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, 2010Nel Lord to bare it all for cancer research
September 5th, 2010Avid golfer Nel Lord plans to bare it all by shaving her head if she raises $2,000 for cancer research during the Canadian Cancer Society’s First Golf Fore The Cure on Sept. 14.
“I am doing this because I have friends and friends of friends with this disease, some who have died,” the vivacious owner of [...]
What’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 [...]
Atilla, a much loved and respected SAR dog passes away
September 1st, 2010Revelstoke’s Iron Babes push it to the limit
September 1st, 2010By David F. Rooney
They may have called it Ironman Canada, but for six Revelstoke women last weekend’s tough endurance race at Penticton should have been called Ironwomen.
Ann Marie Gill, Sarah Newton, Mardi Syrnyk, Atsuko Knight, Liz Kozak and Rennie Courtney trained for months to compete against the thousands of men and women registered for the [...]
Toonie Race won by Macintosh and Bernier
August 28th, 2010Brendan Macintosh and Melanie Bernier were the big winners in Revelocity’s Toonie Race No. 3 while Kellen Viznaugh received a special mention for racing in the under-18 cateory.
Men: 1st ($117) Brendan Macintosh, 2nd ($70) Don Robertson, and 3rd ($47) Rich Hamilton.
Women: 1st ($80) Melanie Bernier, 2nd ($50) Sally Carmichael Macintosh and Bernier also received one-hour [...]
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 [...]
City staff recommend a pesticide-free future
August 16th, 2010By David F. Rooney
Revelstoke City staff are recommending that Council enact a bylaw that will make the community free of almost all cosmetic pesticides on public and private lands.
In a memo to Council that will be dealt with in its Committee of the Whole meeting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Public Works Director Brian Mallett [...]
Dragonboating — it’s a Zen thing
August 13th, 2010Submitted by the Lake Revelstoke Dragonboat Society
The Revelstoke Dam Survivors, paddling into their 4th year, are training hard for an upcoming two-day Dragonboat Festival and Competition in Penticton September 11. The bold yellow boat, which holds 22, is a symbol of the fight to survive cancers of all kinds. Focus is needed to keep 20 [...]
Revelocity riders on the road
August 5th, 2010Revelstoke Glacier Challenge 2010: does it need to be re-invented?
August 2nd, 2010By David F. Rooney
Every year at this time the chairman and directors of the Glacier Challenge Softball Tournament breathe a discreet sigh of relief.
The tourney, one of the major tourism events of the year, is over. The teams are heading home after an ideally successful weekend and the groups involved [...]
Revelstoke Glacier Challenge 2010 In Pictures: Sunday
August 1st, 2010By David F. Rooney
There was good news and bad news, weather-wise, for the 126 teams at Sunday’s Glacier Challenge. The stratospheric smoke and haze of Saturday vanished. That was the good news. The bad news was that it was replaced by a breeze that whipped up dust storms on the Centennial Park ball fields and, [...]
Spelunking deep inside Glacier National Park
August 1st, 2010Revelstoke resident Laura Stovel was one of a number of members of the Friends of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier who had an opportunity to explore the Nakimu Caves a week ago.
Happily for The Revelstoke Current and its readers, she took a camera with her and sent us some photos of her adventure.
“This was the first [...]
Revelstoke Glacier Challenge 2010 In Pictures: Saturday
August 1st, 2010By David F. Rooney
A pall of smoke and general haze kept temperatures bearable on Saturday as teams battled for supremacy at the Glacier Challenge.
Friday night’s concert was generally regarded as pretty good, but beer and liquor sales were down by about $4,000 from last year at this time, according to Rotary Club members.
“People just aren’t [...]
