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 [...]

By Ian Cobb East Kootenay Online Weekly FERNIE — In recent years, a new trend has become clear in British Columbia’s backcountry, as more and more snowmobilers are being killed. As a result, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is launching the Mountain Snowmobile Education Project, thanks to federal, provincial and municipal government funding, announced Jan. [...]

The North Columbia Environmental Society has issued a call for submissions for an art exhibition entitled climArt change: Film, Art, Words to be opened at the Visual Arts Centre on Thursday February 23. This is the first art show sponsored by the NCES and organizer Hailey Ross said she hopes for a wide variety of [...]

Interested parties who have something to say about Parks Canada’s recently released Conservation Strategy for
Southern Mountain Caribou in Canada’s National Parks have until January 31 to register their opinion. A statement released Tuesday by Karen Tierney, superintendent of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, said 43 people have  so far commented on the strategy, which [...]

Cold and snowy is the forecast for BC this week, and that means two things from a power perspective: 1) If there’s a power outage, have a plan and an emergency kit ready so you’re not shivering in the cold; and 2) you can help conserve energy and stay warm, especially when the power demand peaks at suppertime. [...]

By David F. Rooney How do you measure your work? Revelstoke’s Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Penny Page-Brittin can measure it in any number of ways — from running programs and creating brochures to counting light bulbs. Counting light bulbs? Really? Yep! “The total number of light bulbs (each light in the MP rooms has 4 lamps [...]

By Michael Morris Sixteen persons went out on a mild December 17th and found the following: Canada Goose 558, Trumpeter Swan 2, Mallard 89, duck sp 3, Bufflehead 3, Common Goldeneye 44, Barrow’s Goldeneye 39, Hooded Merganser 3, Common Merganser 7, Common Loon cw, Great Blue Heron cw, Bald Eagle 4, Rough-legged Hawk 1, Merlin [...]

The Revelstoke RCMP confirm that a 45-year-old Canadian man died while heli-skiing on Friday afternoon December 30. He was identified as Ronald Gregory Sheardown of Stouffville, Ontario, who is currently residing in Dubai. A group of 11 skiers with one guide were heli-skiing with Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), in the Selkirk range southeast of Revelstoke at [...]

By David F. Rooney The new pedestrian bridge over the Illecillewaet River, to be formally known as the Mark Kingsbury Bridge, was hoisted into place over the course of about 12 hours Tuesday. The structure, designed to resemble a classic railway bridge, lacks decking and a few other odds and ends but should soon be [...]