Sally Macdonald

Accidental drug overdoses alarmingly high

People are dying of prescription opioid overdoses at the same rate they are dying in drunk driving crashes in southeast B.C.

Canada Post plans to charge developers $200 per address for community mailboxes like these

Council questions new bill for boxes

Canada Post to start charging developers to put in new community mailboxes

Canada Post plans to charge developers $200 per address for community mailboxes like these

Have your say on Columbia River Treaty

Session in Jaffray next week is a chance for Cranbrook and Kimberley residents to say what matters to them about water management agreement

Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run

Police seek information on an older Cadillac with older female driver.

City gives short shrift to bushy shrubbery

Council reminds residents that they're obligated to prune their hedges.

Council offers tributes to dedicated volunteer

Peter Relkoff, a founding member of Cranbrook Search and Rescue in 1974, passed away on October 22, aged 74.

Girl Guides get new campsite

Spaghetti dinner will help Guides with final push to Wycliffe facility

Youth plan takes next step

Cranbrook works out how to spend $100,000 in youth funds from Columbia Basin Trust

A carbon neutral RDEK or not?

Regional District of East Kootenay may not be able to reach its goal of carbon neutrality by the end of 2012

To cull or not to cull: Let's survey the above-pictured subjects.

Cull inhumane, group claims

Animal Alliance says ‘indiscriminate killing’ of deer doesn’t fix the issue

To cull or not to cull: Let's survey the above-pictured subjects.

Deer cull ‘not working’

Members of the Animal Alliance of Canada travelled from Toronto to speak to Cranbrook city council on Monday, Nov. 5.

Michael de Jong

De Jong seeks input on budget

Finance minister hopes B.C. families will take part in “tele-town hall” Wednesday

Michael de Jong
Samantha King

Country crooners bringing Christmas cheer

Six country music stars will perform a special Christmas concert at Fort Steele in December

Samantha King

Medical care lacking for disadvantaged

No drop-in clinic in Cranbrook means marginalized people have no access to a physician, service providers claim

Children are our future

Workshops teach that helping young people fall in love with their hometown will let Cranbrook and Kimberley thrive

The City of Cranbrook accepted a commemorative banner on Wednesday, October 31, for hosting the B.C. Seniors Games in 1993. This year marks 25 years that the Seniors Games have been held in B.C., and each host community over those years is being recognized with a special banner to mark the anniversary. Pictured, left to right: Hugh Hambleton, B.C. Seniors Games Zone 7 secretary treasurer, Cranbrook Councillor Gerry Warner, Mayor Wayne Stetski, and Bob Ewashen, president of Zone 7 for the B.C. Seniors Games Society.

Seniors give a nod to Cranbrook

City recognized for hosting B.C. Seniors Games in 1993 as event celebrates 25th anniversary

The City of Cranbrook accepted a commemorative banner on Wednesday, October 31, for hosting the B.C. Seniors Games in 1993. This year marks 25 years that the Seniors Games have been held in B.C., and each host community over those years is being recognized with a special banner to mark the anniversary. Pictured, left to right: Hugh Hambleton, B.C. Seniors Games Zone 7 secretary treasurer, Cranbrook Councillor Gerry Warner, Mayor Wayne Stetski, and Bob Ewashen, president of Zone 7 for the B.C. Seniors Games Society.
Deborah Harford (left) and Bob Sandford.

Act now, climate change experts urge

Sandford, Harford provide advice to East Kootenay residents on how to prepare for changes to our water resources

Deborah Harford (left) and Bob Sandford.
If the Treaty is signed, the Steeples mountains would be given a Ktunaxa name and special cultural protection above 2,000 metres in elevation, although the province would retain ownership.

Province unveils Crown land offered to Ktunaxa

As the Ktunaxa treaty reaches an Agreement In Principle, the three parties revealed the current negotiations in a Cranbrook public meeting

If the Treaty is signed, the Steeples mountains would be given a Ktunaxa name and special cultural protection above 2,000 metres in elevation, although the province would retain ownership.

Local politicians plead for bigger piece of tax pie

Kootenay municipalities not happy with 50-42-8 formula between federal, provincial and local governments on tax dollars

Newly appointed Cranbrook CAO Wayne Staudt

Cranbrook has new head of staff

Wayne Staudt hired from within to become Chief Administrative Officer for Cranbrook until 2015

Newly appointed Cranbrook CAO Wayne Staudt