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Above: SCSS Board Chair Deb Saffin, Kootenay East MLA Tom Shypitka, and SCSS Executive Director Sarah Jacklin cut the cake celebrating Summit’s 50 years of operation in the Cranbrook-Kimberley area. (Barry Coulter photo)

Summit marks 50 years of services

Incorporated in 1973, Summit Community Services is dedicated to promoting community well-being by providing a continuum of quality, accessible, client-centred support, childcare, and intervention services

Above: SCSS Board Chair Deb Saffin, Kootenay East MLA Tom Shypitka, and SCSS Executive Director Sarah Jacklin cut the cake celebrating Summit’s 50 years of operation in the Cranbrook-Kimberley area. (Barry Coulter photo)
The annual Armstrong Regional Co-op Fuel Good Day, which raises funds for local charities and non-profits, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Vernon, Armstrong, Salmon Arm and Cranbrook. (Contributed)

Okanagan, Shuswap East Kootenay charities can fuel up funds

Applications being taken for Armstrong Regional Co-op annual Fuel Good Day Tuesday, Sept. 19

The annual Armstrong Regional Co-op Fuel Good Day, which raises funds for local charities and non-profits, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Vernon, Armstrong, Salmon Arm and Cranbrook. (Contributed)
A class participating in the Metis jigging program. CBEEN file

Wild Voices for Kids in Kootenay communities

CBEEN offers spring programs for children of all ages

A class participating in the Metis jigging program. CBEEN file
What's new at the Cranbrook Library

What’s new at the Cranbrook Public Library

By Mike Selby We are now fine free! Your library membership is…

  • May 23, 2023
What's new at the Cranbrook Library
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It happened this week in 1916

May 21 - 27: Compiled by Dave Humphrey from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre and Archives

  • May 23, 2023
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Mike Gee held the first annual Seamus’ Stroll last year in memory of his late son in Campbell Valley Regional Park to raise funds for the Langley Foundry facility for youth mental health in memory of his late son (inset). On June 4, the second 3K walk will take place. (Langley Advance Times files)

Remembering his son: why a B.C. dad purchases birthday cakes for strangers

Mike Gee hopes others will do the same

Mike Gee held the first annual Seamus’ Stroll last year in memory of his late son in Campbell Valley Regional Park to raise funds for the Langley Foundry facility for youth mental health in memory of his late son (inset). On June 4, the second 3K walk will take place. (Langley Advance Times files)
The Cranbrook Quilters Guild’s most prized quilt is the massive Cranbrook Centennial Guilt (only a portion is show here) that is on display in the Cranbrook History Centre. (Barry Coulter photo)

Preserving the history of the Cranbrook Quilters Guild

By Susan Little Does the history of the Cranbrook Quilters Guild matter?…

  • May 18, 2023
The Cranbrook Quilters Guild’s most prized quilt is the massive Cranbrook Centennial Guilt (only a portion is show here) that is on display in the Cranbrook History Centre. (Barry Coulter photo)
Kalyn Davies won $1 million after discovering a winning Lotto 6/49 ticket in her wallet two weeks after the win. /BCLC Photo

‘I lose things a lot’: Fraser Valley woman had million-dollar ticket in wallet for weeks

Mission’s Kalyn Davies plans to pay off mortgage and vacation with winnings from lottery ticket

Kalyn Davies won $1 million after discovering a winning Lotto 6/49 ticket in her wallet two weeks after the win. /BCLC Photo
Annette Lutterman holds her commemorative plaque, alongside daughter Danika Keith and husband Todd Keith. (Photo submitted)

Golden’s Annette Lutterman takes 2023 Ellen Zimmerman Award

Submitted by Wildsight In honour of her tireless conservation efforts in the…

  • May 17, 2023
Annette Lutterman holds her commemorative plaque, alongside daughter Danika Keith and husband Todd Keith. (Photo submitted)
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It happened this week in 1916

May 14 - 20: Compiled by Dave Humphrey from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre and Archives

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Vernon’s Elsie Wilson, who operated the FM. Ladies Wear Shop with her late husband, Jack, on 30th Avenue from <tcxspan tcxhref="19681996" title="Call 1968-1996, via 3CX">1968-1996,</tcxspan> celebrates her 100th birthday Thursday, May 18. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon ‘wallflower’ blossoms through to 100

Elsie Wilson, long-time, well-known Vernon businesswoman, becomes centenarian Thursday, May 18

Vernon’s Elsie Wilson, who operated the FM. Ladies Wear Shop with her late husband, Jack, on 30th Avenue from <tcxspan tcxhref="19681996" title="Call 1968-1996, via 3CX">1968-1996,</tcxspan> celebrates her 100th birthday Thursday, May 18. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Clockwise from top: Ela Gandhi; Mike Selby, Deputy Director of the Cranbrook Public Library; Selby’s book “Freedom Libraries.”

