October 06, 2023 Columbia Basin Water Data sheds light on Climate Impacts Considered one of North America’s most important water towers, the Columbia Basin supplies fresh water to millions of people downstream […] Read more
July 30, 2023 Several Evacuation Alerts Lifted as St. Mary’s River Fire is Held The BC Wildfire Service and the Cranbrook Fire Department are working alongside the ʔaq̓am Community – St. Mary’s Indian Band […] Read more
September 09, 2022 The Fernie Valley Pathway is underway! The City of Fernie is excited to announce that that construction is underway on Section 1B of the Fernie Valley […] Read more
September 09, 2022 Southeast Wildfire Update The Southeast fire centre currently has 66 active fires with 3 new fires in the last 2 days. Read more
August 20, 2022 Evacuation Alert Issued for 6 Properties – RESCINDED As BC Wildfire Service crews continue to make progress on the Connell Ridge fire, the Evacuation Alert that was issued […] Read more
August 02, 2022 Campfires to be prohibited in Southeast BC Effective at noon PDT on Thursday, August 4, 2022, campfires will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction to […] Read more
July 13, 2022 New Iconic Fernie App Now you can Explore Fernie’s many amazing themed tours with Tourism Fernie’s a free new mobile app. This new way […] Read more
January 21, 2022 Special Public Avalanche Warning Includes South Rockies, Lizard Range and Flathead The Special Public Avalanche Warning issued Thursday, Jan. 20, has been expanded to include the South Rockies and Lizard Range regions. Read more
October 01, 2021 Winter Tires are Mandatory Winter road conditions across most of B.C. often include snow and ice and most B.C. highways have high mountain passes […] Read more
August 26, 2021 Campfire Ban Lifts this Friday Campfires will be allowed in Fernie and region starting Friday, August 27th at noon. Summer is getting back to normal […] Read more
July 29, 2021 Stay Aware and Plan Ahead With over 240 wildfires burning across BC, including a number of Fires of Note in the East Kootenay, the Regional […] Read more
April 12, 2021 It’s Highway Closure Season It’s officially Highway closure season in British Columbia and we’re going to experience increased traffic here in Fernie. The closing […] Read more