Over this past weekend Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 30 calls for service. Note worthy incidents are outlined below. [Read more]
Parks Canada reported on July 29 that the fire danger in Kootenay, Yoho and Banff national parks is now high. This follows [Read more]
Take out menu. Tim Goldie came to Invermere from Saskatchewan in 1988 to work in his uncle’s (Tim Strand’s) restaurant. [Read more]
2010 Apr 1, 0714 hrs. Police came upon an accident on Hwy 95 near Brisco. A 2005 U-Haul left the road and ended up in the [Read more]
Columbia Valley RCMP. 2010 March 4. Police attended to a single vehicle accident in the Kootenay National park, 7 km east [Read more]
CVNews took a trip to the Invermere Community Hall Friday morning to watch the Columbia Valley Christmas Bureau receiving [Read more]
Regional District of East Kootenay. Wilks Elected Board Chair for 2010. Director David Wilks has been elected as Board Chair [Read more]
by Norm Macdonald. Since the beginning of the school year, parents of young children in Brisco and Spillimacheen have been [Read more]
On August 7th the British Columbia government in concert with eight Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) directors and [Read more]
Lightning storm sparks wildfires. Crews across the southern portion of the Southeast Fire Centre are responding to a series [Read more]
The 34th Annual Lakeside Event last weekend was a huge success. The contestants had to wait for the morning fog to clear [Read more]
July 22-24, Invermere – One of the highlights of summer in the Columbia Valley is Summerlude, an entire weekend [Read more]
If you drive south from Golden, along Highway 95, amid tall stands of Douglas fir and lodgepole pine, sprinkled with aspen [Read more]
by Lynn Knell and Ignacio Duran. There has been yet another avalanche death involving a snowmobile, this time in Bugaboo [Read more]
2010 Feb 1. Sometime over the last two weeks in Jan theft of approx $200 worth of lumber was stolen from a residence on Ashton [Read more]
Other RDEK happenings. Regional District of East Kootenay. December 15, 2009 4:30pm is the deadline to have expressions [Read more]
November 24-26 – The BC Transmission Corporation is about to hold their third round of Open Houses in the Columbia [Read more]
School district decision leaves young children without transportation home; parents vow to fight underfunding. BC Liberals’ [Read more]
The weather was perfect and the beach was full of spectators out for some summer fun at this past weekend’s 33rd [Read more]
July 10-12, Invermere – Until about two months ago the world of motorcycles was entirely foreign to me — aside [Read more]
- CBT ‘shaping our future’ symposium
- Driving with a BAC between 50 and 80 mg%
- Gaming grants announced
- Road kill in Kootenay Park
- Rock scaling in Kootenay National Park
- Fall fruit — dessert time for bears
- CBT youth water workshop
- Kootenay Country Fair
- Thor again
- Columbia Valley RCMP incidents, Sep 3-6
- BC liquor stores collect for Pakistan flood relief
- Kootenay Krusher endurance mountain bike race 2010
- Classroom with Outdoors now offers fall programs
- BC gets tough on drinking and driving
- Eddie Mountain arena re-opens
- Edgewater to discuss revitalization (June 22)
- BC budget highlights
- Accidents, road closures in Kootenay National Park (updated)
- Fairmont accident sends dogcatcher to hospital
- BC restaurants hit hard by HST
- BC has lowest minimum wage, highest poverty rate
- FRP acquired by Northwynd
- Harper visits East Kootenay
- The amazing legacy of the Morigeau family
- Invermere doctor killed in train accident
- Accidents, road closures in Kootenay National Park (updated) (31)
- BP begins drilling near Fernie (29)
- BC restaurants hit hard by HST (18)
- Vehicle impoundment as a penalty (14)
- FRP acquired by Northwynd (12)
- Canada Day -- celebrating without a soap box (11)
- Courtenay natural pharmacy raided, closed (10)
- The amazing legacy of the Morigeau family (9)
- Sometimes obeying the law can be dangerous (8)
- Anti-HST initiative succeeds, but Elections BC delays (6)
Events
Oct 22-24, Revelstoke – Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) will be hosting a free symposium for key leaders and residents [Read more]
Sep 24-26, Nakusp – In just a few short years, today’s youth will be the leaders in our communities, our province [Read more]
Sep 12, Fort Steele – Fort Steele will be a big attraction in the valley on Sunday, September 12, 2010. Bring the [Read more]
Sep 11-12, Radium – The Columbia Valley Cycling Society and Nipika Mountain Resort are presenting the 2010 Kootenay [Read more]
Sep 11, Windermere – Fall is in the air and what could possibly be a better way to celebrate this glorious season [Read more]
Visitor Guide
The visitor to Kootenae House National Historic Site stands in a seemingly empty field, surrounded by majestic mountains which overlook the peaceful [Read more]
Wilmer, British Columbia, is a tiny community situated on one of the benches overlooking the Rocky Mountain Trench, just a stone’s throw from Invermere [Read more]
In 1964, the Cranbrook Courier wrote of the Morigeau family, “Possibly no other family has had such an influence on the affairs of both white and [Read more]
