Is this the shape of things to come… vehicle-wise?
You could almost see the wheels turning in Mayor David Raven's head as took a new Mitsubishi i-MiEV pure-electric car for a spin on city streets Wednesday. "I could see getting one of these for the building inspectors," he mused, adding — somewhat wistfully — "if only we had the money in the budget..." Here, he prepares to...
Return of the red fish
One of the rites of autumn in Revelstoke is watching the brave struggle of the red fish as they fight their way upstream to spawn. Here, red fish congregate beneath a cedar at Bridge Creek. Laura Stovel photo Dave Meyers walks his dog, Willow, at Bridge Creek where the red fish are busy spawning. Laura Stovel photo By Chrissi Meyer...
Think you need heart surgery? Let’s try a test or two…
By David F. Rooney Lying abed at Royal Inland Hospital for a couple of weeks allows your mind to brood on all kinds of things: your state of being, your health, your relationships — you name it and it’s eventually going to wander through your brain. It's just 7 am an I'm already waiting for one of the two cardiac tests that will...
A savagely delightful exploration of beer in the kitchen
Food Editor Leslie Savage Ancient civilizations in Europe, Africa and Asia brewed beer, mead and wine. Fermentation offsets bacteria that can infest plain water, so beer and wine were safer drinks than water. Beer (from sprouted barley, called malt), wine from grapes and mead from fermented honey were all common and appear in historical records from...
Arts Centre hosts The BC 150 Applied Arts Project opening this Friday
Jackie Pendergast and Peter Blackmore holding one of the banners in the BC 150 exhibition, which opens Friday, September 3 at 6 pm. Chrissi Meyer photo By Chrissi Meyer Over the next three weeks the Art Centre in Revelstoke hosts a travelling exhibition presenting applied arts as they were developed within British Columbia over the last 150 years. 1858...
Sue Davies says goodbye
Oil painter Sue Davies poses with her work, Mt McGill - the way home, which is one of several pieces she is offering for sale during a special exhibition at the Visual Arts Centre, starting this Friday. Chrissi Meyer photo By Chrissi Meyer After two years in Revelstoke Sue Davies and her family are going back to New Zealand. Sue is a painter and she...
Revelstoke’s Iron Babes push it to the limit
Rvelstoke's very own Ironwomen — Atsuko Knight, Courtney Rennie, Liz Kozek, Mardi Syrnyk, Sarah Newton and Ann-Marie Gill pose just above the waterline before the start of the Ironman Canada competition in Penticton last weekend. By David F. Rooney They may have called it Ironman Canada, but for six Revelstoke women last weekend’s tough...
Junior Naturalists explored our environment from top to bottom
The kids enrolled in the the Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier’s Junior Naturalists Program this year had a blast exploring the environment from top to bottom. Here are some of the kids and some of the places they visited in a summer’s worth of discovery! Dynamic Decomposers – photographed at the Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk, Mount...
Signs of the season
Coral fungus – good for soups or salads! Laura Stovel photo By Laura Stovel One of my favorite things about Revelstoke is the way we can observe, almost on a daily basis, the steady progress of the seasons. And, for me, the John Markstrom carefully picks a chanterelle. Laura Stovel photo crest of autumn is the best time of all: the first dustings...
A stroke here, a heart attack there — what to do? What to do? An update!
David F. Rooney KAMLOOPS — There’s nothing like a stroke and a heart attack to prompt some major lifestyle changes. As Revelstoke Current readers know by now, I suffered a stroke on the night of August 21. What they aren’t aware of is the fact that subsequent CAT, MRI and Ultrasound scans at Royal Inland Hospital here in Kamloops show...
