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Author: ingrid

Ingrid has been the owner and editor of The East Shore Mainstreet newspaper since 2002. She lives and works out of her home in Gray Creek alongside her husband Juergen and children Zoe and Luka.

WestJet Coming to Cranbrook!

WestJet Link to the Kootenay Rockies! On November 24, 2017, at the Canadian Rockies International Airport, WestJet introduced a new regional air service operating under a capacity purchase agreement (CPA) with Pacific Coastal Airlines. Using Pacific Coastal Airlines’ aircraft painted in WestJet colours, WestJet Link will connect the community of Cranbrook to WestJet’s rapidly expanding […]

Inter-generational Language Camp – This Weekend!

Multi-Generational Language Camp in Crawford Bay Join the fun on the weekend of November 25, 26 at Crawford Bay School on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake.   Celebrate our multi-language Canadian culture; the whole family is invited. On Saturday, we start the day with yoga in French (instruction in English) at 10 am or make […]

Birth of a Family – On CBC Nov 19

The East Shore’s own Rosie Yopek (of Crawford Bay as well as being the ever-smiling face behind the counter at Gray Creek Store) was featured in a documentary by director Tasha Hubbard and the National Film Board of Canada, along with her two sisters and brother. The story is about their re-aquaintance and road to […]

Healing the Columbia – This Saturday, Nov 18

Join us for a talk and discussion on the ethics of water management in the upper Columbia Basin as well as the possibility of salmon re-introduction above Grand Coulee Dam in the Columbia River system.  A River Captured represents a decade of research and a lifetime of learning about water for local author Eileen Delehanty Pearkes, […]

Party at the Gray Creek Hall for Halloween

Fake it & Shake it – Halloween Get Down at Gray Creek Hall …a 2017 Halloween Party as a joint production between Gray Creek Hall & DJ Will D’Beats TO PERFORM:: find a Karaoke version of the song you want to sing (on YouTube) and send a link to graycreekhall@gmail.com …and Will Chapman will have it […]

Studio/Apartment in Crawford Bay Burns to Ground

In the early morning of October 21, 2017, a Crawford Bay residence and studio burned to the ground, along with all supplies and equipment inside and a nearby vehicle. The rental property and studio, a two-story unit, belonged to Crawford Bay’s Jacqueline Wedge who lives in the neighbouring house with her two children. At 2:05am, […]

Asset and Amenity Mapping – Deadline to Get Free Spot on Web-Map Approaching

Where are we at?  Asset and Amenity Mapping The Economic Development Commission of Area A is completing the asset inventory– we have 175 people signed in and 140 listings left to collect. There will be a final email telling people to sign up by the end of October for FREE spot on the web-map.  After […]

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