December 15, 2022 Fernie’s Outdoor Community Rink is Open! It’s official – the City of Fernie has announced that the green flag is up and the Outdoor Community Rink […] Read more
December 15, 2022 Small Communities Take Big Steps to Fight Wildfires Fifteen small communities and First Nations in the Columbia Basin are upping their abilities to prevent and fight wildfires. These […] Read more
December 14, 2022 CBT Resident Directed Grants Opening Soon The Columbia Basin Trusts Resident Directed Grants (ReDi Grants) will be opening soon. ReDi Grants Funding is for meeting community […] 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
December 06, 2022 Outdoor Activities Get Even More Attractive Being active in the great outdoors is one of the pleasures of living in the Columbia Basin. Now, 16 projects […] Read more
December 02, 2022 The Free Indoor Walking Program is back! The City of Fernie will once again be offering a free indoor walking program this winter. Beginning December 6 the […] Read more
December 01, 2022 Fernie Chamber announces new Executive Director The Fernie Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the appointment of the new Executive Director, Wendy McDougall, to the Chamber team. Read more
November 17, 2022 RDEK Development Application Fees Increasing On January 1, 2023 the Regional District of East Kootenay’s will be implementing a restructured fee schedule that will affect […] Read more
November 17, 2022 2022 Fernie Living Wage The living wage for Fernie is $23.58 an hour for 2022. While the living wage has never been calculated before […] Read more
November 13, 2022 Firefighters Respond to Hosmer Fire Members of the Hosmer Fire Department responded to a structure fire this evening. “Five pieces of apparatus and five firefighters […] Read more
November 11, 2022 One Kootenay Region Entrepreneur Will Receive a $40,000 Investment Cheer on your local entrepreneurs as they go head-to-head in the final pitch event of the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology’s Kootenay Investment Challenge. Read more
November 10, 2022 RDEK Chairs Acclaimed and New Directors Welcomed The annual election of Chair and Vice Chair was held at the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) today, the […] Read more