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 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.

Citizens of Fernie were outraged by the destruction of a Beaver Dam on the Montane property on Cokato Road this week.

Twenty-eight buildings in 19 communities are undertaking projects to generate energy, increase energy efficiency and sustainability, and reduce energy costs. […]

The land we know as Ridgemont, that has some of Fernie’s most accessible recreation trails, has been closed for public use.

Mark Laver, from Castlegar and District Economic Development office, is looking into the possibility of returning the Kootenays to a superior mode of transport.

The Columbia Basin Trust supports five projects with $1.5 million to build 118 new units

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

This afternoon the Government of British Columbia announced new affordable housing in the Columbia Basin region that includes 35 units for Fernie.

Fernie is in need of workers and is hosting its first ever Spring Job Fair to help address the worker shortage.

BC’s “speculation tax” does not apply to Fernie, the tax will target foreign and domestic speculators in other areas of BC.