The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting Galloway Lumber in conducting site preparation prescribed burns in the Bull River area. The burns are located approximately…
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Man charged one year after fatal crash near Cranbrook
Exactly one year after a collision claimed the life of a 62-year-old Wardner woman, an Alberta man has been charged in relation to her death….
Mariya Stokes among acts coming to Fun Field Festival
Multi-award-winning Alberta-born artist Mariya Stokes is bringing her debut album Mood Ring to life on stage at the Fun Field Festival in Wardner on June 28…
Debris Bin coming to Wardner and Osprey Landing
The East Kootenay FireSmart Program has an upcoming event in Osprey Landing and Wardner starting on April 22. This event intends to encourage prioritizing the…
Wardner woman killed in Highway 3/93 head-on
BCHP seeking video and witnesses to fatal collision near Cranbrook A woman from Wardner is dead and two people are injured after a collision near…
Community Ski Day January 19 at Kimberley
Continuing with the tradition of thanking the community, Kimberley Alpine Resort (KAR) will offer a Community Ski Day for residents of Canal Flats, Skookumchuck, Meadowbrook,…
South Country Firefighters kept busy with overlapping incidents
Members of South Country Fire Departments were kept busy this morning responding to two separate but overlapping incidents. Fourteen firefighters and six pieces of apparatus…
Clear Sky Retreat Centre hosting FireSmart session
Clear Sky Retreat Centre will host its second annual FireSmart Information Session February 24. “This is a way for friends and community neighbours to learn…
More of the Basin to access high-speed internet
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…
Winter in the East Kootenay 2022/23
Old Man Winter stumbled into the East Kootenay with an intrusive snarl November 2, 2022 and proceeded to loiter about, casting his white detritus hither…