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RDEK commits $1.2 million to Windermere water project

Funding equal to cost of buying Parr Utilities building

Parks Canada aesthetic change to help relieve long weekend traffic in Radium Hot Springs

Sinclair Gate will be moved to allow better flow of traffic in congested long weekend corner of the park

The hunt for parking at Tilley Memorial Park

Canal Flat’s beachfront park gets overrun with cars on sunny summer weekends; Council hopes to add more spaces to the popular park

Disagreement over OCP effects on Canal Flats

Fairmont Hot Springs and Columbia Lake draft OCP feedback offered by Canal Flats Council

RDEK Establishes local Sandbag Stations for flood-prone areas

Windermere Fire Hall and beside the old barn at Mountainside Golf Course in Fairmont have sand stations set up

  • Jun 8, 2017

Columbia Valley Chamber of Commere supports notion of local investment co-op

Chamber’s two resolutions passed at B.C. Chamber AGM

Missing flaggers as traffic backs up over long weekend

Not enough time assigned for flaggers by Ministry of Transportation, according to Radium councillors and RCMP Sgt.

Invermere development close to final approval

Council approves zoning ammendment for 14-unit development

Invermere Water Smart program ready for summer 2017

Columbia Basin Trust program helps homeowners save water

Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski. file photo.

Kootenay-Columbia MP hammers Liberals over child care benefit

Stetski wants bill changed that forces some victims of domestic abuse to get signature of abuser

Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski. file photo.

Invermere Council divided on digital sign

Nonprofit group already ordered sign; Council debates whether it should be there at all

Clayton Cassidy

Body of missing Cache Creek fire chief Clayton Cassidy located

Search and rescue crews, Ashcroft RCMP, and ashcroft Fire Rescue are working to recover the body.

Clayton Cassidy
Exclusive: Lieutenant-governor speaks for first time about minority government (with video)

Exclusive: Lieutenant-governor speaks for first time about minority government (with video)

Judith Guichon could be asked to decide fate of province if Premier can’t win support of Greens.

Exclusive: Lieutenant-governor speaks for first time about minority government (with video)
Kayakers head off on a beautiful paddle from the Athalmer boat launch Saturday, May 20. The Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners is hoping to install toilets at historic launches such as Athalmer along the Columbia River. Photo by Lorene Keitch
Kayakers head off on a beautiful paddle from the Athalmer boat launch Saturday, May 20. The Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners is hoping to install toilets at historic launches such as Athalmer along the Columbia River. Photo by Lorene Keitch
Mom Colleen Burgoyne and new baby boy Shawn at the Cranbrook Regional Hospital.Submitted photo

Fairmont mom gives birth to biggest baby on record at Cranbrook hospital

Baby Shawn more than 13 lb. at birth, coming two weeks before his due date.

Mom Colleen Burgoyne and new baby boy Shawn at the Cranbrook Regional Hospital.Submitted photo

Canal Flats discusses arena upgrades and advisory committees

Council seeks public input on OPC through advisory commission

Council debates fuel efficiency of new Invermere pickup trucks

Invermere’s fleet to gain two new vehicles

The specacular view from Tilley Memorial Park on an sunny spring day.                                Photo by Lorene Keitch

Canal Flats to get new docks

More than 60 feet of new dock space planned for Tilley Memorial Park

The specacular view from Tilley Memorial Park on an sunny spring day.                                Photo by Lorene Keitch
Invasive species in the Columbia Valley

Invasive species in the Columbia Valley

East Kootenay Invasive Species Council holds forum and AGM

Invasive species in the Columbia Valley
A university study finds that about nine per cent of Canada’s Grade 11 and 12 students – roughly 66,000 teens – have driven within an hour of drinking and 9.4 per cent drove after using marijuana.                                 Photo: Now-
Leader file

One in three Canadian high school students have rode with drinking drivers, study reveals

Nearly one in five rode with a driver who’d been smoking pot

A university study finds that about nine per cent of Canada’s Grade 11 and 12 students – roughly 66,000 teens – have driven within an hour of drinking and 9.4 per cent drove after using marijuana.                                 Photo: Now-
Leader file