Columbia Valley Pioneer

The Columbia Valley Pioneer is the go-to news outlet for residents in the stunning Columbia Valley of British Columbia's Interior. Established in 2004, The Pioneer has quickly gained a reputation as the top choice for local news, events, and advertising in the community.

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Canal Flats to establish upgrade committee

5 days ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] The Village of Canal Flats will soon start looking for volunteers for its Civic Centre Upgrade Review Committee. Councillors were set to discuss the terms of reference for the committee during their meeting last week, just after the Columbia Valley Pioneer went to press.
Canal Flats funding motion goes to UBCM

1 week ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] A resolution put forward by the Village of Canal Flats seeking better provincial funding opportunities for infrastructure projects was endorsed earlier this spring at the Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Government (AKBLG) convention in Kimberley. It will now go to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Victoria in late September.
First Nations encourage repatriation of relics

1 week ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] In recent years the repatriation of Indigenous relics, artifacts and cultural objects has made headlines all over Canada, and indeed around the world. Most recently the Assembly of First Nations, the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called for the return of cultural, ceremonial and sacred objects from the Hudson’s Bay Company, which is facing creditor protection and has been liquidating its assets.
?Akisq’nuk aim for lake stewardship plan

1 week ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] The ?Akisq’nuk First Nation is leading efforts to create an official stewardship plan for Lake Windermere. Both ?Akisq’nuk council members and citizens have noticed an increase in use of (and pressure on) local lakes in recent years, ?Akisq’nuk chief administrative officer David Bach told the Pioneer, adding that given the First Nation’s long history of stewarding the lakes, this trend is naturally cause for concern for the ?Akisq’nuk.
‘Clash of the Titans’ draws droves

2 weeks ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] The Clash of the Titans was once again a titanic success. The annual soccer tournament brought droves of young athletes to the Columbia Valley, filled the region to a bustle, and gave youth a chance to learn both on and off the field. The tournament was held on May 24 and 25 in Invermere and Windermere.
DTSS Soul Machine hits high notes

2 weeks ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS)’s Soul Machine jazz band returned from the BC Interior Jazz Festival in Kelowna last month having hit all the high notes. The band’s excursion to Kelowna in April was its first trip to a jazz festival, and also its first performance outside the Columbia Valley.
Radium council backs daycare shutdown

2 weeks ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected]Radium Hot Springs council has backed village staff’s move to disallow a local daycare’s infant toddler program. Tiny Titans Childcare has operated in the Radium Plaza building since January 2023 and has had an infant-toddler program for kids age 0 to 36 months since May 2023.
RCMP warn residents again of fraud

2 weeks ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] Columbia Valley residents can’t be too careful when it comes to online fraud. As reported a couple of weeks ago in the Pioneer, Columbia Valley RCMP Sgt. Jeff Witzke underscored a rise in online fraud in the valley to Invermere council during his quarterly report. Since then, Witzke has carried similar warnings to both Radium Hot Springs council and Canal Flats council. “One of the biggest ones is actually romance scams,” Witzke told Canal Flats councillors.
Invermere begins review on STR rules

2 weeks ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected]The District of Invermere has started a review of its short-term rental (STR) regulations. The current municipal STR rules came into effect in May 2024, and Invermere councillors have been saying for months that they would review the regulations after they’d been in place for a year. That review is now underway and the public have a chance to find out more — and to give feedback — during an open house on Tuesday, June 17 at the Columbia Valley Centre.
Invermere author launches new thriller

3 weeks ago | columbiavalleypioneer.com | Steve Hubrecht

By Steve Hubrecht [email protected] An Invermere author is about to launch his latest novel, examining the intersection of a cutting-edge, ultra-secret (and super-expensive) new treatment that extends healthy life indefinitely; the violently changing landscape of Vancouver’s organized crime gangs; and the inner workings (both ethical and unethical) of the pharmaceutical industry. If that sounds like a heady combination of current issues, well, it certainly is.