Running with the best: a photo essay
It was Day 232 of the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay and Parks Canada provided a few firsts for the medal as it made...
What’s in a name? For the new school it’s a ghost from the past
By David F. Rooney The new elementary school finally has a name: Begbie View. That's the name the SD 19 School Board settled on after winnowing...
Chamber members meet their new executive director at the 2012 AGM
By David F. Rooney The Chamber of Commerce enjoyed a relatively successful year in 2011. Revenues were down slightly to $363,498 from $374,834 in 2010,...
Mad about Smart Meters?
By David F. Rooney There seems to be an undercurrent of anger bubbling through town over BC Hydro's new Smart Meters. I could tell because I...
Bringin’ out the BIG GUN
By David F. Rooney Revelstoke's Rocky Mountain Ranger cadets received a real thrill of the military kind on Tuesday when soldiers from the Royal Canadian...
Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself”—– Ralph Waldo...