Andrea Klassen

Invermere will spend up to $35

Deer issue packs Invermere council

It was standing room only at the Invermere's Tuesday night council meeting, as the public turned out to debate the upcoming cull.

Invermere will spend up to $35
Invermere's Snowflake Festival lit up Lake Windermere January 20.

Lake Night

Invermere's Snowflake Festival and the annual Bonspiel on the Lake lit up Lake Windermere January 20.

Invermere's Snowflake Festival lit up Lake Windermere January 20.
Ski S'kool

Ski S’kool is in

Grade 3 students in Windermere get a taste for cross country skiing.

Ski S'kool
January 18

DTSS grads take on Rockies

Grade 12 David Thompson Secondary School students faced off against the Columbia Valley Rockies in a dodgeball showdown.

January 18
The cover photo of Bram Rossman's new book

Capturing the flow of the valley

The Columbia River gets its close up in new photo book Small Mouth Big River.

The cover photo of Bram Rossman's new book
A plow clears snow off of Lake Windermere after an overnight dump on Sunday

Ottawa and Winnipeg offer beaver tails, ice advice to Invermere

The "cold war" is heating up, and both Ottawa and Winnipeg are starting to respond to Invermere's world record dreams.

A plow clears snow off of Lake Windermere after an overnight dump on Sunday
This map shows the new water service area the RDEK planned to create in Dry Gulch via public-private partnership.

Dry Gulch asks RDEK for second shot at water system

With $1.8 million in funding on the line, Dry Gulch property owners are trying to revive a plan to bring a water system to the community.

This map shows the new water service area the RDEK planned to create in Dry Gulch via public-private partnership.

Valley property values see slight decline

More than 5,300 property owners in the Columbia Valley saw little change to their property values as 2012 assessment notices hit mailboxes.

Invermere will spend up to $35

DOI councillors will witness deer cull

Invermere council is moving ahead with a cull of up to 100 deer — but only if the majority of council feels the killing process is "humane."

Invermere will spend up to $35
While a cull of Invermere deer is set to begin soon

Invermere deer relocation stalled

While up to 100 urban deer will be culled in Invermere, the other plan for dealing with the animals isn't getting much provincial support.

While a cull of Invermere deer is set to begin soon
Elesha Atwood will head off on her second mission trip to Australia in early February

Radium youth is on a mission

Elesha Atwood is headed to Australia for her second sojourn with Youth With a Mission.

Elesha Atwood will head off on her second mission trip to Australia in early February
Participants look on during a presentation at the latest Lake Windermere Management Plan implementation open house in Windermere on December 29.

Lake regulation gets mixed reaction at open house

Lack of specifics, over-regulation worries floated at latest open house on the zoning of Lake Windermere.

Participants look on during a presentation at the latest Lake Windermere Management Plan implementation open house in Windermere on December 29.
The Lake Windermere Whiteway has seen an explosion of use since the cold weather hit

Whiteway ‘in mother nature’s hands’

Invermere's world record challenge has the funding and buzz — but not the snow.

The Lake Windermere Whiteway has seen an explosion of use since the cold weather hit
Fireworks at Panorama kicked off a 2011 filled with politics and promises.

So long, 2011

Two elections, plenty of provincial political action (HST, anyone?), a football championship, a new sport, tons of great events, and more.

Fireworks at Panorama kicked off a 2011 filled with politics and promises.
Carole Georgeson and Jacqueline Moiler of River Gems accept the first place prize for the 2011 Window Display Decorating Contest from Valley Echo publisher  Marilyn Berry.

Invermere’s best dressed windows announced

The winners are in for the first ever Window Display Decorating Contest.

Carole Georgeson and Jacqueline Moiler of River Gems accept the first place prize for the 2011 Window Display Decorating Contest from Valley Echo publisher  Marilyn Berry.
The new washroom building at Kinsmen Beach will be open year-round for lake and park users.

Kinsmen washrooms to cost DOI $200k more than expected

Original cost estimates for the building were around $350,000. But none of the dozen bids the district received were under $500,000.

The new washroom building at Kinsmen Beach will be open year-round for lake and park users.
Adele Engel

Panorama woman shaking up nutrition

Adele Engel's locally made Essential Nutrition Mix shakes are attracting devotees across North American mainly through word of mouth.

Adele Engel

Wrestling fever hits Martin Morigeau

One of the original Olympic sports is finding new life in a Columbia Valley school.

Radium trees finding plenty of adoptive parents

A new program offering Radium residents a chance to adopt a tree on the village boulevard is catching on.

Preliminary designs for the park upgrades would see an expanded community hall

Million dollar upgrade in the works for Radium community hall

Village council hopes to see cash from Victoria fund park and hall upgrades, and create new central gathering place.

Preliminary designs for the park upgrades would see an expanded community hall