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…
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Feds back indigenous protected, conserved area for Jumbo
There is welcome news in the long plight of the Jumbo Valley. The Ktunaxa Nation Council has received approval from Environment and Climate Change Canada…
I hate Jumbo because I love it
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary I tried to get up to visit Jumbo Valley a month or so ago but ran out of…
Court of Appeal rules Jumbo Valley to stay wild
The B.C. Court of Appeal today (August 6) ruled that the original 2015 decision of then Minister of Environment Mary Polak, that the Jumbo Glacier…
Jumbo is going back to court
Jumbo Glacier Resort is heading back in court on June 25,. Glacier Resorts, the company behind the ski resort proposal for the upper Jumbo Valley,…
Qat’muk ruling shows Canada’s hypocrisy
e-KNOW Editorial By Ian Cobb Last week (Nov. 2) the Supreme Court of Canada showcased to the world how full of B.S. Canada is when…
Wildsight supports Ktunaxa call for protected area
Regional environmental watchdog group Wildsight says it is “deeply saddened” by the Supreme Court of Canada ruling today that “fails to recognize indigenous spiritual rights…
Ktunaxa Nation disappointed with Qat’muk decision
The Supreme Court of Canada this morning unanimously ruled against the Ktunaxa Nation in its ongoing bid to save the Jumbo Valley (Qat’muk) from development…
Jumbo petition presented to the BC Legislature
Possibly the largest petition ever presented to the BC Legislature was put forward today by Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald asking that Premier Christy Clark…
61,526-name petition an ‘act of reconciliation’
By Ian Cobb e-KNOW A petition containing 61,526 signatories from around the world showing support for the Ktunaxa Nation’s Qat’muk Declaration is an act of…