Cranbrook residents living with dementia are going public in an effort to change hearts and minds and tackle the ongoing discrimination they experience in their…
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Parks Canada ecosystem scientist long-term chair of KCP
Faces & Places: Derek Petersen Story by Nicole Trigg Kootenay Conservation Program When the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) first formed in 2002 as the East…
College welcomes new women’s volleyball coach
Bryan Fraser brings years of playing and coaching experience to the role College of the Rockies women’s Avalanche volleyball team will have a new leader…
It was a successful season for EKVC
The East Kootenay Volleyball Club (EKVC) season ended well for all teams involved. The end of the season resulted in medals from teams on both…
From the Mekong to Cranbrook: a Master’s Journey
By Joel Huncar Forty-four years ago Songlith Singthong was clinging to a log in the Mekong River. Ajarn Song, as he is known to his…
Her job means she can be challenged and accepted
FOCUS ON EMPLOYMENT Lynetta is the eldest of four kids who were transplanted from a family farm in Saskatchewan to Edgewater in order for her…
Flower/plant sale proceeds to aid women and newborns
The sale of fresh cut bouquets, a dozen roses and select potted plants at any of Save-on-Foods’ 166 stores between May 9 and 15 will…
Columbia Valley RCMP Report
By Cpl. Brent Ayers This past week, April 8 through to April 14, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 56 calls for service. The following are…
ICE continue to tinker with trades
The tinkering and tweaking continues for the floundering Kootenay ICE. Sporting a mere eight wins in 43 tries thus far in this now lost Western…
My Dad’s Best Christmas: 1945
By Elinor Florence A few years before he died, I asked my father, Douglas Florence of Invermere, what was the best Christmas he could remember….