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
October 21, 2021 Columbia Basin Trust Requires Proof of Vaccination Columbia Basin Trust is moving forward with implementation of a proof of vaccination policy requiring staff and Board members to […] Read more
October 20, 2021 Volunteers plant over 550 plants at the Hosmer wetland Driving along Highway 3, just north of Hosmer, one would hardly notice a subtle turn-off into a gravel extraction worksite. […] Read more
October 05, 2021 Founding Guilds Kicked Out of Arts Station Forty years ago, several local Art Guilds joined together to form the Fernie and District Arts Council. Ten years later […] Read more
September 22, 2021 Buying Local made Easy Online Festival From touring a local restaurant to virtually exploring the workshop of a local artisan to seeing the latest in family […] Read more