School dumpster set on fire
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Lake Ambassadors call for boat moratorium
Posted by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 18, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
Street sweeper catches fire
Posted by Admin | Apr 16, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
‘Seven grandfather teachings’ respected
Posted by Admin | Apr 15, 2024 | Community, Indigenous
ART from the Heart showcases young talent
Posted by Admin | Apr 14, 2024 | Community, Community Out and About, Local News, Local News
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Read MoreMasons present bursary to DTSS Climate Action Club
by Admin | Apr 19, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
Columbia Lodge #38 is pleased to sponsor a series of group bursaries to public service student organizations at Windermere Zone schools.
Second WindS band seeks new members
by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 16, 2024 | Community, Community Out and About, Entertainment, Local Entertainment
A few years back anyone wandering around the Wilder neighbourhood on a sunny Tuesday evening — heading down to the Station Pub for instance, or coming back home from Kinsmen Beach — was in for a cheerful surprise.
Hall of Fame blues guitarist returns
by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 16, 2024 | Community, Entertainment, Local Entertainment
It’s another blast of the blues in Radium Hot Springs.
CAP says housing budget failing Indigenous Peoples
by Admin | Apr 15, 2024 | Indigenous, News
The national vice-chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), says the federal government is failing to meet its housing budget and policy for Indigenous Peoples across the country.
Invermere Special Olympics starts soccer
by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 14, 2024 | Community, Local News, Local News, Local Sports, Sports
Easter has come and gone, soccer season is just around the corner, and this year there’s a team here in Invermere for soccer players with intellectual disabilities.
Unfair to supply to few
I saw on the news last week that a call is going out to scrap unfair prices on women’s feminine hygiene products.
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Masons present bursary to DTSS Climate Action Club
Apr 19, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
Columbia Lodge #38 is pleased to sponsor a series of group bursaries to public service student organizations at Windermere Zone schools.
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Invermere’s main street gets repaved
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School dumpster set on fire
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Lake Ambassadors call for boat moratorium
Apr 18, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
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Street sweeper catches fire
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Hall of Fame blues guitarist returns
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CAP says housing budget failing Indigenous Peoples
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‘Seven grandfather teachings’ respected
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Invermere Special Olympics starts soccer
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Carbon tax bad timing
by Lyonel Doherty | Apr 13, 2024 | Editorials, Opinion
Too bad the carbon tax hike that came into effect on April 1 wasn’t Justin Trudeau’s idea of a bad joke.
Valley resident named volunteer of the year
by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 12, 2024 | Community, Local News, Local News, News
A local woman has been honoured for her commitment to making sure everyone gets a chance to ski.
STR public hearing draws small crowd
by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 12, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
A public hearing on the District of Invermere’s proposed short-term rental (STR) regulations drew modest attendance last week.
Fight breaks out over dogs
by Admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News, News RCMP Report, RCMP
It is believed the two got into an altercation after one asked the other to put their dogs on a leash.
Big housing plan hears opposition and support
by Steve Hubrecht | Apr 11, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
A public hearing last week on a proposed development encompassing affordable housing and a Columbia Valley Métis Association (CVMA) office drew an enormous crowd that voiced strong opinions both for and against the plan.
Another burn pile taxes firefighters
by Admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
A second grass fire in fewer than eight days brought firefighters running (again) on April 10.
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LatestMasons present bursary to DTSS Climate Action Club
Apr 19, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
Columbia Lodge #38 is pleased to sponsor a series of group bursaries to public service student organizations at Windermere Zone schools.
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Invermere’s main street gets repaved
Apr 19, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
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School dumpster set on fire
Apr 18, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News, News RCMP Report, RCMP
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Lake Ambassadors call for boat moratorium
Apr 18, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
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Street sweeper catches fire
Apr 16, 2024 | Local News, Local News, News
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Invermere teen swims to silver medal
Apr 9, 2024 | Local News, Local News, Sports
A local teen was on a ‘silver’ streak when he recently ended up with a podium finish at the Swim BC Winter Divisionals in Penticton.
