Funding announced for a multi-year project to improve connectivity for 5,429 rural households Funding has been announced for rural communities and areas in the Columbia…
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St. Mary’s River Wildfire now being held
As the BC Wildfire Service continues to make progress on the St. Mary’s River Wildfire, which this afternoon was classified as BEING HELD, the Regional…
Evacuation Alert for over 500 homes in Wasa and Ta Ta Creek
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK), has issued an Evacuation Alert for 526 homes in the Wasa and Ta Ta Creek areas as hot,…
It was a damned good ride for Bob Jamieson
e-KNOW Editorial By Ian Cobb Journalists get to meet the most interesting people. We meet the famous, infamous, wannabes and never-bes, as well as leaders…
Fighting the bite
Local mosquito control technicians working hard to reduce mosquitoes It’s mosquito season again! Within the East Kootenay, mosquito eggs laid in previous years along the…
Pete Vereshagen Rink secured for the future
Community members pitch in to upgrade an important amenity. Hockey pucks thwack as they hit the ice and ricochet off the newly installed galvanized steel-framed…
Funding secured to expand broadband network
Columbia Basin Trust collaborates with several partners on fibre optic projects worth $7.6M Funding of $7.6 million has been secured to expand Columbia Basin Trust’s…
MP Rob Morrison went to bat for us
Letter to the Editor We made our dreams come true when we bought our farm in 2017 with big goals of greenhouses, gardens and a…
Trans Mountain pipeline should be defunded
Letter to the Editor The Trans Mountain pipeline could be costing taxpayers across Canada more than $20 billion. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
New fire near Ta Ta Creek and Doctor Creek is out of control
BC Wildfire Service this afternoon (August 19) reports a new wildfire off Miller Road, about 4.5 km south of Ta Ta Creek, on the east…