The notification system will only be used for evacuation alerts or orders and has been implemented as an additional tool to help us get the word out as quickly as possible to affected areas when time is of the essence

The survey results are in on the RDEK’s second public survey connected to its ongoing Solid Waste Management Plan Review and it was another overwhelming response with over 1200 surveys filled out.

The Regional District of East Kootenay Board of Directors has approved funding for 144 projects around the region over the […]

The Elk Valley sandbag station is located at The Hoz parking lot in Hosmer.

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

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.

2018 was a remarkable year for the RDEK as several of our longer-term projects were completed.

Elkford Mayor Dean McKerracher has been re-elected Chair for a fifth term. “We have been very successful over the past […]

After more than three years of hard work, residents in over 12,000 rural households, in more than 62 communities in the region, will have access to new or improved high-speed Internet.

Mary Giuliano and Regional District Director introduced a motion at the Regional District of East Kootenay meeting to help mitigate septic fee payments for West Fernie residents for a two year period.

The RDEK is honoured to have received a Union of BC Municipalities Community Excellence Award for Excellence in Sustainability for the Accelerate Kootenay project.

The baby, Alice Donna Vickery, and mom Jen were cared for by the firefighters until the BC Ambulance Service arrived and transported them to hospital in Fernie.