It’s hard to miss the huge new clear-cut on a steep slope just to the north of Fernie. Why are […]

Columbia Basin Trust is announcing changes to its Board of Directors. Rick Jensen has been reappointed to the role of […]

I would caution the public to think about the repercussions of causing grief and bad publicity to these private companies that have the right to do log as they want as they might just stop all use of their lands.

Fernie is on the big screen in Cold Pursuit, the latest action-adventure featuring Liam Neeson and Emmy Rossum.

Through public safety programs, non-profit organizations provide emergency and lifesaving services including search and rescue activities, volunteer fire departments, emergency preparedness, community and restorative justice for people in this province.

The Fernie Snowmobile Association has returned to their regularly scheduled grooming program. The Morrissey snowcat is back in action following […]

This program helps create jobs and increases employment opportunities for recent college and university graduates, a workforce that is essential when it comes to meeting the Basin’s current and future business needs

The Regional District of the East Kootenays Area A Board Highlights for January. Funding Approved for Fernie Arena Refrigeration System […]

The City of Fernie decided at last evenings council meeting that the City will apply to fund a new multi […]

The Conservation Director for Wildsight moved to the East Kootenay from Wisconsin, USA in 1969 with the late great mountaineer and conservationist Art Twomey in search of a wild place to live.

The review of the region’s Solid Waste Management Plan is now underway and the RDEK is hoping that residents and property owners will get involved and engaged in the process.

With patches of snow on the ground, it’s a day for jackets and hoods up to protect ears from the cold. It’s Wednesday, November 14, 2018, and a group of ninth graders is traipsing across an abandoned hay field outside Cranbrook with loppers and shovels in hand to oo and learn in wild backyards.