The latest East Kootenay Fires Update includes Evacuation Alerts for the City of Kimberley and 66 properties near St. Mary […]

A Category 1 campfire ban will take effect across the Fernie area at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. The […]

East Kootenay wildfires include the 115-hectare Lussier River wildfire near Premier Lake and the Moyie Falls wildfire south of Cranbrook, […]

A Category 2 open fire prohibition will take effect across the Southeast Fire Centre at 1 p.m. Mountain Time on […]

A missing man in Elk River is feared drowned after being seen floating unresponsive through Fernie on Saturday evening, according […]

Category 3 open fire ban restrictions will take effect across the Southeast Fire Centre at 12:00 noon Pacific Time on […]

The Fernie Fire Hall Replacement Project planning has reached a key milestone, with the City of Fernie confirming that final […]

Fernie’s wildfire risk is already elevated as British Columbia enters spring under drought conditions, a warm winter, and below-average snowpack. […]

The Fernie spring forecast needs to separate two things clearly—what’s happening this week, and what the season is actually trending […]

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) will host the third annual Ember Stomp Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on May […]

A super El Niño is forecast, and while that phrase suggests something distant and extreme, Fernie doesn’t have to imagine […]

Fernie sewage discharge has escalated into an active emergency situation, with the City forced to release untreated effluent into the […]