Fernie News

The Elk Valley WorkBC Employment Services Centre is inviting members of the public to come and join them for the grand opening of the Elk Valley office.

By Angela Treharne - The Free Press Published: May 23, 2012 12:00 PM Updated: May 23, 2012 12:55 PM The B.C. government has added legislation for a new holiday in February and has asked for the public's input to decide which day it should be.

The Vancouver International Children's Festival will be celebrating its 35th anniversary from May 28 to June 3. This year's lineup of theatre, puppetry, animated film, storytelling, dance and music features performers from Asia to Europe, and is previewed in Thursday's Vancouver Sun.

On Thursday last week, the Fernie Chamber of Commerce hosted Joanna Maratta, the Kootenay Columbia Film Region Liaison, as she spoke about how communities in the East Kootenays can benefit from film production that comes to the area.

In honour of the sounds of nature that accompany the turn of the seasons, the 60-voice Crown of the Continent Choir and their select group, The Headwaters Ensemble , are embarking on a circuit around the Crown, wrapping Waterton-Glacier in song.

By Mary Guiliano - The Free Press Published: May 09, 2012 10:00 AM Updated: May 09, 2012 10:40 AM Lions International District 19 E held its annual Spring Conference this past weekend in Fernie with nearly 180 members from B.C. and the USA attending.

A Transportation Safety Board report blames a combination of freezing and thawing weather conditions and the widening of some rail tracks for a train derailment near Fernie, B.C. Twenty-seven cars of a 115-car Canadian Pacific coal train jumped the tracks in March 2011 when the wheel of one car dropped inside a track, pulling the other cars off the ... (more)

By Dave Hamilton - The Free Press Published: May 07, 2012 6:00 AM Updated: May 07, 2012 7:02 AM The oldest Rod and Gun Club in BC held another record breaking banquet with over 700 attendees including Mayor Mary Guiliano, MLA Bill Bennett and other Fernie councellors including Joe Warshawski, Randall McNair and Joni Kratz.