The Cranbrook Sunrise Rotary Community Grants Committee was very happy to present Kootenay Team Reynolds with a cheque for $750 to help with transportation costs…
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Fuel reduction work coming to Wasa area
The Provincial Wildfire Risk Reduction Program (WRR) will soon be starting a new section of its fuel reduction project in the Wasa area. The work…
Autumn in the East Kootenay 2025
Photos by Carrie Schafer and Ian Cobb This past autumn was all about a house rising, for us. A long, tiring, helpless wait shed its…
Severe Thunderstorm Warning centred at Wasa area
Environment Canada this afternoon (July 28) issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for most of the East Kootenay, with the Wasa area highlighted in the alert….
RCMP report missing Alberta couple found safe
UPDATE: Kimberley RCMP report this missing couple has been found safe. Original story: Kimberley RCMP is asking the public to keep an eye out for…
Why hasn’t this environmental threat been removed?
Letter to the Editor: At least four weeks ago, a travel trailer ended up in the watery ditch along Highway 93/95 at Prairie Road and…
Locals fined for poaching
A man and woman from Wasa recently received a combined $6,000 penalty and hunting bans in connection with poaching a Mule deer near Cranbrook, the…
Autumn and Christmas in the East Kootenay 2024
The following photo collection was captured during rambles around the East Kootenay in the autumn and Christmas season 2024. Photos in this collection were captured…
Fuel reduction work underway at Wasa
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) this morning passed along information from the Ministry of Forests regarding a fuel reduction project in the Wasa…
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,…