With concerns about long-term water pollution, carbon emissions, bighorn sheep and other wildlife, the Ktunaxa Nation, US Kootenai Tribes, the US EPA and Montana have all already asked federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to review the proposed mine.

The goats have returned, this has become one of Fernie’s unexpected popular events during a summer with a shortage of […]

With Covid-19 outbreaks on the rise again and our town busy with tourists, Fernie is at risk of having a Covid-19 outbreak.

Fernie had a first big step towards a replacement skateboard park facility. The City of Fernie Council unanimously voted in […]

Wildsight, in conjunction with partners Yellowstone to Yukon and Miistakis Institute, are excited to release an infographic on wildlife collisions and remediation in the Elk Valley.

Huge kudos to the volunteers over the past few weeks for the work in reopening the Ridgemont trail network. The trails are riding better every day!

Columbia Basin Trust is developing a short-term plan to help guide its activities over the next 18 to 24 months.

The City of Fernie has received grant funding from the B.C. Active Transportation Infrastructure Grants Program to use towards completing an Active Transportation Network Plan

Premier John Horgan announced earlier today that BC is moving into Phase 3 of its restart plan, after increasing activity without seeing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

The Fernie Writers Conference opened registration for the 2020 conference and awarded its first Writer-in-Residence. The conference brings award winning […]

According to Fernie Museum records the Catholic Church in Fernie began in 1896 with arrival of 200 miners to Coal […]

In total, Elk Valley mines put out 1.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gases every year, as much as half a million cars and light trucks on our highways.