January 04, 2022 Community Initiatives Applications Now Being Accepted Interested non-profit organizations are now able to apply for the 2022/2023 Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives program. The programs funded […] Read more
December 18, 2021 Local making an impact on food security in Fernie One year ago Wildsight Elk Valley opened the doors to Local, a new food-based social enterprise in downtown Fernie. The […] Read more
December 08, 2021 Forum for Monitoring Elk River health Last Friday, December 3rd, a diverse group of parties united by their interested in Elk River watershed health convened to […] Read more
December 07, 2021 Avalanche Canada’s Southern Rockies Field Team The Avalanche Canada South Rockies Field Team covers the South Rockies and Lizard Range/Flathead public avalanche forecast regions. This dedicated […] Read more
November 28, 2021 Connecting youth, the climate crisis & water We watch a pair of beavers slip silently through the water. Their lodge is just below us, nestled alongside a […] Read more
November 25, 2021 Reviving an ecosystem with ancestral techniques For generations, ʔa·kinq̓uku—or fire—has played an important part in ecosystem renewal in the East Kootenay. In the community of ʔaq̓am, […] Read more
November 24, 2021 Angel Flight East Kootenay unveils new Aircraft Angel Flight East Kootenay has expanded its fleet with a 1979 twin-engined, seven-seat airplane. Read more
November 23, 2021 Program Designed to Help Women Tech Entrepreneurs Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) is pleased to announce the launch of the Women in Tech Entrepreneurship Mastermind […] Read more
November 02, 2021 Province announces next steps for old growth protections Today the provincial government took steps towards protecting BC’s irreplaceable old growth forests, but the work is not done yet. […] Read more
October 26, 2021 Province Announces Long Awaited Changes to Forestry Legislation Actions speak louder than words. While a revised forest act from the Province looks good on paper, only time will […] Read more
October 25, 2021 Grand Finale of the Kootenay Pitch Competition Over the last 12 months, nine startups and entrepreneurs from across the Kootenay region have competed in the first ever […] Read more
October 23, 2021 Grizzly Bears Killed by train Earlier this month a grizzly bear and her three cubs were killed by a train near Elko, BC. Local Wildlife […] Read more