On March 10, at approximately 12:30 p.m., RCMP responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 3/93 near Wardner.
Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski is calling on the Liberal government to subsidize local mills.
B.C.’s attractiveness for mining investment has fallen says the Fraser Institute’s recent survey of global mining companies.
CBC Television host, Rick Mercer, stopped in Fernie during the 40th anniversary of Fernie's Griz Days winter festival.
Bylaws are like that geeky, know-it-all classmate who demands the rest of the class stop talking so she can concentrate and get an A.
On Feb. 25, about 87 athletes competed in the annual Fernie Judo Club Invitational Judo Tournament at Fernie Secondary School.
The East Kootenay Urban Mule Deer Translocation Trial began one year ago this week and results to date have been highly variable.
Sparwood Spartans’ shooting guard Mackenzie Adams will be competing in the Single A Provincial Championships.
“We’ve got a legal opinion that our zoning bylaw right now is not enforceable on the short-term rental issue,” said Fernie CAO Norm McInnis.
The Sparwood Spartans Senior Boys basketball team are Kootenay champions after defeating the Fernie Falcons, last Saturday.
"I can’t say why, but something is happening,” said Stacey Hallman, a Statistics Canada demography division analyst.
In the words of Richard Attenborough, “Our lives are in your hands and you have butterfingers?”
Elkford council decided against a deer cull and earned praise from the Animal Alliance of Canada.
The Riders won their last game of the regular season 3-2 against the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks.
Fernie Freestyle hosted the AFSA provincial mogul competition at FAR last weekend, and many local athletes ended up owning the podium.
Fernie's recent record-breaking blizzard, showed that the City of Fernie’s Emergency Social Services (ESS) program is in need of volunteers.
In response to a fish kill, conservation groups are asking the government to halt the expansion of the Elk Valley’s coal industry.
Fernie’s forechecking was red-hot Friday but fizzled Saturday as the Riders earned two of a possible four points over the weekend.
Kootenays regional districts collaborating on a $1 million initiative to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Even with a green thumb, it can be a challenge to grow food in the cold climate of the Kootenays.
