There’s a new annual event coming to town and it will be on Lake...
There’s a new annual event coming to town this August — The David Thompson Paddlesport Classic. Slated to take place over the third weekend of...
$384,056 in Community Initiatives and Affected Areas funding shelled out
City Council has approved the distribution of $384,056 in Community Initiative and Affected Areas Program funds to 49 projects proposed by local community organizations. Although...
Duelling demos to be held Saturday pro-and-con the Wild Flight Farm controversy
By David F. Rooney The controversy over Wild Flight Farm’s exclusion from the Revelstoke Farm & Craft Market has reached the stage where duelling pro-and-con...
Another perspective on the farmers’ market issue
Regarding the Revelstoke Farm and Craft Market: I would like to voice my support of the Revelstoke Farm and Craft Market board of directors and...
BC Hydro comes through for the QVH Helipad Project
By David F. Rooney BC Hydro came through with $20,000 for the Queen Victoria Helipad Project on Saturday morning, April 1. Richard Brittin and Al anLaidlaw...
Wanted: Great Blue Heron breeding sightings in North Columbia
An inventory of Great Blue Heron breeding colonies in the North Columbia is now underway and the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program hopes to...
Council adopts a “6 and 4” tax rate for the 2017 budget
By David F. Rooney City Council voted in favour of adopting a "six and four" tax rate for residential and business properties during their deliberations...
A letter to the Summer Farm & Craft Market’s membership and board
To the Summer Farm & Craft Market Board of Directors and your members: I would like to express my grave concerns with recent decisions that...
Wayne’s World: Legalizing recreational marijuana
There was not a room in Kootenay-Columbia big enough to accommodate the 3000+ people who took part in the telephonic Town Hall I hosted...