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
September 17, 2021 Trust has created a new Climate Resilience Program Local communities around the Columbia Basin care deeply about the environment and the impacts of climate change. To support Basin […] Read more
September 14, 2021 Dylan Siggers donates Bike for Trails Dylan Siggers, Fernie’s homegrown biker, skier and filmmaker, has lovingly offered up his mountain bike to be raffled for trails. […] Read more
September 08, 2021 Celebrate World Rivers Day with ERA’s annual Shoreline Cleanup The Elk River is an iconic ribbon of life essential to the Elk Valley, and after this hot dry summer […] Read more