Griz Days - Most Wanted

These eight people in Fernie will be arrested this week as part of the Griz Days fun. To get out of jail they will need to have raised the amount set for bail.

The schools watch Emily Brydon's downhill race

Elk Valley Olympic Torch events

Photos taken at the Elk Valley Olympic Torch events If you have photos to add, please email them to freepress@shawcable.com

Fernie Alpine Resort Cardboard Derby 2010

In the annual Cardboard Derby entrants have to build a craft that is big and strong enough to carry four racers down a slope at Fernie Alpine Resort and stop as close as possible to the target. Crash through the safety barrier? Instant disqualification! This year's event took place on Saturday, January 23.

Elkford dog sled races

Remembrance Day

Fire Prevention Week

Fernie Half Marathon

Annual half marathon in Fernie.

Fernie Library literacy day

International literacy day took on a sports theme at Fernie Heritage Library. Visitors and staff were celebrating the choice of Fernie author Angie Abdou’s novel The Bone Cage as the focus of One Book One Kootenay, a region-wide book club which encourages readers to read and discuss one book.

Fernie Secondary volleyball camp

Kids were digging and spiking at Fernie Secondary School when they took part in a volleyball camp. The camp was open to all kids entering grades six to 12. The men’s head coach from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Pat Hennelly, put the 72 kids through their paces with different drills teaching them to pass, hit and dive.

Fields of gold in Fernie

Fernie Community EcoGarden discovered this year it is possible to grow wheat, barley and rye in a mountain climate.

TransRockies 2009

TransRockies 2009 ran from August 9-15 taking in Panorama, White Swan, Elkford, Crowsnest Pass and finishing in Victoria Avenue, Fernie. Photos by Dan Hudson