Kick this around the dinner table — Soccer Berry Pie
Soccer Berry Pie has an obvious inspiration, but was invented by Thomas MacDonald. Watch the video of Leslie and Tom showing how to make the non-roll crust for this end of soccer-season dessert. By Leslie Savage To celebrate the wrap up of local soccer team, my grandson and I made a video about making Soccer Berry Pie. We also made Hockey Puck Pizzas,...
Brock University Caribou Math winners at AHE
Arrow Heights Elementary Students proudly show off their math competition medals.Grade 7/8 Competition Participants Back Row: Kate Granstrom (2nd Place at AHE), Alana Brittin (1st Place at AHE)Grade 3/4 Competition Participants Front Row: Emily MacLeod (4th Place at AHE), Kaity Herle (3rd Place at AHE), Josh Larsen (2nd Place at AHE), Megan Hoshizaki...
Can the Westside Gravel Pit finally be eliminated?
The controversial Westside Gravel Pit’s tenure is kaput and the North Columbia Environmental Society is urging City Council to oppose its renewal. What Council will do is almost anyone’s guess, but councillors did — despite broad opposition to the pit — approve the pit when it began operations in 2010.This aerial photo shows the extent of then-newly...
Be bear smart with your garbage
It’s that time of year: bears are awake and hungry. Please heed the new Garbage Bylaw and keep the bears at bay. Kirk Friederich photo courtesy of Revelstoke Bear Aware By Sue Davies Revelstoke Bear Aware Coordinator For several years now Revelstoke has had a garbage bylaw restricting the times that garbage can be left at the curb. However, we...
Friday’s new art show is a symphony of colour and form
By David F. Rooney: The three exhibitions opening at the Revelstoke Art Gallery this Friday are a symphony of colour that could well sweep you off your feet. Front and center is an exhibition, Paintings by the Mount Carlyle Group, of 51 new works by painters Jenny Baillie, Brigitte Desbois, Louise Drescher, Stephanie Gauvin and Mirja Vahala. These...
Proposed adventure park will be sensitive to Greeley Creek water concerns
By David F. Rooney Jason Roe, proponent of an adventure-tourism project near Greeley Creek, says his project does not pose a threat to the security or quality of Revelstoke’s drinking water, despite some concerns expressed by the City. “Those concerns have been expressed before,” Roe said of a letter Mayor Dave Raven sent to Front Counter BC...
News Without Borders
Welcome to News Without Borders, a feature of The Revelstoke Current intended to link you to timely and interesting stories. June 13, 2013 How the cold war spawned the environmental movement — This will perk you up, a story in New Scientist about how ‑ back in the 1960s — the Western military alliance coined the term “environmental warfare”...
Nature’s floral bounty is gorgeous
By David F. Rooney We are lucky to live in a beautiful part of Canada. There are affirmations of that statement almost every where we look this spring and summer. For the past couple of weeks I have been taking photos of some of the gorgeous trees and flowers popping up around town. Lyn Kaulback knows I love flowering gardens and kindly invited me by...
Darrell Goodman’s take on our visiting Bentleys
Editor’s note: Darrell Goodman has a pretty good eye. Over the years we have published a number of his photos and we especially liked his take on the fleet of vintage Bentleys that motored in and out of town today. I snagged a couple of photos but they pale in comparison with Darrell’s images, which I am very happy to share with the rest...
Relay for Life sparks community feeling
By David F. Rooney Early Sunday morning Relay for Life organizer thought it might be a soggy event as a powerful rain storm lashed the city. “Fortunately it did let up,” she said as she watched the event she loves unfold at Mountain View School. Hundreds of people of all ages came out for the relay — 210 of them as members of the 12 teams...
