The City of Cranbrook will celebrate the completion of the Memorial Arena's repair work with a grand re-opening event this Saturday. "The reconstruction of the arena's laminate beams have been completed, and now we're just finalizing some of the smaller projects around this," said Trevor Thors, Cranbrook's director of recreation...

The BC Government says social media giants Meta, Snap, TikTok and X have agreed to work collaboratively with the province of the development of Bill 12, its public harms legislation, and will be part of BC’s Online Safety Action Table.  The province says it will place Bill 12 on hold...

Kimberley city council is getting closer to adopting its 2024-2028 Five Year Financial Plan and tax rates bylaws after passing the first three readings. Residents can expect the city's parcel tax to come in at $213.73 for every property, regardless of zoning type. Kimberley's flat tax rate is charged on every...

Cranbrook rower Katie Clark will be travelling to Lucerne, Switzerland to take part in the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic Regatta. If her team places well, they will go on to compete in the Summer Olympics in Paris. "This is the last chance for crews to book their tickets to Paris...

Local camping is coming back to Mount Baker Park, as The City of Cranbrook signs an agreement with a local operator. The campground will be operated as a no-service campground, other than a wash building and sani-dump. "We were excited to hear that the City was giving the RV campground another...

The Columbia Valley RCMP is urging residents to be mindful of phone scams targeting people in the area. Police said two common scams they are seeing are the Publisher Clearing House and Canadian Revenue Agency frauds. Publisher Clearing House is not available in Canada and Canadians aren't eligible to win any...