Cranbrook Daily Townsman – Cranbrook News

Interior Health offers safety tips as temperatures soar

With high temperatures forecasted for the week and into the next, Interior Health is offering some tips on how to keep yourself safe from heat-related illness. (Pixabay)

‘Too much heat can be harmful to your health’

by Twila Amato
updated 20 mins ago

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Pictured is Mrs. O and her grade 4/5 class at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Cranbrook. Mrs. O challenged her class to read 36,000 pages in May and they far surpassed that goal. The students were then allowed to choose her fate. (Corey Bullock/Cranbrook Townsman file)

WATCH: St. Mary’s Catholic School grade 4/5 class wins reading challenge
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Very warm temperatures forecast across the Kootenays this weekend
- 2h ago
New ‘Padawan’ trail at Eager Hill now open and ready for use
- 3h ago
Ktunaxa Nation flag raised at downtown arches entrance
- updated 18h ago
Kimberley Search and Rescue respond to injured mountain biker on Bootleg Mountain

Robin Sanford and her fiance Simon Park were married in an impromptu ceremony at Abbotsford Regional Hospital on June 16. (Submitted photo)

Mom dies day after witnessing daughter’s hospital wedding in Abbotsford

by Vikki Hopes

updated 1 min ago

B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson with Premier John Horgan after the budget speech Tuesday, April 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

BC Hydro assures customers it has ‘more than enough’ power to weather the heatwave

by Sarah Grochowski

updated 1h ago

Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Pilots say no reason to continue quarantines for vaccinated international travellers

by Katya Slepian

1h ago

VIDEO: Border quarantine to soon lift for fully vaccinated Canadians

Cranbrook Arts has opened the doors of their new gallery space to the public with their inaugural exhibit, Kootenay’s Best.

‘Kootenay’s Best’ opens Cranbrook Arts’ new gallery

Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship during a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, May 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada to welcome 45,000 refugees this year, says immigration minister

A small pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins pass by close to shore in Campbell River June 16, 2021. Still capture from video courtesy of Kimberly Hart

VIDEO: Dolphin sunset captured from Vancouver Island shore

6 United Way chapters merging around B.C.

Money raised in communities will stay in those communities, agency says

by Nanaimo News Staff

updated 1h ago

Val Litwin is the latest candidate to declare his bid for the B.C. Liberal leadership. (Litwin campaign video)

Political newcomer joins contest for B.C. Liberal leadership

Val Litwin a former B.C. Chamber of Commerce CEO

by Tom Fletcher

2h ago

Nassib becomes first active NFL player to come out as gay

More than a dozen NFL players have come out as gay after their careers were over

by The Canadian Press

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and IOC President Thomas Bach, on a screen, speak during a five=party online meeting at Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Y in Tokyo Monday, June 21, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics will allow some local fans to attend when the games open in just over a month, Tokyo organizing committee officials and the IOC said on Monday. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics to allow Japanese fans only, with strict limits

Organizers set a limit of 50% capacity — up to a maximum of 10,000 fans

by The Canadian Press

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