On the surface, Fernie might seem like any mountain resort town: beautiful vistas, interesting shops, and a busy ski hill.

With concerns about long-term water pollution, carbon emissions, bighorn sheep and other wildlife, the Ktunaxa Nation, US Kootenai Tribes, the US EPA and Montana have all already asked federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to review the proposed mine.

Wildsight, in conjunction with partners Yellowstone to Yukon and Miistakis Institute, are excited to release an infographic on wildlife collisions and remediation in the Elk Valley.

The Fernie Writers Conference opened registration for the 2020 conference and awarded its first Writer-in-Residence. The conference brings award winning […]

According to Fernie Museum records the Catholic Church in Fernie began in 1896 with arrival of 200 miners to Coal […]

UPDATE TO THE EDITOR CanWel has logged the slopes on the south side of Coal Creek, the north face of […]

The Muth family and Columbia Basin Trust are pleased to award four Basin students with the 2020 Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship.

On a rainy Sunday afternoon this past weekend the Fernie Awareness and Accountability Project hosted a “Listening Project to show […]

The trail is a 20 kilometer, 400 meters elevation gain/loss loop to the confluence of the Elk River and Kootenay and follows part of the historic Old Fort Steele Trail.

Anyone caught trespassing, by travelling up the mountain, risks losing the ability to buy passes for years to come.

Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, owner of Fernie Alpine Resort, has closed for the season. After careful consideration of the […]

Covid-19 is spreading more rapidly than anticipated. Public health professionals are sounding the alarm bell, because it’s going to get […]