Sally Macdonald

Ktunaxa Treaty meeting next week

Local residents are invited to hear an update on Ktunaxa Kinbasket treaty negotiations, including a potential land offer, on Oct. 25

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett (left) delivers $71,000 funding to the Salvation Army's Captain Kirk Green and Nancy Zier.

Winter shelters to open thanks to B.C. funding

Salvation Army will operate both men's and women's shelters in Cranbrook starting November 1

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett (left) delivers $71,000 funding to the Salvation Army's Captain Kirk Green and Nancy Zier.
Field Training Officer Otis (right) — going into a well-deserved retirement — and his rookie replacement Jett.

Otis The Smiling Mountie signs off

Cranbrook-based police dog retires after nine years of service

Field Training Officer Otis (right) — going into a well-deserved retirement — and his rookie replacement Jett.
Nicholas John Bullock, who is charged in last week’s alleged carjacking incident in Kitchener and Cranbrook, is escorted from Cranbrook court Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Alleged carjacker appears in court

Nicholas John Bullock, 26, will remain in custody charged with assault with a weapon, robber, uttering threats and more.

Nicholas John Bullock, who is charged in last week’s alleged carjacking incident in Kitchener and Cranbrook, is escorted from Cranbrook court Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Nicholas John Bullock, of Port Coquitlam, is pictured being escorted from Cranbrook Court Tuesday, October 9. Bullock is charged in the carjacking incident between Creston and Yahk that ended in Cranbrook last week.

Carjacking suspect to stay in custody

Nicholas Bullock appears in Cranbrook court after last week's carjacking, shooting incident.

Nicholas John Bullock, of Port Coquitlam, is pictured being escorted from Cranbrook Court Tuesday, October 9. Bullock is charged in the carjacking incident between Creston and Yahk that ended in Cranbrook last week.

Input from business owners sought

Cranbrook business people are invited to take part in a survey about the challenges of doing business here

Calgary woman killed by flying rock in Canal Flats

Young mother hit by airborne rock from passing truck

Carjacking suspect has other charges

Man charged in last week's carjacking near Creston is facing other offences in the Lower Mainland

Temperatures rising in Columbia Valley

The average annual temperature in the Columbia Basin is expected to rise about 2.3 degrees Celsius by 2050.

Pictured, left to right: Max Dressler, Lori Bleaney and Doug Schneider.

The eyes have it

Cranbrook joins with Sundog Eyewear to donate sunglasses to Honduras

Pictured, left to right: Max Dressler, Lori Bleaney and Doug Schneider.

Courage during a charged moment

Just because the IIO is in town, don't discount the pressures the cop was under.

Cranbrook has changed its garbage bylaw to stop pickups such as this one.

Taking out the trash

Garbage pick-up rules changing for Cranbrook, City says.

Cranbrook has changed its garbage bylaw to stop pickups such as this one.
The spray irrigation fields near Cranbrook.

City seeks well for cattle drinking water

Public health vet says livestock are drinking unsafe water at spray irrigation fields

The spray irrigation fields near Cranbrook.
After a late-night car chase Tuesday, Oct. 2,came to an end at the edge of Cranbrook, police apprehended an individual suspected of a car-jacking in the Creston area. Shots were fired during the altercation, and the area remained secured as of Wednesday morning.

Two charged in carjacking, shooting incident

Pair from Port Coquitlam to face court next week over Creston carjacking that led to Cranbrook shooting

After a late-night car chase Tuesday, Oct. 2,came to an end at the edge of Cranbrook, police apprehended an individual suspected of a car-jacking in the Creston area. Shots were fired during the altercation, and the area remained secured as of Wednesday morning.
Members of the Independent Investigations Office from Surrey arrived in Cranbrook Wednesday to check out the scene where a suspected car-jacker was apprehended and taken to hospital after being shot by an RCMP officer.

Creston man car-jacked near Yahk, suspect caught in Cranbrook

Man suspected of car-jacking in Creston area apprehended after car chase comes to an end.

Members of the Independent Investigations Office from Surrey arrived in Cranbrook Wednesday to check out the scene where a suspected car-jacker was apprehended and taken to hospital after being shot by an RCMP officer.
Cranbrook urban deer: Up close and personal.

Cranbrook deer cull up in the air

Council considering whether to proceed with a second cull as Invermere court battle continues

Cranbrook urban deer: Up close and personal.

Cranbrook supports the expansion of rural fire protection

Another 12 properties around Cranbrook could be offered fire and emergency services protection pending regional district approval

Sharpening the skills set of future grads

Province wants to know what high school graduates need; Cranbrook consultation open to public.

The climes they are a-changin’

By 2050, Columbia Basin could see higher summer temperatures, warmer winters, receding glaciers, and more extreme weather events.

RDEK staffer named to BC online voting panel

Cranbrook resident to help investigate proposed election option