Revelstoke’s Nickelodeon Museum has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. A statement from TripAdvisor said the accolade, which honours hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this prestigious award, the [...]

By David F. Rooney Jeff and Jeanie Weston and their son Nathan had high hopes when they bought their Little Caesars franchise seven years ago. But now, no matter how they slice it, their business is toast at the end of May. “We purchased it with our son Nathan and ran it as a family [...]

The Revelstoke Accommodation Association will be heading to New Zealand and Australia early this month to promote the 2013/14 ski/snowboard and winter activities season. RAA will attend the Melbourne and Sydney Ski and Snowboard Shows and travel agencies and tour operators in Auckland New Zealand and area. “We felt there was a need to promote [...]

Editor’s note: Notalwaysright.com always has a slightly different take on the retail and service industry. Its vignettes are true tales and anecdotes from the commercial trenches as told by the shop clerks, bag boys, receptionists and technicians of the world who daily shake their heads at the odd ducks they sometimes have to deal with. Mostly [...]

By David F. Rooney If you want to understand what makes Revelstoke tick you have to understand its people and the engines of its economy — engines like Downie Timber and Selkirk Cedar. So it’s no surprise BC Liberal Candidate Doug Clovechok spent 90 minutes last Monday, April 22, touring Downie Timer with his wife [...]

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By David F. Rooney After 20 years as Revelstoke’s go-to printer Craig McKee has sold Revelstoke Printing and is now seeking new career paths in life. “It was a good business,” he said in an interview Sunday. “But after 20 years it was time to move on.” McKee said Revelstoke Printing has been purchased by [...]

By David F. Rooney NAKUSP — Delays and slow passage times from Shelter Bay to Galena are about to be irritants of the past once the new ferry is completed  and launched from here into the Columbia River. Curious Revelstokians Peter Bernacki, Albert Van Goor, Chamber Executive Director and City Councillor Chris Johnston visited Nakusp [...]

By Laura Stovel Have you ever wondered where your recycling goes after you put it out on the curb in that big, transparent, blue plastic bag every other Wednesday? You know that a green Bresco truck hauls it off but after that most people aren’t sure what happens.  We decided to find out. The Bresco [...]

By David F. Rooney The Chamber of Commerce has joined the chorus of voices calling on the City to curtail its spending and rein in property taxes. In a formal submission to City Council regarding the draft 2013-2017 Financial Plan the Chamber suggested overblown expectations of growth both in terms of our population and economy [...]