By Laura Stovel
Mount Begbie still offers spectacular hiking at this time of the year.
The lupins, Indian paintbrushes and valerian are still out and a good supply of huckleberries are a welcome site at the first bench. The hike demands a good level of fitness, though, especially strong knees for the downward stretch.
According to Paul Salva, [...]
A hike up Mount Begbie will never be forgotten
September 6th, 2010What’s On This Week
September 4th, 2010September 8: BC Hydro and Mitsubishi showcase Mitsubishi’s new electric vehicle — City Hall — 11:30 am
September 8: Central Residential Revelstoke Community Group Meeting — Community Centre — 7 – 8:30 pm
September 10: Revy Rocks! Everyone knows that… but it has talent too! Come out to the Revy Rocks Talent Show to see who wins [...]
Return of the red fish
September 4th, 2010By Chrissi Meyer and Laura Stovel
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. Parents take their children to observe these fresh- and salt-water salmon (kokanee and sockeye respectively) as they [...]
Inconsistent bylaw enforcement prompts a good-neighbourly response
September 3rd, 2010I can certainly feel for you for getting the ticket. Kinda like when I come to work and the Bargain Store has pre-empted my parking spot in the back with their cardboard recycling bin. This is space that is part and parcel of my lease which I pay for monthly. I felt like I was [...]
Arts Centre hosts The BC 150 Applied Arts Project opening this Friday
September 2nd, 2010
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 was the formal beginning of the province and the exhibition “reflects, acknowledges and celebrates” the achievements and spirits of B.C. and tries to [...]
Atilla, a much loved and respected SAR dog passes away
September 1st, 2010CBT told water-initiative forum for concerned youths
September 1st, 2010Youths 15-29 are being invited to sign for CURRENTS — the Columbia Basin Trust’s Youth Water Forum for 2010, being held at Halcyon Hot Springs in Nakusp, September 24-26.
“CBT is looking forward to engaging youth in water issues in the Columbia Basin for a second year at CURRENTS,” Heather Mitchell, CBT’s water initiatives manager, said [...]
Junior Naturalists explored our environment from top to bottom
August 31st, 2010The 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!
Signs of the season
August 29th, 2010By 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
crest of autumn is the best time of all: the first dustings of snow on the mountains; a new crispness in the air after summer’s heat; [...]
Hill Creek Channel continues to spawn a high success rate
August 28th, 2010For the fourth year in a row Hill Creek Spawning Channel, north of Nakusp, has exceeded a 50 per cent egg-to-fry survival. Recent fry counts show that 67 per cent of the eggs laid in the channel’s gravel in the fall of 2009 survived. The fry then migrated toward Arrow Lakes Reservoir in early summer [...]
Here’s something to brighten up your drive home!
August 21st, 2010Plastic bags: they are oh-so-convenient but we pay a terrible price for them
August 19th, 2010By David F. Rooney
Plastic bags. On average they are used for less than five minutes but they’ll last 1,000 years or more. Drive almost anywhere and you’ll see them blowing in the wind, trapped in trees, bushes and fences and — in their greatest concentrations — filling an area in the North Pacific about the [...]
Nordic clubhouse edging towards completion
August 19th, 2010In Pictures: a remarkable 21st birthday adventure
August 19th, 2010By David F. Rooney
It’s a good thing that Ben Parsons lives in Revelstoke. Sue Leach’s youngest son is an athletic and adventurous young man who enjoys being outdoors more than almost anything — especially if he is accompanied by his well-trained husky, Bransen.
So what better gift could he give himself when he turned 21 on [...]
Conserving during the heat wave
August 18th, 2010With every provincewide heat wave comes a slight increase in electricity use. Although BC Hydro is a winter-peaking utility – our demand is the highest on the coldest, darkest day of the year – summer heat waves, like the one we are in right now, provide a great opportunity for British Columbians to learn how to conserve [...]
