Make ahead Thai curry supper
Food Editor Leslie Savage Almost-Thai-Curry with Beef, Pork, Chicken, Fish or Tofu or Nothing but Veggies Lemon Basil Rice Butternut Squash Suns and Moons Raspberrry Fool This is the second in a series of Holiday at Home meals that either require no cooking at all (next week: Three Salads) or can be made ahead of time and kept in the fridge or freezer....
Report from the region
By Loni Parker Director, Area B, The Columbia Shuswap Regional District From recent discussions with new residents in the area, I think it might be helpful to give some information about the Columbia Shuswap Regional District in general before talking about the 2012 budget and the new Communications Coordinator. In the mid-1960s, the Provincial Government...
Say no to the erosion of our democracy
MLA Norm Macdonald One of the biggest local stories since my last MLA report has to be the BC Liberal government’s decision to give Jumbo Glacier Resort the green light. This is just one more example of this government’s determination to remove from local residents the ability to make decisions for ourselves. One of the most telling aspects of...
Man, oh, man! You won’t believe what the feds put in the water!!!
John Devitt As we all know, our population is rapidly aging. That’s no secret but it’s funny how living does that to a body. Jokes aside, as the baby boomer generation grows older, the population shift is causing massive upheaval in global economic and sociological systems. Recently it was reported that the Harper government is preparing to...
Federal budget cuts may hit home here
Federal employees are expected to learn next week if they will remain on the government payroll. Public servants in all federal department will be receiving letters telling them if and when they may be laid off in the wake of the federal budget handed down by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Thursday. Parks Canada received a $6 million whack for this...
A slam dunk afternoon!
Seen here is the MBE basketball team after they took on the MBE teachers. A close game was played, with eager fans cheering on both sides. A slam dunk fun afternoon! Front row, left to right: Rockie Kampman, Jade Hayward-Edmonds, Matt Cadden, Harrison Fenwick, Seth Bafaro, Bailey deGroot, Malachi Martin. Back row, left to right: Conner McCabe, Eleanor...
Where were you in ’62 — The Great Credit Union Caper
Tom Parkin The Great Credit Union Caper Preamble Recently, I sat in Paramjit’s Kitchen for an evening meal and reflected upon an event which occurred in that space decades before. Back then, the corner restaurant was formerly the location of the Revelstoke Credit Union, where this story took place in 1969. Searching for an...
Beware this brazen scam!
Here’s a new scam one reader of The Current recently experienced and because it doesn’t rely on the Internet it may be particularly insidious. “I just got a call from someone posing from RBC Visa Card Services,” the reader said. “They had my last name and wanted some personal information. If you see this phone number...
Shelter Bay development shows “respect for the land”
Developer Ender Ilkay's vision of a 750-unit recreational development at Shelter Bay won support from attendees at an Open House this week. Unlike other, similar, projects his doesn't center around a golf course, but the area's natural features and an extensive series of trails he wants to build on its 5,200 acres. David F. Rooney photo By...
Science rules in Laurie Henshaw’s Grade 4/5 Class
By David F. Rooney The students in Laurie Henshaw’s Grade 4/5 class at Mountain View School showed off their scientific expertise Wednesday with an interesting and entertaining science fair. Here are some of the kids and their great experiements: Sarah Carey talks about how she used food dyes to help white carnations change colour. While she says,...
