Canada's longest-running free children's festival is back for its now 40th year of joy and community. From 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, the Kootenay Children's Festival is returning with a variety of activities for children to enjoy, including toddler paint sessions, bouncy castles, flower planting, and more. "40 ye...

The Regional District of East Kootenay has recognized a Wardner local for contributing a great deal of energy - and hundreds of hours each year - to the region. This year's Electoral Area C Volunteer of the Year, Jo-Anne Takala, has been the force behind ongoing work at Wardner Community Hall, as well as organizing the...

A Sparwood man has been seriously injured after being attacked with a weapon over a week ago. On April 25, at around 8:22 a.m., BC Ambulance and frontline officers with the Elk Valley RCMP responded to a report of an unconscious man who "appeared to have been violently attacked" on Matevic Road. Paramedics to...

The City of Cranbrook has now lifted all road load restrictions with spring weather fully underway. Starting 8 a.m. today (May 6), all load restrictions have been rescinded. Local streets, aside from main routes on 17 Street South to the area of Victor Road and Highway 95A, were limited to 50 to 70 percent legal axle l...

As National Road Safety Week (May 12 to 18) approaches, new research shows many B.C. employers overlook one of the most common and dangerous workplace hazards: driving on the job. A recent survey by Road Safety at Work found that 51 per cent of employers say work-related driving is not dangerous. Yet, the organization ...