Relive the Friends’ Toast to the Mountains
Travis Hunt and Neills Kristensen (right) pose with Parks Canada's Jacolyn Daniluck and Darlene Small as Hunt slices the cake to mark the 25th anniversary of the Friends of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier during the group's Toast to The Mountains fundraiser last Friday. Keri Knapp photo The Friends of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier marked their 25th...
CAC project aims to reduce avalanche deaths in snowmobile community
FERNIE — In recent years, a new trend has become clear in British Columbia’s backcountry, as more and more snowmobilers are being killed. As a result, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is launching the Mountain Snowmobile Education Project, thanks to federal, provincial and municipal government funding, announced Jan. 20 in a brief ceremony in...
NCES to conduct an innovative art show
The North Columbia Environmental Society has issued a call for submissions for an art exhibition entitled climArt change: Film, Art, Words to be opened at the Visual Arts Centre on Thursday February 23. This is the first art show sponsored by the NCES and organizer Hailey Ross said she hopes for a wide variety of innovative and creative offerings from...
Parks seeks public opinion
Interested parties who have something to say about Parks Canada’s recently released Conservation Strategy for Southern Mountain Caribou in Canada’s National Parks have until January 31 to register their opinion. A statement released Tuesday by Karen Tierney, superintendent of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, said 43 people have so...
Are you ready for a winter power blackout?
Cold and snowy is the forecast for BC this week, and that means two things from a power perspective: 1) If there’s a power outage, have a plan and an emergency kit ready so you’re not shivering in the cold; and 2) you can help conserve energy and stay warm, especially when the power demand peaks at suppertime. BC Hydro recommends everyone be...
New bridge is just about crossable
The new pedestrian bridge over the Illecillewaet River is nearly finished. The decking is complete and workers are finishing the guard rails. Community Economic Development Director Alan Mason said Tuesday that he expects the Mark Kingsbury Bridge will be open to pedestrians this weekend. A formal opening will be held sometime this spring, he said....
There’s more to environmental sustainability than counting light bulbs
By David F. Rooney How do you measure your work? Revelstoke’s Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Penny Page-Brittin can measure it in any number of ways — from running programs and creating brochures to counting light bulbs. Counting light bulbs? Really? Yep! “The total number of light bulbs (each light in the MP rooms has 4 lamps or tubes...
Revelstoke Christmas Bird Count 2011results
The 2011 Bird Count turned up a Rough-legged Hawk like this one. Don Manson photo By Michael Morris Sixteen persons went out on a mild December 17th and found the following: Canada Goose 558, Trumpeter Swan 2, Mallard 89, duck sp 3, Bufflehead 3, Common Goldeneye 44, Barrow’s Goldeneye 39, Hooded Merganser 3, Common Merganser 7, Common Loon cw, Great...
A New Year’s gift from Jack Frost
Jack Frost paid a visit to Frieda and Jerry Livesey's carport on New Year's Eve. At first glance his gift simply looked like spots on the floor. But a closer examination showed he had created some beautiful patterns for them. “I was delighted as I walked around the car to discover these frost flowers,” Frieda said in an e-mail to The Current....
Holyk Creek avalanche claims a life
The Revelstoke RCMP confirm that a 45-year-old Canadian man died while heli-skiing on Friday afternoon December 30. He was identified as Ronald Gregory Sheardown of Stouffville, Ontario, who is currently residing in Dubai. A group of 11 skiers with one guide were heli-skiing with Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), in the Selkirk range southeast of Revelstoke...
