Fernie Free Press

Fernie EcoGarden gets $88,000

The money will go towards a learning and growing space project

  • Jun 8, 2021

STA lines up completion of three trails in 2021, looks to five-year plan for more trails

The STA hopes to fundraise for, build and open a new trail every year for the next five years

  • Jun 8, 2021

Hunt for stolen property leads to manhunt in South Country

RCMP happened across a wanted man near Jaffray on June 1

  • Jun 7, 2021

Opinion: Working from home isn’t the gift it’s made out to be

Working from home is just your employer living in your house rent-free

  • Jun 7, 2021

Six Dolphins earn medals at the Virtual Wavemaker

Contributed by Angie Abdou

  • Jun 7, 2021

Milling around the woodworking shop

Sparwood Secondary School students have been milling their own lumber for woodworking

  • Jun 4, 2021

Bears reports across Fernie as summer sets in

The local Wildsafe BC coordinator reported that bears were checking out garbage carts in almost every neighbourhood in Fernie

  • Jun 3, 2021

Fernie LHA COVID-cases staying low

There was only one new case of COVID-19 identified in the Fernie LHA last week

  • Jun 3, 2021

New blue-black mountain biking trail opens in Montane

Carpal Tunnel is 1,200m of downhill-only trail

  • Jun 3, 2021

Coal Miner Days next week!

The celebration of all things Sparwood returns for 2021 after a break last year

  • Jun 2, 2021

Sparwood baker in the running to be the greatest

Tammy Ogden bakes and decorates cakes for local children through the food bank

  • Jun 1, 2021

Sparwood’s outdoor skating trail to return

The trail's future is set in concrete, after the district was awarded a grant from the CBT

  • Jun 1, 2021

Building permit wait times at eight weeks in Fernie

It takes an average of eight weeks before a application is reviewed at the City of Fernie

  • May 28, 2021

Elkford fire chief moves to Osoyoos

Corey Kortmeyer is wrapping up eight years with the Elkford Fire Department

  • May 28, 2021

‘Cautious optimism’ – Shuttered Fernie businesses look to open back up

The Fernie Legion and Vogue Theatre are two businesses that are free to open again in coming days and weeks

  • May 27, 2021

Fernie to get rainbow crosswalks for Pride Month

The intersection of 3rd Ave and 5th Street will have it's crosswalks painted all the colours of the rainbow

  • May 27, 2021

Get on your bike for Go By Bike week

Formerly called Bike to Work Week, May 31 to June 6 is Go By Bike Week

  • May 27, 2021

Ride into summer with your local librarians

Contributed by Jessica Bozoky

  • May 27, 2021

Top marks: Fernie teens blaze trails in science

Aislinn Dressler and Ariana Davidson of The Fernie Academy were selected to participate in the 2021 Canada-Wide Science Fair

  • May 27, 2021

Trites-Leroux project has density lowered

The agreement for the revitalization of the property now allows for four units in the building, instead of six

  • May 27, 2021