FWCP has $4 million budget this year
A year after its Nelson office was closed, sending a ripple of dismay through the environmental community, the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) has confirmed a $4 million budget and key projects for 2012-2013 in the Columbia Region. Funds are provided through BC Hydro, and managed in a partnership with the province of British Columbia and...
Follow the Revelstoke Clean Bin Challenge!
Wondering how people are doing with the North Columbia Environmental Society’s Revelstoke Clean Bin Challenge? Well you can do that in a number of different ways. The NCES has created a blog so people can follow what’s going on and discuss it, too. Click here to reach the blog. As well, The Current is following the adventures of Scott Duke...
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...
Cougar sighted at Begbie Falls
If you're planning on hiking or cycling to Begbie Falls please be advised that a cougar was seen in the vicinity at about 3 pm on Thursday afternoon. Conservation Officer Adam Christie said the sighting was not officially reported. Anyone who does spot a cougar can report it directly to him or through the Emergency Coordination Centre (24 hr hotline)....
Is this your work? What are you? Nuts?
Careless use of a 12-shot Roman candle likely started a grass fire on the flats south of the new pedestrian bridge. Photo courtesy of Revelstoke Fire Rescue Service Extremely careless use of fireworks ignited a quarter-acre grass fire on the flats just 100 metres south of the new Mark Kingsbury pedestrian bridge across the Illecillewaet River. Chief...
14 households take up the NCES’s Clean Bin Challenge
The North Columbia Environmental Society's organizers of Wednesday evening's Clean Bin Challenge event should be feeling pretty pleased this morning. Not only did 98 people turnout for the three-hour event, which included a screening of the very funny and informative flick, The Clean Bin Project, but 14 households registered for the society's...
Some people are smarting about Hydro’s new meters
By David F. Rooney The smart meter issue shows no sign of going away any day soon. And, as letters began appearing in mailboxes and Hydro contractor Corix began installing the meters in town this week, the issue finally reached the Council table when two residents, Wanda Watson and Frank Lemay, filed complaints with City Hall. In an e-mail, Watson...
Fencing the airport won’t be cheap
By David F. Rooney Fencing the airport to prevent people from wandering onto the runway will not happen this year, Mayor David Raven said during Tuesday’s Council meeting. The fence is estimated to cost about $100,000 and would be paid for by taxpayers in the City and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s Area B, he said. For now, Raven...
Got unwanted hazardous wastes? You can get rid of ‘em on Sunday
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) will be conducting its annual Stewardship Round-up event at the Revelstoke Bottle Depot on Sunday, April 29, to collect your backlog of hazardous household material. “This is really a great opportunity for residents to get rid of items such as paint, pesticides, old gasoline in approved containers, and...
