The Fairmont Area Recreation and Trails Society will meet Tuesday, January 18th at 5pm for the Annual General Meeting. There have been some interesting developments that pertain to enhanced recreating in our area, such as: 1) The pedestrian bridge across the Columbia River at Spruce Grove is going to be completed in the spring. The [...]
Walkers, runners and all other manners of pedestrians… feel free to cross the river. Without fear of a nasty goose egg from a golf ball to the noggin or ending up a hood ornament on someone’s car! Wendy Booth, RDEK representative for Area F, which includes Fairmont Hot Springs, has added one heckuva feather to [...]
While last year’s Olympic Torch provided our community with a wonderful excuse for a festive weekend, chock full of activities and family fun, this year we solidify the tradition by enjoying another exciting weekend… just for the heck of it! The 2011 Fire & Ice Weekend will offer so many opportunities to enjoy a variety [...]
Welcome folks, to music and entertainment for the month May.A MAGNIFICENT menage of memorable moments in our bloosoming valley.Aprils astonishing assortment of events was hilighted by a fund raiser put on by The Friends of Debbie held at Eagle Ranch Resort.Where a smorgasbord of caring locals came out to support Debbie Neault ‘s fight against [...]
Healthcare reform in the United States elevated the entertainment value of American politics to new highs or lows depending on your point of view. The sweeping generalizations, the vitriolic name calling, the throw the baby out with the bath water mentality, makes Jersey Shore (it’s a trashy US reality show) look erudite. The only problem [...]
This year the annual ‘Answer Book’, produced by the Valley Echo, will profile each community a little differently. Rather than a lengthy narrative they will condense the format to simply provide a Top 10 of things to do in our respective communities from Spilli to Canal Flats. The question was posed to the Fairmont Business [...]
Thanks to the tireless efforts of a local couple, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, and the community in general, has found its legs in the increasingly popular- and profitable- area of eco-tourism and eco-adventures. Andi Dzilums and Jocelyn MacGregor, transplants from Ontario, the Toronto and Ottawa areas respectively, have made a tremendous impact on our community [...]
Welcome folks, to music and entertainment for the month of April. An astonishing and appetizing assortment of spring events in our greening valley. March’s magical, mystical tour was quiet compared to that of February with all of the Olympic excitment. There was, however, a very successful fund raiser at the Black Forest Restaurant for local, [...]
Nancy Green, the ski program for Canadian youth, was celebrated this past weekend in Kimberley. Kids aged 5 through 11, on teams from mountaints throughout the East Kootenay, joined in the fun. Team Fairmont, along with those from Windermere, Golden, Fernie and Kimberley jumpled, mogulled and raced their way through two full days of festivital [...]
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