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2011 — Everyone had a great time learning to salsa and tango at the dance workshop held on February 13th at the Royal Canadian Legion in Invermere.

Remember When? (February 18th, 2015)

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

  • Feb 17, 2015
2011 — Everyone had a great time learning to salsa and tango at the dance workshop held on February 13th at the Royal Canadian Legion in Invermere.
2010 — Oso Simple performed all over town the week prior to February 10th in support of literacy initiatives including at the Invermere Public Library and

Remember When? (February 11th, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 56 years

  • Feb 10, 2015
2010 — Oso Simple performed all over town the week prior to February 10th in support of literacy initiatives including at the Invermere Public Library and
2011— Royal Canadian Mounted Police from the Columbia Valley detachment

Remember When? (February 4th, 2015)

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

  • Feb 3, 2015
2011— Royal Canadian Mounted Police from the Columbia Valley detachment
2011 — Dan Shoemaker of Invermere’s Fubuki Sushi demonstrated how to make sushi rolls at DTSS on Friday

Remember When? (January 28th, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 56 years

  • Jan 27, 2015
2011 — Dan Shoemaker of Invermere’s Fubuki Sushi demonstrated how to make sushi rolls at DTSS on Friday
Zebra mussels (top) are 10 to 50 millimetres in size. Quagga mussels (bottom) are slightly larger.

Beneath The Surface: Don’t move a mussel!

why drinking water, beaches and fish are at risk if zebra and quagga mussels spread to Western Canada

  • Jan 27, 2015
Zebra mussels (top) are 10 to 50 millimetres in size. Quagga mussels (bottom) are slightly larger.

Find the book of your dreams at the Invermere library

Lonely for a book? The Invermere Public Library is holding its first ever speed dating event.

  • Jan 26, 2015
Held near Fort Steele at Horseshoe Lake

Help kids with cancer at Horseshoe Lake

Mark your calendars for Monday, February 9th as the Family Fishing Derby for Kids with Cancer will be back for its sixth year.

Held near Fort Steele at Horseshoe Lake

School for saving

The Family Resource Centre hosted a free workshop on the financial literacy

2011 — Snow and ice buried most of the Columbia Valley last week

Remember When? (January 21th, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives
over the last 56 years

  • Jan 22, 2015
2011 — Snow and ice buried most of the Columbia Valley last week
A zebra mussel

Beneath The Surface: Mussels on the Move

Why preventing a zebra mussel invasion benefits you

  • Jan 22, 2015
A zebra mussel
‘Snowed in’ photo contest winner

‘Snowed in’ photo contest winner announced

The Valley Echo asked readers to send in their photos of the first big snowstorm of 2015.

‘Snowed in’ photo contest winner

Kirk couple’s fitness fever hasn’t cooled off

Since bringing their family to the valley Beva and Jordie Kirk have brought countless new reasons for visitors and residents to get active.

  • Jan 16, 2015
2010 — Olympic gold medalist in bobsledding Doug Anakin was featured in The Echo as part of the paper’s lead up to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver and Whistler.

Remember When? (January 14th, 2015)

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 56 years

  • Jan 14, 2015
2010 — Olympic gold medalist in bobsledding Doug Anakin was featured in The Echo as part of the paper’s lead up to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver and Whistler.
2011 — A young skater decked out in a stylish snowsuit gets a helping hand while enjoying the ice on Lake Windermere

Remember When? (January 7th, 2015)

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

  • Jan 6, 2015
2011 — A young skater decked out in a stylish snowsuit gets a helping hand while enjoying the ice on Lake Windermere

The David Thompson Memorial Fort: An Early Attempt to Make a Tourist Attraction

This historical essay is an excerpt from a larger project that author Ben Bradley is working on about the David Thompson Memorial Fort.

2011 — “Rusty

Remember When? (December 24th, 2014)

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

2011 — “Rusty

Invermere Students meet BC Lions

Two Invermere students mingled with B.C.’s top politicians and professional football players as part of a youth summit in Vancouver.

2011 — Students of all grades joined forces at Eileen Madson Primary School and Edgewater Elementary for the schools’ exciting

Remember When? (December 17th, 2014)

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

  • Dec 16, 2014
2011 — Students of all grades joined forces at Eileen Madson Primary School and Edgewater Elementary for the schools’ exciting
2010 — A young dancer helps a taller performer get in a great stretch during an open house at DTSS. Dance instructors Colleen Wagner and Lynette Lightfoot along with performers showed the fun of dance to a packed house.

Remember When? (December 10th, 2014)

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

  • Dec 9, 2014
2010 — A young dancer helps a taller performer get in a great stretch during an open house at DTSS. Dance instructors Colleen Wagner and Lynette Lightfoot along with performers showed the fun of dance to a packed house.

COMMUNITY: Tasteless, odourless, colourless … and lethal

raise awareness of this naturally occurring, colourless, odourless cancer-causing gas.