The Zero Plastic Project has initiated a petition to ban the use of plastic bags in Fernie.

Fernie’s Edge of The World snowboard shop hosted a Jake Burton Memorial as a fundraiser for Fernie Friends for Friends […]

CFKR Community Funds provides grants to local organizations and led by steering committees made up of local volunteers.

The Columbia Basin Trust helps create 198 new child care spaces and improve 1,256 existing spaces

In 2018/19 the Trust committed $62.6 million in programs, services and investments to positively impact the communities and people of the Basin.

This summer, an enthusiastic group of youth gave a helping hand to these types of places in the Basin, improving the condition of several remote, high-use locations.

There’s a new online source for people seeking easy-to-understand information on climate change specific to communities throughout the Columbia Basin and Boundary regions.

The Fernie & District Arts Council are delighted to announce the selected artist for the Fernie Mural Project; Michael Hepher with his piece, “All Kinds of Beauty”.

Trust supports nine communities with Community Wildfire Education Grants

Poets, performers, visual art displays included at international conference showcasing Columbia Basin Arts & Culture

The Board of Directors for each of the six credit unions considering a merger – Columbia Valley Credit Union, East Kootenay Community Credit Union, Grand Forks Credit Union, Heritage Credit Union, Kootenay Savings Credit Union and Nelson & District Credit Union – reviewed and analyzed the merger business case.

Canwel’s recent logging in a sub-alpine bowl south of Fernie included endangered whitebark pine trees.