Members of South Country Fire Departments were kept busy this morning responding to two separate but overlapping incidents. Fourteen firefighters and six pieces of apparatus…
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Clear Sky Retreat Centre hosting FireSmart session
Clear Sky Retreat Centre will host its second annual FireSmart Information Session February 24. “This is a way for friends and community neighbours to learn…
More of the Basin to access high-speed internet
Funding announced for a multi-year project to improve connectivity for 5,429 rural households Funding has been announced for rural communities and areas in the Columbia…
Winter in the East Kootenay 2022/23
Old Man Winter stumbled into the East Kootenay with an intrusive snarl November 2, 2022 and proceeded to loiter about, casting his white detritus hither…
Free skiing for locals Jan. 15 at Kimberley Alpine Resort
Continuing with the tradition of thanking the community, Kimberley Alpine Resort will offer a free day of skiing/riding to locals on Sunday, January 15. Photo…
Local Christmas Bird Count results
The first official Jaffray-Wardner Christmas Bird Count was held on December 15, 2021 and the 24th annual Christmas Bird Counts for Cranbrook and Kimberley were…
Emergency responders extricate trapped driver near Wardner
Cranbrook Highway Rescue was paged out along with RDEK Fire Services – South Country, BCEHS and RCMP for a single vehicle incident down an embankment…
Bill Nye wildfire explodes overnight
BC Wildfire Service is mobilizing on seven new wildfires in the East Kootenay today (July 16), while a wildfire southeast of Wasa overnight exploded in…
Lightning ignites 10 new fires in the EK
Multiple lightning strikes are responsible for a new cluster of wildfires burning in the South Country of the East Kootenay today (July 13). BC Wildfire…
Three new small fires ignited overnight
The thunderheads that rolled through the Cranbrook area last night ignited at least one small wildfire, BC Wildfire Service this morning reported. A lightning caused…