Local Parks Canada staff swallow a bitter pill
By David F. Rooney This week’s massive job cuts in the federal public service have rippled their way across the country with 14 staff positions impacted within the local 127-person Parks Canada workforce. Karen Tierney, superintendent of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, said five staff members voluntarily agreed “to be surplused.”...
“Our court house is more than just a building”
By David F. Rooney “Our court house is more than just a building,” MC Meghan MacIsaac said at the opening of the simple ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the court house cornerstone on Wednesday afternoon. Back in 1912, the court house symbolized not only the administration of justice and wide sweep of civilization,...
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...
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...
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...
Coming to a city street near you… someday… bike lanes
They're not about to become reality today but bike lanes will eventually be part of tomorrow's traffic schemes. The City moved a little closer to that during Tuesday's Council meeting as both the Enhancement Committee and the Engineering and Public Works Department presented their views of how bike lanes should unfold. These images from...
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...
New rules for commenting on The Current
By David F. Rooney The rules for commenting on The Revelstoke Current have been changed as a result of the recent unpleasantness regarding Norm Macdonald’s opinion piece headlined, British Columbians aren’t buying BC Liberal excuses on HST. In the interest of full disclosure and maintaining a high level of civility all posters are now required...
