September 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 [...]
What’s On This Week
September 4th, 2010New report outlines the lies, lies and more lies behind the BC Liberals’ HST ploy
September 2nd, 2010A damning report out of the BC Ministry of Finance, made available through the Freedom of Information Act, shows the BC government wanegotiating with the federal government regarding implementing the HST months before the provincial election in 2009.
Fight HST Leader Bill Vander Zalm says the report proves the BC government deliberately deceived the public during [...]
Out of the Office for Awhile
August 24th, 2010It is my regretful duty at this point to notify all of The Current’s faithful that editor David Rooney has recently suffered a stroke and will be unable to continue his work with the Current for the next week or so. Fear not, for David is strong and he is now resting comfortably in the [...]
BC Arts Council chair blames budget cuts and interference for her resignation
August 20th, 2010Jane Danzo, who resigned as chairwoman of the BC Arts Council last week has released a letter she wrote to Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger outlining her reasons for resigning.
“…it has recently been made clear that the Board does not have a voice independent of government,” she said in her letter, [...]
Police urge life-jacket use after Shelter Bay drowning
August 20th, 2010Revelstoke RCMP are investigating the drowning of a 50-year-old Westlock, Alta., woman.
A statement from the detachment said police were called to the Shelter Bay Provincial Park shortly after 8 pm on Wednesday, August 18.
‘The investigation has shown that a husband and wife were out in a small Zodiac, fishing in Upper Arrow Lake,” the statement said. [...]
BC Supreme Court rules in favour of anti-HST petition
August 20th, 2010By David F. Rooney
Local organizer Jim Daniel welcomed the BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of the anti-HST petition as great news but wonders what happens next.
“It’s going to be interesting to see what the next move will be,” he said Friday.
Local anti-HST canvasser james Walford’s reaction was blunt: “Mr. Campbell is in deep doo-doo.”
Every [...]
Outside watering now prohibited — except by hand
August 20th, 2010By David F. Rooney
Effective immediately, all outside watering of lawns and gardens by sprinklers is prohibited, says Darren Komonoski, operations manager of the City’s Engineering and Public Works Department.
“Irrigation demands are so high we’re getting fluctuations and cannot maintain our mandatory fire flows,” he said Friday morning.
Komonoski said the City is working with consultants from [...]
Plastic 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 [...]
It needs a little tweaking, but Council will back a cosmetic pesticide ban
August 18th, 2010By David F. Rooney
As previously skeptical Councillor Tony Scarcella put it on Tuesday “we’re better off safe than sorry” and with that City Council unanimously agreed to back a bylaw that will ban the use of synthetic cosmetic pesticides on both public and private property.
Scarcella was persuaded that a ban was necessary after a presentation [...]
Railway Days In Pictures: Sunday’s Commemorative Ceremony in Rogers Pass
August 16th, 2010By David F. Rooney
The bonds between two cultures were strengthened Sunday as Japanese and Canadians gathered together in two poignant and moving ceremonies to commemorate the 58 workers who died in the 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche.
The main ceremony, which was sponsored b y Parks Canada at the Rogers Pass National Historic Site and included the [...]
Railway Days In Pictures: Friday
August 14th, 2010By David F. Rooney
Railway Days may have been formally kicked off on Thursday but it really began on Friday with CP Employees’ Day at the Railway Museum and other activities around town. The major highlight of the day? The arrival of The Empress carrying a special historical exhibit that includes the actual Last Spike that [...]
Vander Zalm bypasses Chief Electoral Officer, submits petition directly to Select Standing Committee for Legislative Initiatives
August 14th, 2010Fight HST leader and Initiative proponent Bill Vander Zalm says that given Elections BC’s refusal to follow clear legislation outlining its responsibilities, his group has decided to submit the successful Initiative petition and draft Bill to End the HST directly to the Select Standing Committee for Legislative Initiatives so that the process can continue.
Kootenay-Columbia MLA Norm Macdonald said [...]
MLA Norm Macdonald demands premier heed the people
August 12th, 2010British Columbians have been clear; it’s time for Premier Campbell to get rid of the HST
With the announcement Wednesday that the Initiative Act Petition to repeal the HST has been successful, Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald is demanding that Premier Campbell listen to the people of British Columbia, call back the Legislature, and get rid [...]
Fight HST’s petition is valid — but acting Chief Electoral Officer refuses to act
August 11th, 2010In a stunning move riddled with suspected political interference, acting Chief Electoral Officer Craig James said Wednesday that the Fight HST Initiative to End the Harmonized Sales Tax in BC has successfully passed the required 10% threshold in all 85 ridings — but he has decided not to act upon the results.
As a result, Fight [...]
Want to protect kids from chemicals? Ban cosmetic pesticides
August 11th, 2010As a mother of two young children I was thrilled this past year when School District 19 and the City of Revelstoke pledged to no longer spray pesticides on local playing fields.
Now when we bike, run, or play on these fields I don’t have to worry about exposing my children to 2,4-D the most common [...]
