CBT now seeking Community Initiatives applications
Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) Community Initiatives (CIP) and Affected Areas Programs (AAP) are currently accepting applications across the Basin for community-supported projects. The CIP and AAP are CBT’s largest and longest running programs and will provide communities with $3.3 million in 2010. This is the third of a three-year $10 million-commitment...
Obituary Notice — Daniel Paul (Dan) Wood
Daniel Paul Wood 1964-2010 Daniel Paul (Dan) Wood passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at the age of 45 years. A Celebration of Life Service will be held from the Revelstoke Community Centre on Saturday, January 30th at 2:00 p.m. with family and friends presiding. Cremation. In lieu of flowers, memorial...
Obituary Notice — Murdock Joseph Poitras
Murdock Joseph Poitras 1922-2010 Murdock Joseph Poitras of Revelstoke passed away peacefully on January 25, 2010 with his family by his side. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with Father Ronnie Tagnines celebrant. Flowers are acceptable, or memorial contributions...
Be proud, Revelstoke. You were great
David F. Rooney What a night! The Olympic Torch has come and gone, yet all day there seemed to be the lingering sense of its magic. I watched the flame leave town burning in a cauldron on the back of a special CPR passenger train early Wednesday morning and while there was nothing like Tuesday night’s amazing crowd downtown, there were perhaps...
Unionists rally for paramedics
Shuswap Columbia District Labour Council Vice-President Michelle Cole (center right) introduces paramedic and union shop steward Antoinette Halberstadt (center right, holding the clipboard) at a rally to support provincial paramedics. The rally was held at Grizzly Plaza late Wednesday afternoon. David F. Rooney photo By David F. Rooney Members of the...
An open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell
Editor’s Note: Members of the Shuswap Columbia District Labour Council have issued an open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell, which is also being circulated as the preamble to a petition, regarding the staffing crisis at the BC Ambulance Service and what it may portend for other government employees. A video of paramedic and SCDLC Vice-President...
Hey, mom! Don’t forget me!
Anne Marie Lefaivre (foreground) keeps an eye on nine-month-old Julien Morrison Ethier as his mom, Anne Morrison, practices her technique on the climbing wall she and Lefaivre installed in their shop, Back on the Rack, in the old Sears space on First Street West. They hope the wall will be a draw for customers who are, like them, outdoors enthusiasts....
Goodbye to the Olympic Torch
By David F. Rooney People were whooping it up after Tuesday’s grand Olympic Torch Relay Celebration when Neills Kristensen answered his phone at 9:45 pm for a call he never thought he’d receive: “How would you like to carry the Torch on Wednesday morning?” “I was so excited I called the Maritimes and told my family,”...
What a night! Revelstoke celebrates the Olympic Torch Relay
By Karen McColl and David F. Rooney Revelstoke’s Olympic Torch Relay festivities were a celebration to be proud of. Organizers had hoped at least 2,000 people would attend the party downtown. They were ecstatic when a human sea of 4,000 men, women and children literally jammed Mackenzie Avenue “It totally exceeded expectations,” said Neills Kristensen,...
Winter Fun in Revelstoke Story Contest Winners
Editor’s Note: Here are the three winners of Winter Fun Story Contest sponsored by the Friends of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier and the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. I Love Winter By Sol Moorhead I love winter, in Revelstoke that is. All the glistening snow…It’s just so nice to wake up to on a nice winter morning. But my dad says ‘shovel...
