Thousands attend Canada Day celebrations
Thousands of people lined Invermere main streets yesterday (July 1) in order to watch the annual Canada Day parade, as the Columbia Valley celebrated their country’s birthday. … [Read more]
Protest garnered large turnout at Glacier-Howser hydro project meeting
They gathered with signs, adorned themselves with costumes and marched loudly through downtown Invermere chanting phrases like “No dam way!” and “Axor go away!” It was a visible and very vocal message from a community whose once-apathetic nature is clearly being shed. The cause of yesterday’s (June 25) public display of displeasure is a proposed independent power project slated for construction on the west side of the Purcell Mountains. … [Read more]
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