Special event promotes kids’ health — en anglais et français The city’s Francophone school, L’école des Glaciers, is inviting all members of the community to a special event on Wednesday, May 29, in the Arrow Heights Elementary School gymnasium at 6 pm. (1950 Park Drive) at 6 pm. “That’s when La Grande Traversée group of [...]

After a little over four years with the City of Revelstoke as planning director, John Guenther has decided to seek other planning and development opportunities, says in a Friday afternoon news statement from City Hall. Chief Administrative Officer Tim Palmer said Guenther was hired to help lead the City of Revelstoke in planning for and [...]

Welcome to News Without Borders, a feature of The Revelstoke Current intended to link you to timely and interesting stories. May 16, 2013 Orcas battle sperm whales in cetacean battle royal — In the coastal waters around Sri Lanka, the waters churn and froth as a pod of killer whales ambushes another of sperm whales – [...]

By David F. Rooney After a grueling campaign spent crisscrossing our huge Columbia River-Revelstoke riding voters decided on Tuesday to send New Democrat Norm Macdonald back to the Legislature. However, his re-election was one of the few shining moments for local party supporters after an election campaign that was, overall, a disaster for the NDP. [...]

Can’t get enough of provincial politics? Wanna hear the latest from Norm Macdonald or Doug Clovechok? Well you can catch the last TV interviews on RCTV that these candidates will give during the provincial election campaign. The periodic cable TV program, In Conversations, has a double header being shown Saturday through Monday. The program is [...]

By David F. Rooney Norm Macdonald looked tanned and remarkably relaxed as he popped into town for a few more days of campaigning. The incumbent MLA and Opposition Forestry Critic did some door knocking and toured Downie Sawmill with local campaign manager Bill MacFarlane before attending to Shuswap Columbia District Labour Council’s open house at [...]

Two campers 10 kilometres south of Shelter Bay have stumbled across the remains of a man whose disappearance near 12 Mile last November left searchers baffled. The BC Coroners Service has determined that the remains found on Sunday, May 5, are those of David Anthony Klammer of White Rock. Klammer  had left his parents’ Saskatchewan home [...]

By David F. Rooney With the provincial election campaign coming down to the wire on May 14, the leading candidates in this riding will be devoting more attention to voters in Revelstoke this week. Both BC Liberal Doug Clovechok and New Democrat Norm Macdonald will be attending events and door knocking throughout the city starting [...]

Need to meet the candidates in the provincial election one last time before you vote your conscience on May 14? Well you can do that this Thursday, May 9, when the Shuswap Columbia District Labour Council hosts an open house at the Railway Museum from 5 pm to 6:30 pm at the Revelstoke Railway Museum, 719 [...]

By David F. Rooney Revelstoke’s CPR Bridge went up in smoke on Saturday evening. Fortunately there was no train crossing the Columbia River at the time. The fire started at about 7 pm and Fire Rescue Service crews responded swiftly to the fire. RCMP blocked the Big Eddy Bridge at both ends and turned back [...]