Yesterday’s Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay made it’s way through Fairmont and exceeded everyone’s expectations! The turnout was incredible, the numbers higher than anyone would have anticipated. Between eager locals, those timeshare visitors lucky enough to visit this week, and the folks enjoying a day of parties, making their way down the valley along with [...]
The Fairmont Business Association met Tuesday, January 12th downstairs in the Lodge at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.
The meeting began with Staff Sergeant Marko, of our local RCMP detachment, offering insights and priorities in Valley law enforcement.
Primary concerns of those in attendance revolved around issues of transportation here in Fairmont, specifically more strongly enforcing the current [...]
Fairmont Hot Springs truly comes alive throughout the entire weekend as they celebrate this historic event with various events, from the simple to the gala. Beginning at noon on Friday, January 22nd, 2010, along with kids activities and music, the community will await the Olympic Torch as Mountainside Market hosts a free BBQ with burgers, [...]
Fairmont resident, Sue Coy, stands beside the inukshuk she and her husband, Lloyd Wilder, both of DeCoy Landscaping, helped donate time, machinery and effort to build in honour of the Olympic Torch Relay celebrations taking place in Fairmont throughout the weekend of January 22nd.
Standing over nine feet tall, the inukshuk finds its new home adjacent [...]
Cranbrook, BC – Jeff Chynoweth, General Manager of the Kootenay ICE Hockey Club, today announced that the ICE will be partnering up with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) to raise money for research in hopes of finding a cure for the diseases.
On Friday, January 29th when the ICE host the Prince Albert [...]
The new billboards leading to Fairmont have illicited a fair bit of curiosity from residents and visitors alike.
If you visit the website, ilovefairmonthotsprings.com, perhaps you’ll find the answers to your questions. I Love Fairmont Hot Springs is a new campaign, currently underwritten by the Residences of Fairmont Ridge, launched to get people, near and far, [...]
First off, local business people, please be sure to join us at 7pm in the lobby at The Lodge at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort on Wednesday, December 2nd, for our Annual Christmas Social. Lots of fun, with great company and good cheer!
At the November meeting, Jason Hardy of marketing firm Chatterson Drive, and Sheena Rogers [...]
With Christmas just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to get your own Fairmont Hot Springs Limited Edition Keepsake Ornament featuring prominent local historic landmark, Holland Barn.shirts and coffee cups. It’s a wonderful gift for anyone who has visited our area and even better for those of us who live here and would enjoy [...]
In fact, it was a weekend. A chilly one in early November, where local firefighters from Fairmont and Windermere boned up on the ins and outs- literally!- of Vehicle Extrication.
With a lot full of old cars, a couple of trucks and a tool belt of hydraulic powered rescue equipment the group of ten gathered near [...]
The Theft of Boxing Day
Americans have their gall. Stealing by price, our timber, oil and in this valley even our water. Now they are after one of the most time honored Canadian Holidays, Boxing Day. Sure Boxing Day was started across the pond. But Boxing Day, that noble day after Christmas shopping tradition that [...]
