AG Aware 2020

Ag Aware: Farming in the Midst of Chaos    By the time we turn the page to April, it is high time that the last gasps of winter are behind us. March is always a torment; some nice sunny days mixed in between cold, windy, snowy days. We had all that. Now it should be...
Creston Museum – Summer 2020

Creston Museum – Summer 2020

Buying Power: Then and Now Did you know the Museum is open again? We are: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 4:00. Moving to an almost-entirely hands-off, self-guided format to meet new social distancing guidelines has meant coming up with all sorts of fun new ways to help...

Message From the Chief – Summer 2020

Ki’suk kyukyit (greetings). In mid-March, the country and world changed in a way that I could not even imagine. The way we do things changed. The way we live changed. The Lower Kootenay Band closed our offices due to COVID-19. We closed our Band Operated School for...

From the Mayor – Summer 2020

On May 15, 2015, I received a very respectful and well written letter from four community minded Grade 7 students attending ARES (Adam Robertson Elementary School) inquiring about the possibility of developing a new skate park. They felt strongly that although there...

What’s Inside April 2020

It is so great to be back after a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic! We are happy to report we are emerging slowly from our social distancing adventure healthy, and so eager to interact with people in person again, albeit cautiously. Summer 2020 will likely be...

Sanctuary Lavender

When Shannon and Rémi Cardinal began looking for a location to build their own winery, Creston wasn’t the place they intended to end up. Having traveled and visited vineyards and wineries in Eastern Canada and France, the idea was born to open their own winery. After...