MLA Report: Provincial budget will be central to Spring Session

The BC Legislature will reconvene at the beginning of February and sit through until the end of May. The central part of the Spring...

The City has a new garbage collection app for your smartphone

The City may have changed the rules regarding garbage collection but it’s also making it easier to connect online to its waste-management collection and...

Stetski opposes national monument’s location

NDP National Parks Critic Wayne Stetski (Kootenay – Columbia) has sent a letter to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna calling on the federal government to...

Workshop opens a window on Syrian culture

By Rana Nelson and Robyn Abear SALMON ARMS — Peter Twele, a Surrey-based researcher, author and speaker on the Middle East, was in Salmon Arm...

Finding inspiration in Mozambique

By Laura Stovel Every few years, often in the midst of winter, I pack my bags and travel somewhere inspiring. I’m not really a snow...

Obituary Notice — Theodore (Ted) Arp

Theodore (Ted) Arp passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke, on Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the age of 77 years. There will be...

In Audio: Big Eddy Water Board Directors outline the facts of the matter

Big Eddy Water Board Directors Brian Dyck and Don Hall and Mike Thomas, the City of Revelstoke's director of Engineering and Development Services, spent...

Axis Mundi is dead in the water

Axis Mundi won’t be continuing for 2016 due to significant financial losses suffered during its very first event last autumn. “Our September event was victim...

CKCA offers free grant-writing workshops

The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) is offering free workshops for people who want to learn how to apply for arts, culture and heritage...

In Video: The January 26 City Council meeting

By David F. Rooney Revelstoke City Council dealt with a number of important issues during their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 26. They dealt the High...