Community

French Immersion students at Fernie Secondary School and Isabella Dicken Elementary School raised around $750 as part of their Journee Nationale des Croissant (National Croissant Day.)

Banners lining the streets of Fernie will celebrate local art talent for the eighth year running.

Teck presented a $1,000 cheque to the Elk River Alliance last week.

A group of 39 students from Fernie Secondary School will get a chance to see what it’s like to be a Quebecois student, when they travel to Montreal in May.

The third annual Family Fishing Derby for Kids with Cancer raised $21,000 for local children.

A brand new fire engine will be coming to work in Fernie.

The planned completion date for the Northwest Reservoir has been delayed until June, about six months later than originally thought.

•In Sparwood at 1:58 a.m. there was a complaint that an individual from Blairmore was making threats against some locals. The matter is still under investigation. The subjects are known to each other.

The Sparwood Chamber of Commerce is now home to the youngest Chamber manager in B.C., and maybe even Canada.

The Free Press has appointed a new publisher.