Cranbrook is switching its development efforts into high gear to match the city's growing population, with a record-breaking number of building permits filed this year. The City set an all-time high of just over $100 million worth of permit values in 2025. This year, staff shared that building activity in Cranbrook has...

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued a weather statement for the East Kootenay and Elk Valley regions. The agency warns that snowfall could reach up to 10 cm in some areas on Wednesday (Apr. 15) evening. While the system is expected to be brief, it may be intense. Some locations could see significant...

Mayoral candidate Lynnette Wray is releasing new campaign details ahead of the upcoming local election this fall. The Cranbrook city councillor says her campaign theme, "Building our Future Together: An Affordable and Vibrant Community", is shaped by the core values driving her work. "I love our communit...

RCMP has now taken one man into custody after a firearms investigation in Trail. Mounties applied to search a home on Mills Street in Fruitvale after finding that firearms offences had taken place on Friday, April 10. This morning, April 15, the Southeast District Emergency Response Team (SED ERT) supported officer and...

The union representing workers at the Kootenay Lake Ferry in B.C.'s Interior has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against the operator of the service. The BC General Employees' Union says in a news release that Western Pacific Marine has not given retroactive pay owed to workers since the current labour agreem...