New Horizons cash to assist senior volunteers
Revelstoke seniors will enjoy a piece of this pie: $10,200 to promote volunteerism through the Railway Museum. The funding, announced by MP David Wilks, is a slice of the New Horizons for Seniors Program which is granting $271,370 to 14 organizations in the Kootenay Columbia riding. “Seniors involved with the museum will promote volunteerism among...
New flexibility for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
The federal government is realigning the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to better meet labour market demands and support the economic recovery, says Human Resources Minister Diane Finley.. “Our government’s top priority is creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity,” she said in a statement issued as part of Ottawa’s Ecoomic Action Plan...
You’ll regret missing Mending Fences
By David F. Rooney If you haven’t yet seen Mending Fences you had better trot out and purchase tickets for this week’s shows (May 3-5) or the 2012 Kootenay Zone Festival performances later in the month. Witty, mildly racy and socially relevant are all terms that can be used to describe the Revelstoke Theatre Company’s production of this Norm Foster...
Insights from the Chinese table
Current Food Editor Leslie Savage and her friend Ting Ting at the gate to the Dirt Market (Panjiayuan) in Beijing. David Savage photo Recipes Kung Pao Ji Dian: Chicken with Peppers and Peanuts Eggplant with Peanut Sauce One of the most common questions people ask when we come back from China is: is real Chinese food in China anything like the Chinese...
A gorgeous day for the outdoor Farmer’s Market
We are, by any reasonable standard, pretty lucky to have a great Farmer’s Market that runs both indoors during the winter and outdoors during the spring-through-autumn seasons. But how can anyone resist a visit to the outdoor market once it gets going, as it did this past Saturday. So, break out your sneakers, shorts and Ts — spring is here!...
Radiothon cracks the $11,000 barrier
"Thursday was a busy day for our 2012 Radiothon at EZ Rock,” said DJ Steve Smith. “Revelstoke’s goal was to raise a record $15,000 for a Glidscope (a medical device used with patients who are difficult to intubate) for Queen Victoria Hospital. We came close with a record fundraising day of $11,554. This is a record for the Revelstoke area...
Workers mark International Day of Mourning at Workers’ Memorial Archway
The stone archway, which stands near the Columbia River at the beginning of the Greenbelt walkway, “marks the transition at the end of our lives from the living to the post-living,” said school bus driver Francis Maltby, spokesman for the local International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job event, which occurred on Friday....
Revelstoke Community Foundation launches new environmental campaign and hands out grants to community groups
The Revelstoke Community Foundation provided more than $21,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations. Here are the recipients of this year's awards. From left to right, front row: Josie McCulloch, Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy for the Community Literacy Coordinator; Catherine Bellerose, Revelstoke Multicultural Society for the Carousel...
Unregulated snowmobiling terrain makes avalanche training urgent
Ian Tomm, executve director of the Canadian Avalanche Centre, addresses delegates t o the Souther Interior Local Government Association convention, which was held at the Revelstoke Community Foundation Thursday through Saturday. Laura Stovel photo By Laura Stovel British Columbia is one of the last unregulated regions for snowmobiling and that, combined...
DriveAble tests are unfair to rural seniors, MLA says
MLA Norm Macdonald faces an audience of Revelstoke seniors concerned about the impact the provincial government's DriveABLE program will have on their independence. Laura Stovel photo By Laura Stovel At age 93 John Augustyn still drives. “I restrict my own driving,” he said. “I don’t drive on the highway or at night or in the rain. I just...
