The Community Development Corporation is launching a new program to promote volunteerism in our community. Revelstoke has a strong history of volunteerism, contributing not only to the ‘hidden’ economy but also to the vitality and spirit that makes our community “the friendly, happening place we all know and love,” it said in a news release. [...]

Arrow Heights Elementary School once again participated in the Canwest Spelling Bee.  The School Bee included the top three spellers from Grades Four to Seven.  The winner of the Bee, Erin Behncke, is off to Kamloops on March 3 to compete in the Regional Bee. Here are some photos from the Spelling Bee and this year’s Family [...]

By Ariel McDowell Columbia Park Elementary School Principal All last week week, Columbia Park Elementary School students participated in a book drive to fill up our free school Book Swap. The school Book Swap lives in our main entrance and students, parents and visitors are encouraged to help themselves to books and to donate books [...]

Here are a c0uple of activity changes you may unaware of: This Winter Farmer’s Market has been rescheduled to Friday, February 3 from 2 until 5 pm Admission to the Anything Goes 2 art exhibition at the Visual Arts Centre at 7 pm on February 3 is by ticket only. Tickets are available from the [...]

Editor’s Note: Impelled by her recognition that the deaths of several young men from Revelstoke over the past 18 months have had terrible impact on many people in Revelstoke, long-time local counsellor Tuulikki Tennant began a series of weekly discussions about grief and recovery. Current writer Laura Stovel attended the first session last week and will [...]

By Laura Stovel Over the past year, Revelstoke has been rocked by the sudden deaths of several young and middle aged men and at least one woman with Revelstoke roots. Local counsellor Tuulikki Tennant, “Revelstoke has had a particularly rough year,” so much so that people have begun to “brace themselves psychologically” for the next [...]

As a member of the Lake Revelstoke Dragon Boat Society Jackie Goodman is an active campaigner against cancer. Now’s she’s expanding her participation in cancer research fund raising by cycling from Surrey to Seattle. “t was nice talking to you the other afternoon,” her husband, Darrell said in an e-mail Wednesday. “To further our conversation, [...]

A gathering to remember the late Rick Butler will be held on Tuesday, January 31, from 4 pm until 6 pm at the Regent Hotel’s Begbie Room. If the highways from Calgary are in good shape, Gwyn Butler may attend. Friends and others who knew and liked Rick are all invited to attend.

The Friends of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier marked their 25th anniversary last Friday with a fund-raising dinner and silent auction at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Hall. Despite a lower-than-expected turnout (attributed to the cold and flu viruses tormenting local residents) and heavy snow everyone who attended had an excellent time. Local photographer Keri [...]