Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary One of my earliest memories in life is Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon; “That’s one small…
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Autumnal Full Moons
By Dan Hicks Our ashen Harvest Moon breaks free of horizonal cloud and ascends into a clear cool September night sky above Cranbrook; a welcome…
In search of a blood red moon?
Lunar Eclipse Timeline: When and where total lunar eclipses will occur until 2050 By Heidi Weston Last year, ‘The Great American Eclipse’ caused a media…
Subaru presents Night of the Falling Stars
By Dan Hicks Away from city lights, where the Milky Way yet survives, the southern East Kootenay July night sky is graced with all five…
Winter in the East Kootenay
So how was your winter? We hope you’re not still dealing with it. Chances are folks in the East Kootenay will be dealing with winter’s melt…
Horoscope for the week beginning Feb. 10
By Michael O’Connor Tip of the Week The Moon waxes to full in Leo this weekend. A fire moon tends to be dramatic, for better…
Horoscope for the week beginning June 3
By Michael O’Connor Tip of the week The New Moon in Gemini occurs on June 4. It hosts an exciting alignment of planets including an…
Orionid meteor shower underway
By Rick Nowell The Orionid meteor shower occurs between October 2 and November 7; with the peak on Wednesday October 21/22, at 15 meteors per…
The farther we see the smaller we become
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb It seems that as we continue to delve deeper into our solar system and peer ever-more focused into the deeper…
A look back at the lunar eclipse
By Rick Nowell On Sunday night, Sept. 27, a group of us went up the mountain to the TV-cell phone towers at 4,100 feet elevation, on the…