More student seats are on the way for families in the Southeast Kootenay School District with funding approved for a new elementary school.

Families and individuals now have access to 49 new affordable rental homes in Fernie with the opening of North End Court.

From the City of Fernie: https://fernie.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/172598/?preview=172599

Students at Isabella Dicken Elementary are returning to an expanded and improved school now that an 80-seat addition is complete.

People throughout the East Kootenays will have continued access to health-care services in Kelowna through cost-free travel with the Province providing $300,000 to support Angel Flight East Kootenay (AFEK).

Students in Fernie can look forward to better learning environments with an expanded Isabella Dicken Elementary school, and students and families for generations to come will benefit from the purchase of land to build a school in the future.

Construction is starting on 49 new affordable rental homes for families and seniors in Fernie through a partnership between the Province, the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) and the Fernie Family Housing Society.

The Find Your Fit tour stop in Fernie is a great opportunity for students to get valuable hands-on experience with helpful career-planning tools.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of three men who died after a workplace incident at the Fernie Memorial Arena on Oct. 17, 2017.