Outdoor public spaces like parks, downtown cores and waterfronts will become even more welcoming as 12 communities receive over $1.9 million to create, restore or…
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RDEK Board Highlights
The following is a synopsis of what occurred during the August 2 Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors’ meeting. 10-Year Service Awards…
Annual provincial local government grants dispersed
The provincial government is providing $110 million to local governments around B.C. for services that British Columbians count on, such as investments in infrastructure, like…
Canal Days this weekend
The Village of Canal Flats is the place to be this weekend for good old Rocky Mountain springtime festival fun. Canal Days is underway today…
Flats funded for flood risk assessment and mapping
Twenty-two local and regional governments have been approved to receive their share of more than $3 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support flood…
$960k in Rural Dividend project funding locally
The B.C. government has distributed almost $19 million in new grants to support rural communities in the fifth intake of the Rural Dividend, with $960,530…
Wildfire risk reduction grants benefit region
The B.C. government is providing more than $907,000 in community resiliency investment grants to support projects in the Southeast Fire Centre. “Community resiliency investment funding…
Comments sought for Kootenay West Mine EAO review
An Environmental Assessment Certificate amendment application by CertainTeed Gypsum Canada Inc. (CertainTeed) for the Kootenay West Mine, located 12 km northeast of the Village of…
2019 Property Assessments in the mail
In the next few days, owners of more than 144,000 properties throughout the Kootenay Columbia region can expect to receive their 2019 assessment notices, which…
To the victors go the spoils
e-KNOW editorial By Ian Cobb Another civic election has come and gone and new governments are set to start governing. There wasn’t a great deal…