April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. If you or someone you know has experienced a sexual assault, help is available at your closest emergency department through Interior Health’s…
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Iconic Canadian band coming to Cranbrook
With one of the most memorable voices in Canadian music history, alternative rock-folk band, the Crash Test Dummies are coming to Cranbrook in November. The…
Local chambers part of resort coalition
Chambers of Commerce representing resort communities across British Columbia, including three in the East Kootenay, have formed the Resort Chambers of Commerce Coalition and celebrate…
Donald J. Trump may have met his Waterloo
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary When I was a dumb young kid growing up in the West Kootenay my parents would occasionally take us…
Solar power shines on affordable housing
Columbia Basin Trust supports projects to add solar panels on nine buildings Families and seniors in nine affordable housing buildings across seven Columbia Basin communities…
Fiddle virtuosos coming to Cranbrook in 2025
Juno Award winning fiddle virtuosos Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are hitting the road again this spring and taking their music to new heights with…
MLA demands retention incentives for local healthcare workers
Kootenay East MLA Tom Shypitka (BC United) is slamming the NDP government for its glaring failures in managing healthcare across British Columbia, particularly highlighting severe…
$24k raised for JoeAnna’s House
The fundraising committee of the third annual Good Lemonade Day is proud to announce that an incredible $24,197.53 was raised at the provincial-wide event held…
Local soccer teams heading to Rome to compete next spring
Two under-17 soccer teams from the Kootenays are set to embark on an exciting journey to Rome, Italy, next April to compete in the prestigious…
Conservation fund projects tour hailed a success
Elected officials from throughout the Kootenay Boundary region came early to the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Government (AKBLG) convention recently to learn more about…