February 17, 2022 Pandemic Restrictions Eased in BC Starting at midnight on Feb. 17, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms and fitness studios will be able to operate at full, unrestricted capacity. Read more
February 14, 2022 Skier hits tree and dies in Fernie It is with the greatest of sadness that a 65-year-old Calgary man is dead after a skiing incident at Fernie […] Read more
February 13, 2022 Fernie Family thanks Community for Support Jose Rios and his family lost their Fernie home last week due to a gas explosion. City officials commented that […] Read more
February 09, 2022 Fernie is Growing! Statistics Canada today released updated Population and dwelling counts that reports that the City of Fernie has grown by 924 residents in five years. Read more
February 06, 2022 Elk Valley Nordic Centre Receives Tourism Infrastructure Funding More than 50 new tourism projects throughout B.C. are receiving a total of $21.3 million for shovel-ready infrastructure projects. The […] Read more
February 04, 2022 RDEK and Canadian Red Cross Partner The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is partnering with the Canadian Red Cross for the provision of local Emergency […] Read more
February 03, 2022 Rural Communities Take Action For Emergencies When it comes to handling emergency situations—such as the wildfires, floods and heat waves experienced in 2021—it’s best to be […] Read more
February 03, 2022 KAST is Fostering Innovation in the Kootenay’s Kootenay Association for Science & Technology (KAST) is providing programming to local tech entrepreneurs and businesses in the Kootenay by […] Read more
January 28, 2022 New and Improved Ways to Enjoy the Outdoors People looking for ways to enjoy the Columbia Basin’s great outdoors will soon have even better options thanks to upcoming […] Read more
January 26, 2022 Four Bighorn Sheep Highway Deaths Last Week Failure to act has resulted in the death of at least four dead bighorn sheep over five days last week […] Read more
January 26, 2022 Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies Grants The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) is now accepting applications for its 2022 community granting program in Elkford, […] Read more
January 25, 2022 Fernie Free Press 1899 to 1947 is Online Following an extensive digitization process, the Fernie Museum is sharing a digital archive of The Fernie Free Press from 1899 […] Read more