Revelstoke’s mayor and four councillors attended the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference from Sept. 18 to 21 in Vancouver. Mayor Gary Sulz and councillors Austin Luciow, Tim Stapenhurst, Tim Palmer and Matt Cherry met with two ministers, 17 provincial staff members, and 14 other resort municipalities. The conference is a chance for municipalities to bring […]
Trigger warning. This story talks about beliefs rooted in hate, death and suicide. About 400 people in Vernon on Wednesday spilled over the steps of city hall, the latest form of protest against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) resources. SOGI has been used since 2016 in B.C. schools. It gives teachers and students language […]
Updated on September 14 at 1:30 pm Revelstoke RCMP said in a press release Thursday afternoon that the man in question went into the station Wednesday afternoon to identity himself. He apologized for his actions and poor judgement. Revelstoke RCMP are warning of what they call a “suspicious occurrence” — at 8:30 on Wednesday morning […]
The sister of the man killed by Revelstoke RCMP early on Aug. 28 revealed his identity on Facebook. Garry Pashe Jr., 24, lived in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, with his partner and two young children, according to his obituary. Mellisa Pashe is his sister. She wrote on Facebook that she had to give her baby […]
Revelstoke city council is aggressively pursuing affordable housing, said the city’s chief administrative officer Evan Parliament before about ten members of the business community Thursday at a lunch hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at The Nest, in Eagle Pass Lodge. Chamber executive director Caroline Lachappelle asked Parliament six questions pertinent to the business community. […]
British Columbia legislators will consider a recommendation from Revelstoke to include money in the 2024 budget to subsidize summer camps thanks to input from the After School Society executive director, Joanne Gawler. That’s because the price of summer camps is high, and parents in the summer often have no choice but to use the camps […]
To listen to this first part of this story click here. Hannah Griffin is one month into her adventure of paddling the entire Columbia River, from Canal Flats all the way to Astoria, Oregon where the mighty river enters the Pacific Ocean. Here’s an update from her motel room in Pateros, Washington. She’s feeling […]
Shandree Seymour is sitting on the back patio outside her Southside townhouse in Revelstoke in the sweltering summer heat. She’s off work because her one-year-old, Jack, is sick. At this point, Seymour had been back to work for three months, and Jack had been in three different child care situations. She and her husband paid […]
Revelstoke RCMP shot a man dead Sunday night or early Monday morning at the corner of Victoria and Townley Streets, in the roundabout. In a press release from the RCMP E Division in Surry, Staff Sergeant Kris Clarke said that RCMP received at 11:00 p.m. Sunday night a report of a stolen vehicle. Around 45 […]
Listen to an interview with Casey Brown above. The third year of the Dark Horse Invitational air session took place at Revelstoke Mountain Resort over the past few days, and with 22 female riders aged between 13 and 30-something, organizer Casey Brown says it’s the best year ever. This is a free ride mountain bike […]