January 30, 2023 Nominate a Fernie Small Business Nominating is easy and only takes a couple of minutes – all you require is a few details about the […] Read more
January 30, 2023 Thousands Participate in The Great Big Buddy Read Family Literacy Week is celebrated annually throughout British Columbia during the last week of January. This year, the province proclaimed […] Read more
January 17, 2023 Grizzlies, strawberries and the connection to us Acclaimed author, naturalist and biologist Douglas Chadwick is touring the Kootenays this February to share his latest book, Four Fifths […] Read more
January 14, 2023 Plates and Silverware And now warming and rain loosening up those deadly layers increases the potential for avalanches. Read more
January 06, 2023 RDEK Area A Seeks Nominations for Volunteer of the Year The Regional District of East Kootenay Area A is currently seeking nominations for the 2022 Electoral Area Volunteers of the Year. Read more
December 29, 2022 Winners Announced for 2022 Kootenay Contraption Contest KAST Youth is excited to announce the winners of this year’s Kootenay Contraption Contest, an annual fall initiative that challenges […] Read more
December 17, 2022 Fernie Frigid Cold Advisory British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as an Arctic Outflow hits over the next week and […] Read more
December 14, 2022 Troy Cook was a Friend But above all, he was a friend. Through thick and thin. Through disagreements and through joint projects. Troy was a friend. Read more
December 11, 2022 Three Avalanches in Fernie Backcountry Three separate skier activated avalanche incidents happened in Fernie’s backcountry this past weekend. Fortunately everyone survived however one person was […] Read more
December 09, 2022 Fernie has the Best Snow Conditions Fernie’s ski season opening day was December 3rd and the stoke was high, the powder was deep and the snow […] Read more
December 08, 2022 24 Dalton Avenue, A Fernie Legacy Bob Sumka’s latest book titled “24 Dalton Avenue, A Fernie Legacy” reads like a walk down the proverbial memory lane […] Read more
December 08, 2022 COP15 presents turning point for Canadian conservation Five local mountain caribou herds have been extirpated (locally extinct) in the last 10 years due to habitat loss. Read more