Gandhi’s granddaughter invites Cranbrook librarian to South Africa conference

In the dark of night on June 7, 1883, Mohandas K. Gandhi…

  • May 15, 2023
Clockwise from top: Ela Gandhi; Mike Selby, Deputy Director of the Cranbrook Public Library; Selby’s book “Freedom Libraries.”
1st Place Winner: Avery Swain (TMRES) - Swimming Pools of Cranbrook (in English and French) with Mindy Atti (StellerVista Credit Union) and Keith Powell, Keith Powell (Cranbrook History Centre Board Member and Fair co-host). Stewart Wilson photo

Projects capture local history at EK Heritage Fair

This year’s East Kootenay Heritage Fair took place in the Royal Alexandra…

  • May 15, 2023
1st Place Winner: Avery Swain (TMRES) - Swimming Pools of Cranbrook (in English and French) with Mindy Atti (StellerVista Credit Union) and Keith Powell, Keith Powell (Cranbrook History Centre Board Member and Fair co-host). Stewart Wilson photo
The Marasco family (Gary, Sophia and Sharon) are pictured in December, 2012, presenting pet rescue kits to then Jaffray-Baynes Lake Fire Chief Dave Boreen. Gary and Sharon have recently each been afflicted with cancer, and are seeking good wishes from their communities. (File photo)

Pet boarding family beset by double cancer diagnoses

Sharon and Gary Marasco, formerly of Cranbrook, currently of Creston, are facing…

The Marasco family (Gary, Sophia and Sharon) are pictured in December, 2012, presenting pet rescue kits to then Jaffray-Baynes Lake Fire Chief Dave Boreen. Gary and Sharon have recently each been afflicted with cancer, and are seeking good wishes from their communities. (File photo)
Mother’s Day will be held on Sunday, May 14. How much do you know about the customs of the day? (Pixabay.com)

QUIZ: How much do you know about Mother’s Day?

Sunday, May 14 is a day set aside to honouring mothers

Mother’s Day will be held on Sunday, May 14. How much do you know about the customs of the day? (Pixabay.com)
Langley’s Alisha Openshaw and twin boys Weston and Bennett, seen here during a recent visit to B.C. Children’s Hospital, are waging a ‘mighty’ battle with cancer. (Courtesy B.C. Children’s Hospital)

VIDEO: B.C. twins and their mom wage a ‘mighty’ battle against cancer

Weston and Bennett were diagnosed within a few months of each other

Langley’s Alisha Openshaw and twin boys Weston and Bennett, seen here during a recent visit to B.C. Children’s Hospital, are waging a ‘mighty’ battle with cancer. (Courtesy B.C. Children’s Hospital)
At the Cranbrook Public Library

What’s new at the Cranbrook Public Library

By Mike Selby We are now fine free! Your library membership is…

  • May 9, 2023
At the Cranbrook Public Library
The colour of your house can help control interior temperatures. EK Climate Hub file

EK Climate Hub offers home renovation advice

Lighter home colours help with heat absorption

The colour of your house can help control interior temperatures. EK Climate Hub file
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It happened this week in 1916

April 30 – May 6: Compiled by Dave Humphrey from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre and Archives

  • May 4, 2023
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Llamas at the Llama Sanctuary have found a new home at the Recline Ridge EcoPark in Tappen. (Llama Sanctuary photo- Facebook)

Shuswap-based Llama Sanctuary makes second move in one month

Camelids and caretakers settling into permanent home in Tappen, hosting welcome-back event

Llamas at the Llama Sanctuary have found a new home at the Recline Ridge EcoPark in Tappen. (Llama Sanctuary photo- Facebook)