now that an 80-seat addition is complete. Students have…
Fernie officers step up action in school zone
After consulting and listening to concerns brought forward by Principal Laura-Lee Phillips and other staff from Ecole Isabella Dicken Elementary located on 2nd Avenue and 13th Street…
EcoGarden summer expansion on track for Fernie
By Erin Knutson The Community EcoGarden in Fernie will continue with expansion plans this summer after receiving confirmation of grants from the Columbia Basin Trust…
SD5 Board passes balanced budget
School District No. 5 (SD5), Southeast Kootenay Trustees passed a balanced budget of $74,391,479 at a special meeting of the Board on June 17. According…
SD5 Board Notes
The following is a summary of School District No. 5 (SD5) Board of Trustees motions carried during the October 8 and November 12 meetings. October…
Fire Chiefs for the Day fêted
On Thursday, October 10, Fernie McDonald’s Restaurant was once again thrilled to team up with Fernie Fire Department for the Fire Chief for the Day Contest. This year there were four…
Fernie school replacement in 2021: MLA
Kootenay East MLA Tom Shypitka announced on social media May 6 that he’s been given a timeline by the Minister of Education as to when…
SD5 Board Notes
The following are summaries of board motions carried during the March 12 and April 9 School District No. 5 (SD5) board meetings held in Cranbrook….