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EcoGarden Work Party

Event Date(s): 
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Time: 
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Join the EcoGarden for a work party each Wednesday from 4 to 6pm throughout the month of June.

No experience is needed. Stop by and lend a hand, even if it's for only 20 minutes, every little bit helps! All ages and abilities are welcome.

Tags: 
Fernie EcoGarden, Gardening, community

EcoGarden Work Party

Event Date(s): 
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Time: 
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Join the EcoGarden for a work party each Wednesday from 4 to 6pm throughout the month of June.

No experience is needed. Stop by and lend a hand, even if it's for only 20 minutes, every little bit helps! All ages and abilities are welcome.

Tags: 
Fernie EcoGarden, Gardening, community

EcoGarden Work Party

Event Date(s): 
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time: 
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Join the EcoGarden for a work party each Wednesday from 4 to 6pm throughout the month of June.

No experience is needed. Stop by and lend a hand, even if it's for only 20 minutes, every little bit helps! All ages and abilities are welcome.

Tags: 
Fernie EcoGarden, Gardening, community

Backyard Old Growth Tour

Event Date(s): 
Sunday, June 18, 2023

From fire-scarred ponderosa pine-bunchgrass to towering larch, subalpine spruce to cedar hemlock rainforest, the Columbia Basin supports diverse, rare and endangered old growth forests, including the globally unique Inland Temperate Rainforest. Many of these old growth forests are in our backyard.

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Fernie BC, Old Growth Trees, wildsight, community, Outdoors

Fernie Trails Alliance Thursday Night Work Party

Event Date(s): 
Repeats every week every Thursday until Thu Aug 24 2023.
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Time: 
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Every Thursday from 6-9pm the Fernie Trails Alliance will be out working on the trails!

Always wanted to work on the trails? Then come on out! We provide the gloves and the tools and will teach you how. For your 2 hour effort they will always have yummy cookies and drinks!

Each week will be a different location but they will always meet at the Aquatic Centre to fill out a waiver and head to the trail head either by car or by bike.

Tags: 
Fernie Trails Alliance, trails, Fernie BC, Outdoors, community

Wayne Gowanlock

Posted: 
May 18, 2023

This June 17 -25, the Special Olympics World Games are taking place in Berlin, Germany with thousands of athletes competing together in 26 sports. So, just what is the Special Olympics?

Tags: 
Special Olympics, community, Fernie BC

Teck and STARS Celebrate 30 Years of a Life-Saving Partnership

Posted: 
May 16, 2023

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) and STARS announced today that Teck is making a $300,000 donation over three years to STARS in celebration of their 30-year partnership. This contribution will support STARS in providing care and transport to patients who need critical care in the Elk Valley and surrounding communities in southeastern British Columbia.

Tags: 
Teck, stars, Fernie BC, Elk Valley, community

Wildfire Risk Prompts Community Action

Posted: 
May 01, 2023

From buying portable water tanks and equipment trailers, to providing specialized training and gear to their wildfire-fighting crews, 12 small communities and First Nations are taking action to reduce the threat of wildfires. These projects are being done with support from Columbia Basin Trust.

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Columbia Basin Trust, wildfire, community, Elk Valley

Graphic Design Crash Course

Event Date(s): 
Repeats every week every Monday until Mon May 15 2023.
Monday, May 1, 2023
Monday, May 8, 2023
Monday, May 15, 2023
Time: 
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Have you wanted to design a t-shirt? A logo? Do you have lots of ideas to make stickers but don’t know where to start?

This three part, three evening workshop will be a casual introduction to the design process from brainstorming, sketches, refining your ideas then producing artwork on an IPad in a scaleable vector format.

Tags: 
arts, Culture, Fernie BC, community, Workshops, graphic design, design

FIGURATIVE Call for Entry Closes

Event Date(s): 
Friday, April 28, 2023
Time: 
2:00pm

Call for entry closes at 2pm!

Opening May 10th, The Arts Station will be hosting a group exhibit “FIGURATIVE” until May 24th. This informal pop-up exhibit will showcase figurative art of any kind. They are looking for sketches from their Life Drawing workshops, paintings, sculpture or any other medium. They welcome artwork at any stage from loose studies and sketches to completed pieces for this casual pop up show!

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arts, Culture, Fernie BC, community