Our Town

Ethiopian family to arrive in Cranbrook

Cranbrook Hub for Refugees (CHR) will soon welcome an Ethiopian family consisting of a father, mother and three boys

  • Jun 24, 2016
Brianna McWhirter (left) — Sam Steele Princess

Jensen, McWhirter chosen as Cranbrook’s 2016 Youth Ambassadors

Sweetheart Pageant held Friday, June 17, kicks off Sam Steele Days

  • Jun 17, 2016
Brianna McWhirter (left) — Sam Steele Princess
The students of the current Parkland Grade 9 band

School year at an end

High school is into exams. Monday, June 20, is the last day for Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools are done on Thursday, June 23.

  • Jun 16, 2016
The students of the current Parkland Grade 9 band
National Aboriginal Day is celebrating its 20th year.

National Aboriginal Day celebrating 20th year

Canada will celebrate contributions of Indigenous Peoples on Tuesday, June 21

National Aboriginal Day is celebrating its 20th year.
Bring your creative talents to Bridge Interiors on Sam Steele Saturday

Chalk up a challenge for Sam Steele Days

Chalk Art Challenge in support of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 24 Cranbrook

  • Jun 14, 2016
Bring your creative talents to Bridge Interiors on Sam Steele Saturday
Jordon Aasland (brewer) and Heidi Romich (The Heidout Restaurant and Brewhouse) introduced Sam’s Ale on Thursday to mark the upcoming Sam Steele Days community celebration.

Sam’s Ale to quench the thirst for Sam Steele Days

Fisher Peak Brewing Company has created Sam's Ale, a light beer to mark the annual celebration of the historical lawman.

Jordon Aasland (brewer) and Heidi Romich (The Heidout Restaurant and Brewhouse) introduced Sam’s Ale on Thursday to mark the upcoming Sam Steele Days community celebration.
Bricks

Beauty is in the Eye of the Brickholder

The Little Brick Building began its existence in the ovens of the fledgling Cranbrook Brick Company which went into production in 1909

  • Jun 10, 2016
Bricks
Laura Moulton and youngster are pictured in the new

New Cranbrook child care space gets $22,000 in funding

High Peak Early Learning Centre set to open in August

  • Jun 10, 2016
Laura Moulton and youngster are pictured in the new
Participants of the final Bob Newcombe Memorial Golf Scholarship Tournament celebrate the event’s great success on the 10th anniversary of the Cominco mine disaster.

Bob Newcombe Memorial Golf Scholarship Tournament celebrates success

Annual charity golf tournament plays one last round, thanks all its participants and businesses from over the years

  • Jun 8, 2016
Participants of the final Bob Newcombe Memorial Golf Scholarship Tournament celebrate the event’s great success on the 10th anniversary of the Cominco mine disaster.
Greg Pascuzzo (left) of the Cranbrook Colonels hockey club presents members of the Cranbrook Heat fastball team with a cheque for $500.

Cranbrook Colonels give back to community

The Cranbrook Colonels men's hockey team is doing all it can to give back to the community and surrounding area

Greg Pascuzzo (left) of the Cranbrook Colonels hockey club presents members of the Cranbrook Heat fastball team with a cheque for $500.
Luke Pierce

Annual Tim Hortons Camp Day aims to change children’s lives

June 1 marks Camp Day, the largest source of funding for the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation, with both Cranbrook locations participating

Luke Pierce
Top: The visage of W.W. Santo gazes down upon the present day site of his former home.The Santo Residence on the corner of Louis St. and Garden Ave.

W.S. Santo: The Telltale Inscription

What did W.S. Santo do to have his name engraved so neatly in city cement and exactly how long has it been there?

  • May 27, 2016
Top: The visage of W.W. Santo gazes down upon the present day site of his former home.The Santo Residence on the corner of Louis St. and Garden Ave.
At left: Although constructed for live performances

The Cranbrook Auditorium: Part II

Now vanished buiding became one of the most-used public places in town through the Roaring Twenties, the Depression and two World Wars.

  • May 20, 2016
At left: Although constructed for live performances
Directors for Cranbrook’s 2016/17 theatrical season

CCT unveils dramatic new season

Cranbrook Community Theatre launches new website, announces "Lucy," "The Weir," "On Golden Pond," "Chautauqua," "Spamalot"

  • May 18, 2016
Directors for Cranbrook’s 2016/17 theatrical season
Come try out the sport of Pickleball at the courts by Mount Baker Secondary School.

Taking a swing at pickleball

Local pickleball players hoping to get more court time and grow the sport in Cranbrook.

Come try out the sport of Pickleball at the courts by Mount Baker Secondary School.
Norbury (10th) Avenue looking south sometime after 1911. Left: The Hanson Block and the Cranbrook (York) Hotel. Right: the Post Office

Janus: The Cranbrook Auditorium: Part I

It is almost solely by accounts that one must describe the place as no proper photographs of the exterior have yet come to light.

  • May 12, 2016
Norbury (10th) Avenue looking south sometime after 1911. Left: The Hanson Block and the Cranbrook (York) Hotel. Right: the Post Office
If there is one thing the formation of the Cranbrook Chess Club has proven over the past few months

Ancient game takes off at new club

Cranbrook Chess Club offering Summer Chess School program

  • May 12, 2016
If there is one thing the formation of the Cranbrook Chess Club has proven over the past few months
Natalya Medvedeva

Beautiful dark novelist of ‘The Cars’ cover

Booknotes looks at the life and times of Natalya Medvedeva

  • May 12, 2016
Natalya Medvedeva
Images of the 31st annual Kootenay Children's Festival

Sun shines brightly for the 31st Kootenay Children’s Festival

Families turn out en masse for biggest kids' event in the region

  • May 8, 2016
Images of the 31st annual Kootenay Children's Festival
An excerpt from the Cranbrook Herald ad of March 28

Kootenay Orchards: As False As It Was Alluring

"Janus: Cranbrook Then and Now" continues its look at Cranbrook curious and dubious pitch as an orchardist's paradise

  • May 6, 2016
An excerpt from the Cranbrook Herald ad of March 28