Valley students compete at Ski Nationals
Apr 2, 2024 | Local News, Local News, Sports
A pair of Columbia Valley teens recently took part in the Nordiq Canada Ski Nationals held in Quebec.
So long, Rockies, thanks for the ride
Apr 1, 2024 | Local Sports, Opinion, Sports
I am sitting and sorting through a season’s worth of photos to send you, your parents and your coaches and writing this bit, this column, this… well, not quite a goodbye, but definitely à la prochaine (see you next time).
Rockies end season with heads held high
Mar 24, 2024 | Local Sports, Sports
It is not how they stand in comfort and convenience, but how they stand in the face of challenges.
Community
Celebrate beauty of Indigenous language
Apr 10, 2024 | Community, Indigenous
March 31 marked Indigenous Language Day — an opportunity that honoured many Indigenous languages in Canada, including the Ktunaxa language, Secwepemctsín, Michif, and others.
Students call for more public transit
Apr 1, 2024 | Community, Local News, Local News, News
A group of students at David Thompson Secondary School is putting words into action by calling for more public transit to reduce carbon emissions in the valley.
Join National Lake Blitz in your region
Mar 30, 2024 | Community, Local News, Local News
Residents up for a little science project are invited to join the 4th annual National Lake Blitz in their area.
Hospice Society supports diversity
Mar 27, 2024 | Community
Hospice’s doors are open to all. We welcome and serve everyone — young and old, sporty and couch potato, cheerful and grumpy, talker and observer, believer and skeptic, loner and social butterfly, quiet and loud, traveller and homebody — no matter who you are and how you choose to be in the world, we are here for you when loss visits. We have the inevitability of death in common.
Sports
Thrift is good quality to have in your life
Apr 7, 2024 | Columnists, Opinion
The Great Depression of the 1930s was more than just a decade on a calendar.
For those who were influenced by those years their values were changed forever.
Retinal Treatment Program cuts disturbing
Apr 7, 2024 | BC Opinion, Columnists, Opinion
Since the NDP approved funding cuts to the B.C. Provincial Retinal Treatment Program, I have received dozens of calls, emails, and visits to my offices from constituents in Columbia River-Revelstoke who are dismayed at the prospect of losing access to vision-saving treatments.
Food relief growing concern
January and February 2024 saw a sharp increase in food bank use in the Columbia Valley. Coupled with rising costs of living, more residents of the valley are turning to emergency food relief to put food on the table.
Police go above and beyond call of duty
Apr 6, 2024 | Editorials, Opinion, RCMP
On the way home, the dad is shaken; his youngest born could have hopped into a predator’s car, driven to a strange home and raped.
Community
Madcap juggling comedian can’t help it
Feb 26, 2024 | Entertainment, Local Entertainment, Local News, Local News, News
When self-described professional “zaniac” Alex Zerbe arrives in Invermere in a few weeks, residents should brace themselves for a storm of high-octane comedy.
Shuswap Band to host live comedy show
Nov 19, 2023 | Entertainment, Indigenous, Local Entertainment
National Addictions Awareness Week takes place November 22 to 28, and so the Shuswap Band has created a live comedy show for the community.
Film festival will be ‘wild & scenic’ for all
Nov 13, 2023 | Community, Community Out and About, Entertainment, Local Entertainment, Local News, Local News
Films have the power to inspire, entertain and provoke us, and the 10th Wild & Scenic Film Festival on November 18 promises to do all of this.
Author-musician launches new book, albums
Nov 5, 2023 | Entertainment, Local Entertainment, Local News, Local News
A missing dog, a vanished lover, and a guitar-slinging protagonist running from toughs intent on killing him, all amid the soaring peaks and wide open horizons of the west. It’s a classic tale told with swashbuckling verve in both words and in song by Invermere author and musician James Rose.
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- Columbia Valley Weddings October 25, 2023
- Columbia Valley Real Estate Guide Fall 2023 September 28, 2023
- Columbia Valley Map Book 2023 July 5, 2023
- Columbia Valley Real Estate Guide Summer 2023 June 15, 2023
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- Hagen, Kurt April 8, 2024
- Pocha, Judith Elaine April 8, 2024