Invermere woman gives birth beside highway
By Kate Irwin
Pioneer Staff
An Invermere couple are delighted to be home safely with their healthy baby son after his impromptu delivery by the side of the highway in Canal Flats earlier this month.
Tom and Melissa Altmann were expecting baby Logan, their second child, to be born around November 11th. But when Melissa went into labour five weeks early, on the couple’s October 8th wedding anniversary, they discovered that their son was impatient to join the world.
“We were camping in Fairmont when the contractions started,” Melissa said. “We weren’t really …
Meet Your Candidates
VILLAGE OF CANAL FLATS
Ute Juras
Acclaimed as: Mayor
Valley resident for: 25 years
Experience: On Council since 2004.
What are the main issues facing your community?
1) Economic development
2) Arena upgrades
3) Balancing development and the environment
Why do you feel you will continue to be an effective representative for your community? “First and foremost I would say it would be my experience on council for the past seven and a half years. I have learned a lot, especially having had the opportunity to sit at the Regional District of East Kootenay table as well …
Students explore public policy in Vancouver
By Kate Irwin
Pioneer Staff
Two high school teenagers from Invermere have just returned from a weekend of public policy discussions after becoming the first ever students from the area selected to attend the Vancouver-based Fraser Valley Institute Seminar.
Kate Godlien and Caoimhe Anderson, both in Grade 12, joined a group of 25 youths from around the province to attend the public policy and affairs seminar on October 22nd, which included presentations from leading policy experts, a question and answer session and informal discussions on a variety of topics. There the duo explored …
Local group keeps trails in top shape
By Joshua Estabrooks
Pioneer Staff
Over the past 11 years, a local group of backcountry enthusiasts has been looking after a number of popular hiking trails in the Columbia Valley. This year has been their most successful year yet, with more members and funding than ever before.
The Summit Trail Makers Society started as a small group of dedicated hikers over a decade ago, explained current president, Norbert Schab, but has now become an army of over 150 volunteers, fully equipped with chainsaws, brush saws and the desire to keep our local …
Valley business beats
By Kate Irwin
Pioneer Staff
Editor’s note: Business Beats is a new section of The Columbia Valley Pioneer focusing on local business news. If your business has moved, is having a celebration or you’ve got something important to share with the community, give us a call at 250-341-6299 or e-mail news@cv-pioneer.com
• Scrappy Do’s Scrapbook Supplies: The Invermere-based scrapbooking store is celebrating four years in business with their annual Scrapbook Retreat birthday celebration held last weekend in Invermere. Along with the retreat, owner Trudi Wells also hosted a birthday raffle, with the grand …
Local woman supporting cancer campaign
Submitted by Sheila Tutty
First, the facts: one out of every nine Canadian women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime; one of 29 will die from the disease. Women in the Kootenays are not exempt from that statistic, and the unfortunate reality is that beating the disease once is no guarantee that a woman won’t have to face the dragon again.
Sheila Tutty is a survivor who has battled breast cancer twice. Sheila was first diagnosed with the disease in May 2007. The first indications showed up following a regular mammogram …
October Pioneer Playlist
Discovering good hip hop these days is like finding a clean needle in a haystack of used syringes. That may be a strong analogy, but it’s an accurate one, as a lot of recent examples of the genre are toxic and dangerous in their blingin’ ballin’ blangin’ Bentley treatment of subjects like money, race, women and even fellow rappers.
Suffice to say there is a lot of rubbish clogging up the urban airwaves, but every once in a while something truly intelligent, unique and in the case of Brooklyn based hip …
Read More...2011, October 28 – Out and About
Toby Theatre
• November 4th – 5th, 7th – 12th, 7:30 p.m.: Real Steel.
Due to a restructuring of movie film distribution in Canada, the Toby Theatre will only be open for one movie per month this fall and winter. For info: http://Tobytheatre.com.
Friday, October 28th:
• 10:30 a.m.: Drop-in Story Time for preschoolers at Invermere Public Library. For info: 250-342-6416.
• 7 p.m.: Live music with Oso Simple at Angus McToogle’s. For info: 250-342-6868.
• 7 p.m.: Pumpkin Palooza — Groundswell’s fall celebration at Winderberry Greenhouses. Dinner by local chefs and …
Cheers
to Rene, Christine, and Denise for donating their tips to the Juvenile Boys Curling Team. You Rock!
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to the driver of the logging truck and the water truck who both just about ran us off the road on October 19th. If you can’t make an inside corner on your own side of the road you are going too fast! Westside Road is a public road not a racetrack! Slow down before you kill someone!
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The province’s tax system works
Dear Editor:
Norm Macdonald and the New Democratic Party continue to try and fool people into believing that the tax system in B.C. is not fair, which clearly shows that neither he nor his party have any understanding of the tax facts achieved by the BC Liberals in this province, and furthermore demonstrates a disturbing and growing trend on his part to omit the truth in his rhetoric.
Since forming government, the BC Liberal policy has been clear. We believe in putting money where it belongs — back in people’s pockets — …
Jeers
to all you drunk and high drivers. Stop putting yourself and other drivers in danger!
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Cheers
to the Sonshine Children for your Halloween paintings on the window at the Bistro. We love it !
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to Mysterio. Way to take one for the team. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks from the rest of us!
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to the dog owners who let their animals off leash thinking that they won’t attack. It is an animal, they are never 100% predictable!
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to the parents and students of the KBK Baton Club, you are all so wonderful and so special. With thanks and love, Karen.
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