Wanna burn a party card?
I am, to quote Howard Beale, the mad prophet in that 1976 old Hollywood satire, Network, "as mad as hell and I'm not going...
YES! You can be an autobiographer
Would you like to write your own autobiography? Personal historian Gillian Hewitt can help you do that through her free presentation, Your Life – One...
Jet boating on the Columbia (with video)? Heavens to Betsy!
By David F. Rooney If someone says "jet boat" to you what's the first thing you think of? Those nasty, whining little jet skis you'd...
Fall election? It’s anyone’s guess, says MP Jim Abbott
By David F. Rooney It was just about a year ago that Canadians went to the polls to elect — yet again — another minority...
If you’ve got a Brown Bag the Museum has some History for you
The Revelstoke Museum & Archives has announced its fall lineup for the popular Brown Bag History series of talks by Curator Cathy English and...
Revelstoke Current sweeps away an Oregon reader
I was born in the old Queen Victoria Hospital and raised at 14Mile and now live in Portland, Oregon. My wife and I have...
Only widespread protests may stop spending cuts
By David F. Rooney Only major public protests may stop the BC Liberals' plans to hack apart the grants to arts and cultural groups, says...
Turbine successfully brought to the dam
BC Hydro's 188-ton turbine completed its 12,000-kilometre journey here from Brazil by threading the eye of a needle — the 100-metre-long tunnel carved through...
Provincial spending cleaver hacks apart the arts community
By David F. Rooney There were five little words that members of Revelstoke's cultural community dreaded reading when they opened their mail on Monday: "We...
After hours of last-minute delays, the Unit 5 turbine arrives at Revelstoke
By David F. Rooney Waiting for the arrival of the Unit 5 turbine at the intersection of Highway 23S and the Trans-Canada Highway was like...