In Pictures: a remarkable 21st birthday adventure

By David F. Rooney It's a good thing that Ben Parsons lives in Revelstoke. Sue Leach's youngest son is an athletic and adventurous young man...

Conserving during the heat wave

With every provincewide heat wave comes a slight increase in electricity use. Although BC Hydro is a winter-peaking utility – our demand is the...

It needs a little tweaking, but Council will back a cosmetic pesticide ban

By David F. Rooney As previously skeptical Councillor Tony Scarcella put it on Tuesday "we're better off safe than sorry" and with that City Council...

Student carpenters celebrate the end of this year’s Residential Construction Program

By David F. Rooney Ask the students enrolled in this year's Okanagan College Residential Construction Program and you'll find they greatly valued their instruction and...

Children’s garden allotment part of a growing trend

“The world is changing, and I think human beings are in a position where we are going to need to grow our own food,...

Descendants of dead Japanese workers gather in Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery

Local residents Mas Matsushita and John Woods, both heavily involved in this year's commemorations of the 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche travelled to Vancouver last...