Posted:
April 13, 2021
Funding a reminder of local airport’s importance
The Columbia Valley Airport in Fairmont Hot Springs has recently been approved to receive $90,000 in funding from the provincial government through the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
The airport was included in this funding of regional airports across the province specifically because the airport hosts medevac services.
“The receipt of these funds highlights again the importance of the airport and the essential services it hosts for the Columbia Valley,” said Pascal van Dijk, President, Columbia Valley Airport Society. “This funding wouldn’t have been available without the airport being a host for medevac flights. The ability for medevac flights to efficiently serve the Columbia Valley affect us all.”
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Posted:
March 15, 2021
By Sgt. Darren Kakuno
This past week, March 8 through March 14, Columbia Valley RCMP responded to 57 calls for service. The following is a summary of some of the files our officers responded to.
Mountain bike stolen from Invermere property
On Monday, March 8 a resident on 10
th Avenue in Invermere reported the theft of a bicycle which was taken from the property sometime overnight. The bicycle is described as a khaki green Kona Stinky full suspension downhill mountain bike.
Impaired driver taken from road
On Wednesday, March 10 at about 5 p.m., an officer stopped the driver of a Honda Accord for disobeying a traffic light at the intersection of 4
Posted:
March 13, 2021
Faces & Places: Shannon McGinty
Kootenay Conservation Program
Lake Windermere is the most heavily used body of water in the entire Columbia. This shallow widening of the Columbia River stretching from near Fairmont Hot Springs to Invermere is a water recreation playground, local economic driver, and a source of drinking water while providing important habitat for plants, fish and wildlife, including at-risk and endangered waterbirds.
Balancing recreation with conservation is the role of the Lake Windermere Ambassadors (LWA), the water stewardship group that has been monitoring the ecological health of the lake since its inception in 2010, and LWA Program Coordinator Shannon McGinty couldn’t be more perfectly qualified for this challenge.