November is CPR Month, and the Columbia Valley Rural Fire & Rescue Service (CVRFRS) is offering two free CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) courses to residents of…
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Self-fill sandbag stations established as melt continues
With the arrival of warmer day time temperatures and an anticipated seasonal rise in creeks and rivers, a series of self-fill sandbag stations has been…
Windermere Fire Haunted House to be biggest ever
Members of the Windermere Fire Department are once again hard at work preparing props for their annual Haunted House and they have some exciting new…
RDEK Board Highlights
The following is a synopsis of what occurred during the Oct. 5 Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors’ meeting. 20-Year Service Award…
Windermere Fire hosting Halloween Haunted House
Members of the Windermere Fire Department are already hard at work preparing props as they gear up to host the community’s ghosts and goblins on…
RDEK monitoring flood conditions as melt continues
On the heels of another warm week followed by a thunderstorm system, the BC River Forecast Centre has upgraded its High Streamflow Advisory to a…
RDEK establishes additional sandbag stations
With rising waters across the province as spring run-off begins, the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) encourages residents living near waterways or in flood-prone…
Emergency Preparedness Fair returns May 6
Education, learning and fun will once again be the focus of the 2017 Columbia Valley Emergency Preparedness Fair, set to go on May 6. “The…
Emergency Preparedness Fair set to go
Emergency Preparedness and having a personal or family emergency plan will be the focus of the interactive Columbia Valley Emergency Preparedness Fair May 7 in…
CV Advisory Committee meeting highlights
The Columbia Valley Advisory Committee, formally known as the Columbia Valley Directed Funds, is comprised of the five Columbia Valley Regional District of East Kootenay…