Community

The Manager of the Sparwood Chamber of Commerce has left his position after just three months in the job.

Three horses have been found dead and decaying on crown land near Grasmere.

The City of Cranbrook will now answer all fire and emergency calls for the entire Regional District of East Kootenay.

Members of Curves gyms in Fernie and Sparwood are helping local families by collecting for Elk Valley food banks this month.

The City of Fernie’s Mayor, Cindy Corrigan, was presented with the Canadian Cancer Society’s daffodil pin, as they prepared to launch their annual daffodil month.

The Districts of Elkford and Sparwood are working on an affordable housing strategy that they hope will keep Elk Valley seniors in their communities.

Sparwood’s Popeye Fontana hands me a small white envelope. Contained inside, carefully folded, is a yellowed clipping from the Nelson Daily News dated March 20, 1929.

After only a few months of fundraising, 14-year-old Grace Brulotte has raised enough money for not one but two sit skis.

A Fernie hospital employee has been charged with theft after stealing drugs from the Elk Valley Hospital.

Spring is here, which means a new batch of banners from the seventh annual Banner Project will soon be hung around Fernie.