Community

Scholarship go to dozens of valley students

Columbia Valley Community Foundation is giving education a shot in the arm, having recently awarded scholarships to local students.

2009 — During the annual Loop the Lake event

Remember When August 5, 2015

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

  • Aug 4, 2015
2009 — During the annual Loop the Lake event
A species on record for having been spotted only a handful of time in the Columbia Valley

Rare bird spotted in Columbia Wetlands

This summer’s first sighting of a rare great egret in the Columbia Wetlands has evoked great excitement for some.

A species on record for having been spotted only a handful of time in the Columbia Valley
2011 — The Simpsons soap box derby team rounded the bend and headed for the finish line during a soap box derby at Valley  Appreciation Day.  The team beat out challengers in RONA built soap box cars.

Remember When (July 29, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

  • Jul 28, 2015
2011 — The Simpsons soap box derby team rounded the bend and headed for the finish line during a soap box derby at Valley  Appreciation Day.  The team beat out challengers in RONA built soap box cars.
2011 — Eagle Ranch head pro Steve Haggard and assistant pro Ryan Wells hit the course to play as many rounds as possible for the ALS Society of B.C. The pair played  late into the night .

Remember When (July 22, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

  • Jul 21, 2015
2011 — Eagle Ranch head pro Steve Haggard and assistant pro Ryan Wells hit the course to play as many rounds as possible for the ALS Society of B.C. The pair played  late into the night .
East Kootenay resident

Help endangered bats make a home

for landowners who would like to have bats move out of their buildings, a new resource guide is available.

  • Jul 15, 2015
East Kootenay resident

FITNESS AND FOOD

Pictures of events,and people in the Valley last week

  • Jul 15, 2015
2007 — Alice Hale

Remember When ( July 15, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

  • Jul 14, 2015
2007 — Alice Hale
Historian Norm Christie is campaigning to locate the bodies of 44 reportedly missing Canadian Scottish troops from the First World War's battle at Vimy Ridge in France. Christie believes the bodies are still buried in a mine crater in No Man's Land

Black Press 4 Good raises over $10,000 to recover Vimy Ridge heroes

Historian Norm Christie is raising funds to find and re-bury 44 Canadian soldiers from World War I, which he believes were lost in France

Historian Norm Christie is campaigning to locate the bodies of 44 reportedly missing Canadian Scottish troops from the First World War's battle at Vimy Ridge in France. Christie believes the bodies are still buried in a mine crater in No Man's Land

Tune into Music in the Park

Folk and rock music will lend flavour to the summer heat with Music in the Park.

Pilots float into Cranbrook

Cranbrook is going to get a special high-flying preview of the 2016 Canadian Rockies International Airshow this summer.

  • Jul 8, 2015
2009 — Brad Christensen helped his son Cohen cool off with some ice cream at the farmer’s market in Invermere. It was the first farmer’s market of the year

Remember When ( July 8, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

  • Jul 7, 2015
2009 — Brad Christensen helped his son Cohen cool off with some ice cream at the farmer’s market in Invermere. It was the first farmer’s market of the year

Older grads celebrate new skills

Participants from the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers program took to Safta’s to celebrate their graduation on June 18th.

Council Briefs: Westside Legacy Trail park bylaw receives support

Invermere council discussed several key projects underway in the valley, including the Westside Legacy Trail

Grad Sparkles - Jayden McBride. Grad day. Entry in the 2015 B.C. Amateur Photographer of the Year contest.

Photo contest: Search is on for 2015 Amateur Photographer of B.C.

The deadline to submit entries for the province-wide competition is July 7

  • Jun 30, 2015
Grad Sparkles - Jayden McBride. Grad day. Entry in the 2015 B.C. Amateur Photographer of the Year contest.
2009 — Students from J. Alfred Laird took part in their own version of the Amazing Race

Remember When (July 1, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

  • Jun 30, 2015
2009 — Students from J. Alfred Laird took part in their own version of the Amazing Race
Four golf pros with the Copper Point Golf Club golfed a combined 3

A long day of golf to help find a cure

To help fundraise for the ALS Society of BC, golf professionals across the province golf from sunrise to sunset.

Four golf pros with the Copper Point Golf Club golfed a combined 3

$1,063,163 approved for community projects

A spectrum of community projects will soon be flush with cash.

2009 — Roman Catholic Nelson   Diocese  Bishop John Coriveau blessed the Stations of the Cross at Radium Hot Springs’ Our Lady of the Peace shrine while  visiting the area.

Remember When (June 24, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years

  • Jun 23, 2015
2009 — Roman Catholic Nelson   Diocese  Bishop John Coriveau blessed the Stations of the Cross at Radium Hot Springs’ Our Lady of the Peace shrine while  visiting the area.
A riot of sights

Market finalizes vendors for summer

Shoppers embraced the soft opening of the Invermere Farmers’ and Artists’ Market downtown on 6th Avenue last weekend.

A riot of sights