New home needed for bat colony
The Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP), a group dedicated to bat conservation, has secured funding to build a bat condo to replace the barn.
Select Page
by Admin | Mar 17, 2024
The Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP), a group dedicated to bat conservation, has secured funding to build a bat condo to replace the barn.
by Admin | Mar 17, 2024
I read the article in the March 7 edition of the Pioneer, ‘Barn bats seek new home in Fairmont’, with great disappointment that this colony is facing homelessness unless a location can be found for their new roost.
by Admin | Mar 16, 2024
I was so excited to fill out the recent Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce survey regarding a pedestrian-only main street feature on Saturdays and/or Fridays and Saturdays.
by Lyonel Doherty | Mar 16, 2024
What some people wouldn’t give to be young again — to ride the wings of that sweet bird of youth, to be a teenager once more.
On second thought . . . not in this life!
by Admin | Mar 10, 2024
I really struggle to find the words to respond to the editorial (Use privacy stalls, please) in the February 22 edition of the Pioneer.
by Lyonel Doherty | Mar 9, 2024
Today, that same mother still chuckles about the incident, particularly after receiving a letter from the federal government regarding the new Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), which is reportedly causing some confusion among many seniors.
by Admin | Mar 8, 2024
This letter is written in honour and memory of Melanie Nicolaides, Amanda Clearwater and her young children – Bethany, Jayven, and Isabella Manoakeesick, and her teen niece Myah-Lee Gratton.
by Admin | Mar 6, 2024
For weeks, I have heard loud and clear from my constituents in Columbia River-Revelstoke that the NDP’s proposed changes to the Land Act must be halted.
by Admin | Mar 3, 2024
I thought B.C. NDP Bill 44, which abolishes single-family zoning and public rezoning hearings in municipalities with more than 5,000 residents could not possibly get any worse.
Oh, how wrong I was!
by Admin | Mar 3, 2024
This letter aims to express clear opposition to the proposed amendments to the District of Invermere’s Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw that will too lightly attempt to address this summative scourge of short-term rentals (STRs) in the community.
by Lyonel Doherty | Mar 3, 2024
The thought of a panel of self-righteous individuals or even a couple of parents applying to have a book censored or banned from the public is maddening.
by Admin | Feb 28, 2024
For the Love of Libraries This week’s column was written by Jacqueline Kozak, director of the...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2024
Weather is a fact of life with which we are all familiar. We live it, we feel it, we see it. Consequently, we are all qualified to have opinions based on life experience.
by Admin | Feb 24, 2024
As much as short-term rental (STR) owners say their properties support economic development, the truth is they don’t – well, they don’t beyond their own personal economic development as a small business.
by Admin | Feb 23, 2024
There are times when good intentions inadvertently go too far.
by Admin | Feb 20, 2024
To start, there is a quote that hangs in the museum: “History is a very tricky thing. To begin with, you can’t get it mixed up with the past. The past actually happened, but history is only what someone wrote down.”
by Admin | Feb 16, 2024
Letter to the editor (The following letter is addressed to Minister of Water, Land and Resource...
by Lyonel Doherty | Feb 16, 2024
Closing Invermere’s main street (7th Avenue) to vehicles two days a week this summer may not be a bad idea, but it needs meaningful input from business owners.
by Lyonel Doherty | Feb 10, 2024
The Meta CEO squirmed under the bright lights of last week’s Senate judiciary hearing on the harm social media is doing to our children. It was priceless to see, actually.