By David F. Rooney Proposed changes to the City’s schedule of fees and charges mean yu may end up paying more for the privilege of playing Bingo or renting a ball field. You’ll also pay 2% interest — up from 1.5% on overdue accounts — and a whopping $35 on any NSF cheques — up [...]

By David F. Rooney Four local residents have been awarded Heritage Awards for their treatment of existing homes or the way their new home fit in with their neighbourhood’s character. This year’s winners are: Residential Renovation — Chris Johnston  for his treatment of the old Sturdy House at 102 Third Street East. He removed a [...]

David. F. Rooney Councillor Steve Bender, who was hospitalized in Vancouver last week after he experienced serious internal bleeding, could be back home in Revelstoke by the end of the week. His wife, Adelheid, said “his vital signs are good” and doctors at Vancouver General Hospital have resumed his blood thinner treatments. He started taking [...]

By David F. Rooney Imagine logging onto one of your favourite websites, The Stoke List, and scrolling down through its many offerings and then you see something very familiar offered for rent. It looks a lot like your house… wait a minute! It is your house. This sounds like a bad joke but it has [...]

An elderly resident received significant burns to his body when he tried to use a portable propane heater inside his home early Thursday. Fire Chief Rob Gerard said Revelstoke Fire Rescue Services received a First Responder call at 6:30 pm about a man on fire at a residence in the 900 Block of Begbie Road. [...]

Revelstoke Fire Rescue Services responded to a 911 call about an house fire in the 400 block of Simpson Street on Friday afternoon. “Fire crews quickly extinguished the fire, located in the rear of the residence”, Fire Chief Rob Girard said in a statement.  ”The fire was located in the basement, main floor and extended [...]

What’s up at City Council next week is a new and regular news brief intended to give Revelstokians a sneak peek at the City Council agenda. Regular City Council meeting at 3 pm on Tuesday, January 24: Social Development Coordinator Jill Zacharias outlines social development accomplishments to date; Revenue Anticipation Borrowing Bylaw; Services Agreement with [...]

By David F. Rooney City Councillor Steve Bender is in the acute care ward at Vancouver General Hospital after he began bleeding internally from his kidneys. His wife, Adelheid, said Thursday that her husband’s ordeal began Jan 5, when he underwent a kidney biopsy at Royal Inland Hospital.  He was sent home on January 7 and [...]

We have heard a lot about the transition to a tourism economy over the last several years but what do Revelstokians really think about it? That’s a question Tim Palmer, the city’s top civil servant, hopes to have answered through a survey he is conducting over the next couple of weeks. It’s an important and [...]

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 [...]