The School District No. 5 (SD5) Board of Education has hired a new secretary-treasurer, Nick Taylor, following the resignation of Secretary-Treasurer, Alan Rice, who recently…
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We are the beneficiaries of their sacrifices
By Rob Morrison We think today of the more than 650,000 Canadians who served in the First World War, the over 66,000 who never came…
Remembering the sacrifices made
Letter to the Editor This May, we remember the Canadians who sacrificed life and limb to help liberate the Netherlands 75 years ago. I had…
Local leads Cycling Canada in Netherlands
Team Canada concluded the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships on Saturday (March 16) in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, with gold and silver medals, bringing the total number…
Nurse Jessie Lee treated terrible war wounds
By Elinor Florence My admiration is boundless when it comes to the wartime nursing sisters who so bravely carried out their grim duties – so…
Four lost Rovers from Cranbrook
By Elinor Florence A group of young men from Cranbrook, members of the Rover branch of the Boy Scouts Association, built cabins deep in the…
Lack of engagement sags novel
Book Review By Derryll White Baantjer, A.C. (2006). DeKok and Variations on Murder. I found this novel recently in an antique store in Nelson. I…
Public tulip planting ceremony to take place
The Cranbrook Garden Club is the lucky recipient of one of 140, 70th Anniversary Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Gardens. The gardens are being distributed across Canada…
Visitor numbers show positive growth
British Columbia is showing strong growth in international overnight visitors with overall numbers up by an additional 34,785 visitors or 8.3% over May 2014, and…
Clark talks LNG, BCTF and Bennett in Cranbrook speech
While dozens of B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) union members and supporters lined the strip in front of Cranbrook’s Heritage Inn July 10, protesting the province’s treatment…