CBT offers $8/hour subsidy to hire students

Businesses and organizations around the Basin being offered the opportunity to apply for an $8/hour wage subsidy to hire students through Columbia Basin Trust’s...

Council postpones a decision on a new gravel pit development

By David F. Rooney City Council has postponed a decision on a proposal to develop yet another gravel pit along Westside Road across the...

In Video: Council's Tuesday, August 11, meeting

Mayor Mark McKee and members of Revelstoke's City Council heard a report from Environmental Coordinator Penny Page-Brittin regarding the City's Climate Action Revenue Incentive...

Win a GoPro HERO with the CSRD’s ‘Capturing the Columbia Shuswap Photo Contest’

The CSRD is once again holding its Capturing the Columbia Shuswap Photo Contest. A statement said submissions are being accepted until midnight on September 30. The contest...

Local woman injured in TCH accident

A 54-year-old local woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at the Enchanted Forest/Sky Trek turnoff from the Trans-Canada Highway 30 kilometres west of...

Bridges for Women program helps vulnerable women become economically stable

By David F. Rooney It’s no secret that women who have been victimized and abused often suffer from levels of low self-esteem and poverty that...

Look for a fight over this latest gravel pit development application

By David F. Rooney Opponents of the proliferation of gravel pits in the city are getting ready for a possible dust-up with City Council over...

Brace yourselves, garlic lovers. There are 3 festivals on the horizon

Garlic lovers have a few things to look forward to over the coming weeks with garlic festivals in Grindrod and New Denver, and —...

Workshops offer artists insight into the realm of copyright

The West Kootenay Regional Arts Council is holding a couple of workshops of interest to arts and heritage non-profits and for all creators of art. The...

Local Food Initiative hosts new website for gardeners

By Laura Stovel For the Local Food Initiative Have you ever wanted to share information about gardens or ask questions about gardening problems but didn’t know...