Teachers and public school employers agree to resume bargaining
BC Teachers' Federation PresidentJim Iker and BC Public School Employers' Association lead negotiator Peter Cameron agreed on Friday, August 1, to resume negotiations next week. "At...
Take precautions: Bear sightings are on the rise
By David F. Rooney With 67 in-town bear sightings so far this year, up from 41 last year, 2014 is bound to be a banner...
Got stuff for the Thrift Store? Great… but keep the used mattresses!
By David F. Rooney The increasing cost of dealing with other people’s trash is forcing the aging volunteers at the Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store to...
RCMP dive team recovers body from Laforme Creek
By David F. Rooney The RCMP dive team has recovered the body of a young man from Coldstream who jumped off the Laforme Creek Bridge...
Swimmer missing after leaping from the Laforme Creek Bridge
Investigators are searching for a 28-year-old Coldstream man who reportedly jumped off the Laforme Creek Bridge on Highway 23 North and never surfaced. Staff Sgt....
A bittersweet feel-good bear story
By David F. Rooney Parks Canada and the BC Conservation Officer Service enjoyed a bittersweet wildlife moment on Tuesday, July 29. “It’s really a feel-good bear...
Don’t miss these four great Charlie Chaplin films!
The Bygone Era Entertainment Society is marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War with four Charlie Chaplin movies from...
Where there’s dust there’s ire
By David F. Rooney Like some latter-day Don Quixote, Stuart Andrews is tilting at windmills — in his case the Westside Road gravel pit ultimately...
Want a job with the CBT? It would, for now, mean leaving town
By David F. Rooney The Columbia Basin Trust is unlikely to open an office in Revelstoke or — unless they have special skills — allow...