Coverage area
Columbia Valley News is a regional publication based in Invermere, BC. We cover what’s happening in the upper Columbia Basin area of British Columbia, Canada.
Our coverage area comprises the Canadian portion of the upper Columbia River watershed (including the Kootenay River) from the headwaters in Kootenay National Park, north to the Golden area, and south to Lake Koocanusa and the U.S. border. This includes all of the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK), plus the southern part (Golden) of Area A in Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) and the southern part (Creston) of Area B in the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK). We also include Banff National Park, in Alberta.
Regional District of East Kootenay
Upper Columbia Valley (RDEK Areas F & G)
- Brisco [search]
- Canal Flats [search]
- Edgewater [search]
- Fairmont Hot Springs [search]
- Invermere [search]
- Jumbo [search]
- Kootenay National Park [search]
- Panorama [search]
- Radium Hot Springs [search]
- Spillimacheen [search]
- Windermere
Kimberley / Cranbrook (RDEK Areas C & E)
Elk Valley / Lake Koocanusa (RDEK Areas A & B)
- Baynes Lake [search]
- Elkford [search]
- Elko [search]
- Fernie [search]
- Hosmer [search]
- Jaffray [search]
- Olson
- Sparwood [search]
Columbia Shuswap Regional District
Golden / Revelstoke (CSRD Area A)
- Field [search]
- Glacier National Park [search]
- Golden [search]
- Revelstoke [search]
- Valemount [search]
- Yoho National Park [search]
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Creston (RDCK Area B)
Banff-Canmore
Banff National Park


