Snowmobiler dead after avalanche in B.C.’s Kootenay Pass

The Built Heritage Committee today decided not to designate Ellis House, a nineteenth century farmhouse in South Keys, as a heritage property at this time. The Committee recommended designation in October 2025, but additional research concluded the building does not have the contextual value it was originally thought to have.  The surrounding context of the property at 2400 Bank Street has been significantly altered over the years. City heritage staff had identified the location as contextually significant due to both the longstanding existence of the route along...