CRANBROOK, BC, April 20, 2017 – The Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF) is pleased to welcome Lynnette Wray to the CDCF Executive Director role, effective May 1, 2017. According to Dave Struthers, President of the CDCF Board of Directors, “Lynnette Wray brings a strong history of excellence in the non-profit sector, from her 10 […]
2017 Grant Application process now underway
EKC donates $3,000 to Salvation Army Soup Kitchen Fund
East Kootenay Community Credit Union has given $9,000 in support over last three years, bringing total endowment to just over $34,000 On November 23, East Kootenay Community Credit Union (EKC) in Cranbrook, Elkford, Fernie and Sparwood donated $3,000 to the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen Endowment Fund, held with the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF). […]
Cranbrook Public Library Fund exceeds $20,000
On November 21, Jim Shepherd (left) and Dave Clark (right) from the Cranbrook Public Library board of directors, presented Dave Struthers, president of the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF), with a $6,700 cheque for the Cranbrook Public Library Endowment Fund, which now totals more than $20,000. CDCF endowment funds are held in perpetuity, which means the Cranbrook Public […]
Cranbrook Boys and Girls Club launches opportunity fund
CRANBROOK – The Cranbrook Boys and Girls club has started an opportunity fund with the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF) with the hopes of reaching $10,000 by September, and $50,000 by their 50th anniversary in 2020. Once the opportunity fund reaches $10,000, it will be endowed and invested with the CDCF and begin to […]
Sustainable Community Builder Award presented
Robert Williams has been awarded the 2015 Sustainable Community Builder Award by the City of Cranbrook in recognition of the countless hours he has spent working to enhance the social, environmental and cultural well-being of Cranbrook residents, the ʔaq’am community, and the Ktunaxa Nation. Those who nominated him for the award describe Williams as having […]
Chef Rusty Cox is Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Chef 2016
By a vote of 6 to 5, Cox’s Lemongrass Ginger Chicken soup defeats Chef Graham Barnes’s Split Pea and Bacon soup CRANBROOK – It was a spectacular community turnout for the final showdown of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge. More than 180 people gathered in the Grand Ballroom at the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort […]
Chef Rusty Cox wins semi-final event and will meet Chef Graham Barnes in final soup showdown
Cox’s beef and pork soup with butternut squash wins over Alaric’s cream of broccoli and cheddar soup The final Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge chef match-up is now set in stone: Chef Graham Barnes of Max’s Place will face Chef Rusty Cox of the Heid Out Restaurant and Brewhouse on Wednesday, March 2, at the […]
Chef Graham Barnes headed to Stone Soup grand finale
Who will face him at the final event? Find out Friday. CRANBROOK – It was a greatly anticipated semi-final match-up. Lindsay Waugh of Hot Shots Café and Graham Barnes of Max’s Place met today for an epic soup cook-off. The two chefs both come from beloved Cranbrook cafes featuring great coffee, and a diverse selection […]
Chef Rusty Cox of Heid Out takes out last year’s winner Chef Shelby Schiller of BJ’s Restaurant
Semi-final challenge match-ups will take place Tuesday and Friday This was a first-round match-up neither chef wanted to see. Chef Rusty Cox of The Heid Out Restaurant and Brewhouse and Chef Shelby Schiller of BJ’s Diner and Creekside Pub, Kimberley, are friends. They would have preferred not to face each other in the first round […]