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...
New provincial auditing process can help cities find efficiencies, Minister says
By Laura Stovel The BC government is establishing a new office for the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) which is expected to help “evaluate the effectiveness and efficiencies of local government operations,” said Don Fast, Deputy Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. This will be a performance audit, not a financial...
New First Responders at the Fire Rescue Service
Firefighters (from left to right) Liz Ploeg, Steve Bafaro, Byron Wilkey, Jason Jones and Sarah Lefebvre-MacDougall (missing are Brad Goodwin and Natalie Weir) are the newest First Responders with the Revelstoke Fire Rescue Service. On April 25 Fire Chief Rob Girard presented the new First Responders (Level 1) with their EMA Licenses after they successfully...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mad about Smart Meters?
By David F. Rooney There seems to be an undercurrent of anger bubbling through town over BC Hydro’s new Smart Meters. I could tell because I was button-holed by four different people in the 5 metres between Mountain Meals and the Museum and Archives within about 8 minutes on Monday. (I guess it was Smart Meter Day or something.) At any rate, these...
Federal budget cuts may hit home here
Federal employees are expected to learn next week if they will remain on the government payroll. Public servants in all federal department will be receiving letters telling them if and when they may be laid off in the wake of the federal budget handed down by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Thursday. Parks Canada received a $6 million whack for this...
