LIVE RESULTS: B.C.'s 2024 election winners - Fernie BC News
Oct 20, 2024 · Follow along for the results in B.C.'s 43rd provincial election
Writer's Block: An ode to Snow Valley - Fernie BC News
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UPDATE: 46-hectare wildfire in Penticton under control
Aug 7, 2024 · UPDATE (3:00 p.m.) The Penticton Indian Band has rescinded the evacuation order for homes threatened by the Lower Blue Mountain wildfire. The fire remains at 46 hectares and under control according to the BC Wildfire Service.
Research finds elevated levels of rare earth elements in East …
Feb 8, 2024 · The announced discovery of rare earth elements in East Kootenay arrived just as the B.C. government released a Critical Mineral Strategy to guide the transition to new technologies like solar and wind energy, and electric vehicles.
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Stoke Fest 2024 to feature the best of local music talent
Mar 15, 2024 · Stoke Fest makes its return to Fernie on March 22 and 23, with a fantastic mix of Western Canadian musical talent. Big-name artists like Miesha & The Spanks, Mariel Buckley and Thomas Thomas like will hit the stage, and they’ll be joined by local home-grown Fernie talent like Topo, DJ Cona, Birdhaus, Max Thomson and Electric Blanket Band Club.
Davis flips Kootenay-Rockies for B.C. Conservatives
Oct 20, 2024 · Pete Davis has flipped Kootenay Rockies for the Conservative Party of B.C. Davis, the candidate for the Conservatives, is ahead with 43 per cent of the vote (8,114 ballots) after all seven advance ballot boxes reporting and 19 ballot boxes reporting by the early morning hours.
A B.C. First Nation’s 3-year effort to change a city’s name
May 5, 2024 · It was first in May 2021 that the idea for Powell River to change its name was brought forward to city officials in the coastal B.C. community.
Columbia Valley fire official praises Madias Creek wildfire response
Jul 24, 2024 · A Columbia Valley fire official is praising the response to the Madias Creek wildfire, which sparked up on Monday, July 22, and touched off a number of evacuation orders and alerts in a rural community north of Fairmont Hot Springs.
Canada injects $36M into federal vaccine injury compensation fund
Apr 24, 2024 · The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.