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Second WindS band seeks new members
A few years back anyone wandering around the Wilder neighbourhood on a sunny Tuesday evening — heading down to the Station Pub for instance, or coming back home from Kinsmen Beach — was in for a cheerful surprise.
Hall of Fame blues guitarist returns
It’s another blast of the blues in Radium Hot Springs.
CAP says housing budget failing Indigenous Peoples
The national vice-chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), says the federal government is failing to meet its housing budget and policy for Indigenous Peoples across the country.
Invermere Special Olympics starts soccer
Easter has come and gone, soccer season is just around the corner, and this year there’s a team here in Invermere for soccer players with intellectual disabilities.
Unfair to supply to few
I saw on the news last week that a call is going out to scrap unfair prices on women’s feminine hygiene products.
Carbon tax bad timing
Too bad the carbon tax hike that came into effect on April 1 wasn’t Justin Trudeau’s idea of a bad joke.
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Big housing plan hears opposition and support
A public hearing last week on a proposed development encompassing affordable housing and a Columbia Valley Métis Association (CVMA) office drew an enormous crowd that voiced strong opinions both for and against the plan.
Another burn pile taxes firefighters
A second grass fire in fewer than eight days brought firefighters running (again) on April 10.
?Akisq’nuk First Nation announces new multi-purpose centre
?Akisq ? nuk First Nation has approved the construction of a new multi-purpose centre featuring a health clinic, new band hall, and renovated administration building.
Celebrate beauty of Indigenous language
March 31 marked Indigenous Language Day — an opportunity that honoured many Indigenous languages in Canada, including the Ktunaxa language, Secwepemctsín, Michif, and others.
Invermere teen swims to silver medal
A local teen was on a ‘silver’ streak when he recently ended up with a podium finish at the Swim BC Winter Divisionals in Penticton.
DTSS students make community safer
The Columbia Valley is a safer place to live thanks to Grade 10 students from David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) and Open Doors.
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Street sweeper catches fire
A street sweeper caught fire in Timber Ridge on Monday night.
Sports
Valley students compete at Ski Nationals
A pair of Columbia Valley teens recently took part in the Nordiq Canada Ski Nationals held in Quebec.
So long, Rockies, thanks for the ride
I am sitting and sorting through a season’s worth of photos to send you, your parents and your coaches and writing this bit, this column, this… well, not quite a goodbye, but definitely à la prochaine (see you next time).
Rockies end season with heads held high
It is not how they stand in comfort and convenience, but how they stand in the face of challenges.
Turn and Burn slalom race returns to valley
If you love ripping the slopes on one plank instead of two, and enjoy a banked slalom course to boot, then you’re in luck — the valley’s newest snowboard event is back.
Community
Students call for more public transit
A group of students at David Thompson Secondary School is putting words into action by calling for more public transit to reduce carbon emissions in the valley.
Join National Lake Blitz in your region
Residents up for a little science project are invited to join the 4th annual National Lake Blitz in their area.
Hospice Society supports diversity
Hospice’s doors are open to all. We welcome and serve everyone — young and old, sporty and couch potato, cheerful and grumpy, talker and observer, believer and skeptic, loner and social butterfly, quiet and loud, traveller and homebody — no matter who you are and how you choose to be in the world, we are here for you when loss visits. We have the inevitability of death in common.
When Easter is not domesticated
The word “Easter” domesticates the radicalness of what it commemorates – crucifixion and resurrection.
Sports
Thrift is good quality to have in your life
The Great Depression of the 1930s was more than just a decade on a calendar.
For those who were influenced by those years their values were changed forever.
Retinal Treatment Program cuts disturbing
Since the NDP approved funding cuts to the B.C. Provincial Retinal Treatment Program, I have received dozens of calls, emails, and visits to my offices from constituents in Columbia River-Revelstoke who are dismayed at the prospect of losing access to vision-saving treatments.
Food relief growing concern
January and February 2024 saw a sharp increase in food bank use in the Columbia Valley. Coupled with rising costs of living, more residents of the valley are turning to emergency food relief to put food on the table.
Police go above and beyond call of duty
On the way home, the dad is shaken; his youngest born could have hopped into a predator’s car, driven to a strange home and raped.
Community
Madcap juggling comedian can’t help it
When self-described professional “zaniac” Alex Zerbe arrives in Invermere in a few weeks, residents should brace themselves for a storm of high-octane comedy.
Shuswap Band to host live comedy show
National Addictions Awareness Week takes place November 22 to 28, and so the Shuswap Band has created a live comedy show for the community.
Film festival will be ‘wild & scenic’ for all
Films have the power to inspire, entertain and provoke us, and the 10th Wild & Scenic Film Festival on November 18 promises to do all of this.
Author-musician launches new book, albums
A missing dog, a vanished lover, and a guitar-slinging protagonist running from toughs intent on killing him, all amid the soaring peaks and wide open horizons of the west. It’s a classic tale told with swashbuckling verve in both words and in song by Invermere author and musician James Rose.
