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• TD Bank wins customer service award

  TD Bank on Second Avenue, Fernie has been voted as the top branch for customer service in the B.C. Southern Interior in June.

• Army Cadets perform ceremonial review

  In June, the Army Cadets from Cranbrook, Fernie and Invermere came together to participate in their Annual Ceremonial Review.

• Moose Jaw author amazed by CBC rating

  CBC , Sage Hill Writing Experience , Moose Jaw , Friendly , Fernie Moose Jaw fiction writer Angie Abdou said she was shocked and delighted to find her novel The Bone Cage rated number one on CBC's list of best sports book.

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  B.C. residents protest BP's plan to drill for CBM gas near Fernie BP officials said they're aware of concerns about drilling for coalbed methane in the area of British Columbia near Fernie, but that the well is just a test well that's going into an area that is logged, and that the company spent three years doing environmental and geologic studies ...

• BP drilling of test methane well raises protest in Fernie

  Fernie-area residents are taking to the streets Wednesday to protest BPa s drilling of a test coal bed methane well leading to a potentially larger project they say could ruin the natural landscape and wildlife corridor.

• Highway 3 will see more upgrades

  Sparwood Mayor David Wilks, Fernie Mayor Cindy Corrigan, MP Jim Abbott, MLA Bill Bennett, Elkford Mayor Dean McKerracher and Area A Director Mike Sosnowski celebate planned upgrades to Highway 3. Kerstin Renner By Kerstin Renner - Kootenay News Advertiser Published: July 13, 2010 9:00 PM Updated: July 13, 2010 9:51 PM The Canadian Museum of Rail ...

• Free camp for children comes to Edgewater

  Nik Dunn of Fernie catches air near the bottom of the course at the National Cycling Championships held at Panorama Mountain Resort.

• Stanford Inn sold

  A longtime downtown hotel is about to undergo some major changes. Red Deer's Stanford Inn has been sold and will be partially converted into an office building, said Ralph Salomons of Ralph Salomons Commercial Inc.

• Black Press purchases Glacier Media newspapers

  Black Press, parent company of the North Thompson Star/Journal and the Clearwater Times, recently announced the purchase of 11 newspapers in the Kootenays and South Central Interior.

• Titan achievement for Sparwood baseball team

  Sparwood Titans baseball team won the end of year tournament at Pincher Creek last weekend.