People living in the East Kootenays will have better access to primary health care with the creation and implementation of a primary care network in the region.

The Province and the Ktunaxa Nation Council have been working together to conserve wild huckleberry and important grizzly bear habitat.

The B.C. government is restricting camping and motorized recreation (including the use of off-road vehicles) throughout the entire Koocanusa Recreation Strategy area this spring and summer.

Drivers are advised that a new traffic signal will soon be activated at the intersection of Highway 95A and Theatre Mission Road, improving efficiency and safety for people travelling in Cranbrook.

Tree harvesting will take place on about 105 hectares of Crown land east of Cranbrook over the winter to reduce the amount of forest fuels and help lower the wildfire risk to the community.

Construction is underway on 39 new affordable rental homes for Indigenous peoples in Cranbrook through a partnership between the Province, Aqanttanam Housing Society and the City of Cranbrook.

People are invited to an engagement session in Cranbrook on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to have their say on how best to encourage farming and protect farmland throughout British Columbia.

For the eighth round of discussions about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, Canadian and U.S. negotiators returned to the B.C. Columbia Basin, meeting for two days in ?aq’am, near Cranbrook.

A series of controlled burns in the Sulphur Creek area will enhance wildlife habitat for ungulates, such as moose and mule deer, reduce accumulations of forest fuels and help decrease wildfire risks.

The Province is restricting commercial-scale huckleberry harvesting to protect grizzly bear habitat in the Kootenay Boundary Region.