And now for something completely improved: the Arts Council website
The Revelstoke Arts Council has unveiled a brand-new website that is a first-rate improvement over its old one. Besides more images and information about current and upcoming events. It includes an electronic Box Office that permits people to purchase tickets in advance to concerts, plays and other events. This is the old — and clunky — Revelstoke...
Light and easy steamed fish with sauteed peppers
Food Editor Leslie Savage February is an odd food month. The root vegetables that seemed so richly earthy in October lose a little of their charm, but springtime with its promise of fresh local asparagus is still a few weeks away. We’re still hungry from cold walks and days on the mountain, but for me at least, the need to shed winter pounds looms...
A National Skiing Hall of Fame and Museum in Revelstoke?
In a move that has the support of some Revelstoke Arts Council members, Mayor David Raven and City Councillors have decided to offer the long-empty Century Vallens Building — that's the former pain store next to the Fire Hall — as a potential new home for the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum which is losing its Ottawa digs. David F. Rooney...
Stand up and be counted!
Revelstoke Credit Union staff were standing up and being counted as staunch supporters of Anti-Bullying Day on Wednesday morning. February 29 is also known as Pink Shirt Day. Randy Driediger photo Read More →
Last day to submit your suggestion for a name for the new elementary school
Today (Wednesday, February 29) is the last day you can submit your suggestion for a name for the new elementary school. School Board Treasurer Barb Ross said just under 100 suggestions have been submitted for consideration and the School Board will likely begin reading the submissions nest week. “There have been quite a few duplications,”...
School District and Arts Council have competing visions for the Community Theatre
By David F. Rooney When the inclusion of a “Community Theatre” inside the new high school was first announced in 2009 it seemed the perfect solution to a serious problem facing the local arts community: the lack of a professional venue for plays and concerts. However, that attitude has changed radically over the last several months. Arts groups...
Swedish heli-skier injured in avalanche
RCMP were called on Sunday afternoon at approximately 14:15 pm and advised that there had been an avalanche in the Cranberry Zone south of Revelstoke. The slide broke and buried a member of an Eagle Pass heli-skiing group. The remaining three members of the group located the 33-year-old Swedish male via a beacon search and dug him out rather quickly....
New courses at Okanagan College
The Revelstoke Current is pleased to list new course offerings at Okanagan College courtesy of the college’s Revelstoke Centre. Course listing updates will be posted by about 5 pm as they become available. People interested in these courses, or those shown on previous weeks, are strongly encouraged to contact Okanagan College. Its Revelstoke Centre...
New signs warn of migrating caribou
This is one four new signs along Highway 23N that warn drivers of migrating caribou in the spring and fall. Erected by BC Hydro, the four caution signs warn of the presence of mountain caribou along the highway and are fitted with LED solar-powered flashing lights that will be turned on during the spring and fall caribou migration periods to alert drivers....
In Pictures: the 2012 Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club Annual Banquet and Fundraiser
By David F. Rooney This year’s Rod & Gun Club Banquet was a good party but this year’s event was especially poignant as the club thanked Vera Aura for her years of dedication to local sportsmen and, naturally, their kids, too. Gail Ferguson gave a moving and eloquent speech on behalf of the club: “Good evening everyone, “It...
