A huge portion of the rerouted Trans-Canada Highway traffic will choose Highway #3, perhaps 100% of the commercial long-haul, as it will be the shortest and most efficient route to the coast.

Be prepared for another increase, Fernie has the highest assessed values in the region and 2021 assessments will increase another whopping 10%.

We may all have stories of when and how we realised the importance of Labour Day and the support staff in our daily lives – the labourers, sanitation workers, servers, cleaners, house help, tradesmen, healthcare workers and everyone else.

Just last week, scientists announced that the amount of selenium pollution in Lake Koocanusa should be kept to less than half of what Teck is already sending downstream

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