By BC Highway Patrol Every day in December 2024, BC Highway Patrol took an average of 8.61 impaired drivers off the road. That’s an impaired…
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Livestock emergency response trailers coming to region
Agricultural producers in the East Kootenay and Lower Mainland will have access to mobile livestock emergency response trailers through a pilot project funded by the…
COVID vaccine take one entirely for Lower Mainland
The B.C. government today announced its plan to begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines in B.C., with the first round going entirely to the Lower Mainland. The…
Rescued screech owl makes full recovery
In late fall (2019), a B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCS) member on patrol came across this screech owl, lying injured on a highway near Fort…
More than 223,000 shared views on daylight saving time
A record 223,273 people have shared their opinions in an online survey on whether British Columbia should continue to observe daylight saving time, including 12,209…
New sheriffs headed to Cranbrook
The latest class of provincial sheriffs has graduated from the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) Sheriff Academy in New Westminster. Twenty-four recruits have completed…
RDEK pushes back at ALC over farm residence restrictions
Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) directors May 3 unanimously approved a motion that will ask the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) to petition the…
Awaiting rescue in the lamentable divide
e-KNOW Editorial By Ian Cobb British Columbia is a province with two realities. There is the reality of life in the southwestern corner of the…
Provincial sheriff recruits for Cranbrook
The most-recent class of provincial sheriffs graduated from the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) sheriff academy in New Westminster Jan. 15. Twenty recruits have…
11 camping sites added to local rec area
Eleven of the 431 new campsites announced for BC Parks and forestry recreation sites around the province are located in the East Kootenay, a joint…