Budgets are about making tough choices, but what tough choices did the BC Liberals...

We all know that budgeting is about choices.  Whether it is for your household or your business, you have to make choices...

Kraft Hockeyville to announce the Top 12 tonight. Will we be among them? Come...

By David F. Rooney Well, it’s crunch time. This is the evening when we’ll discover if Revelstoke will move on in the national Kraft Hockeyville contest....

Mounties release dead sledders’ identities

The RCMP have released the names of the two snowmobilers who died in Saturday's avalanche on Boulder Mountain. "Police and the BC Coroners Service have...

Avalanche deaths shock former resident

Usually I am enthusiastic to keep up with the local news but this is horrible! I am shocked to read & hear about this.  I...

Fish stories: what fish can we eat?

Fish story #1 “Don’t buy fresh fish further inland than a dock,” a prawn fisherman once told me. “Think about it,” he said. “Fish...

Savage recipes: tilapia

Tilapia This is a freshwater fish today found and now farmed in the US, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, including the Sea of Galilee...

Savage recipes: salmon cakes

Salmon cakes If you’re lucky enough to have a fisherman in the family, you know the wild fish you eat are as clean as can...

The Boulder Mountain avalanche: on-site aftermath photos

By David F. Rooney There's an old tradition in journalism of forming a pool when access to a disaster or event is extremely limited. It's...

Public Safety Minister says BC “will learn from this” avalanche

By David F. Rooney The provincial government will do what it can to prevent more needless deaths in the wake of the Boulder Mountain avalanche...

Province acted swiftly and responsibly: MLA Norm Macdonald

By David F. Rooney MLA Norm Macdonald had nothing but praise Sunday for the provincial government's handling of the Boulder Mountain avalanche. "I really have three...