The very narrow and pedestrian unfriendly bridge over Lizard Creek is being replaced and greatly improved upon.

The Elk Valley is experiencing a below-average snowpack and this potentially does not bode well for Fernie. Last spring we […]

Improved high-speed internet is on the way for 26 communities in the Kootenays, bringing people opportunities to learn, connect and better expand their businesses.

The British Columbia government has announced more funding to search and rescue groups throughout the province to be used over […]

The Columbia Basin Trust increases recreation opportunities with $484,000 for 29 trail projects

And then it snowed 24cms and we forgot about spring and skied powder…

To be considered for funding, proposals must be for projects on sections of The Great Trail between Castlegar and Elkford, British Columbia.

It is disheartening to hear that a legally established trail managed under Partnership Agreement with the Province of BC has again been plowed out with zero communication

Alpine Skiers and snowboarders however were in a different state, they created a powder frenzy similar to a school of Piranha in the Amazon river feeding on a fresh carcass.

In our world, when something is on our radar, we drop everything, at any time of the day or night and in any weather to go deal with it. We are hoping our Finance Minister means the same.

A group of five skiers were skiing a chute on Mount Fernie when a skier triggered the avalanche that buried four of them.

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