One Book One Kootenay 2012 nominees announced
Everyone’s favourite book club is back. One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. Once again, readers from across the Kootenay region will read and vote for the book they feel all Kootenay booklovers should read. Three Kootenay ...
Bike swap, native pollinators workshop, Zumba, soccer, art classes...and more. Spring is springing...
The annual Gerick Cycle Bike Swap is Saturday, April 28, 2011 in the parking lot at Gerick Cycle in Trail (930 Rossland Ave.). If you have a bike you’d like to sell, drop it off at Gerick Cycle between 8:30-10:00am on April 28. Bikes will be sold between 11:00am-2:00pm. Pssst…can you spare an hour? Earth Hour is Saturday,...
Almost too late to register for soccer...believe it or not...as skating comes to an end for the year!
If you have a youth in the house who would like to play soccer this Spring, don’t delay registering them with Kootenay South Soccer. The closing date for registration is March 16, 2012. Log on to their site to register. There is a new face in the Recreation Department while I am away for the next two months. Heather Bartlett...
A story of collapse and renewal: Award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk to embark on speaking tour of the Kootenays
In an upcoming speaker series, award-winning author and journalist, Andrew Nikiforuk will talk about the impact and evolutionary role that bark beetles play in the health of aging forests, and the critical lessons this tiny creature has to teach human society about natural cycles of collapse and renewal in all ecosystems....
Find something for your kids to do on Spring Break and explore the mysteries of...Zumba?
Early bird registration deadline for youth soccer is Wednesday, February 29! If you have a youth in the house who would like to play soccer this Spring, don’t delay registering them with Kootenay South Soccer. The closing date for registration is March 16, 2012. Log on to www.kootenaysouthsoccer.com to register. There ...
Iranian people celebrate Oscar win as government news agency 'improves' Farhadi's acceptance speech
Iranians are overjoyed with the news that Asghar Farhadi's film “A Separation” was awarded an Oscar for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 26, 2012. It is the first Iranian film to win an Oscar. Iranian bloggers participated in an outpour of celebration, and some fans also created posters...
The Breakmen at the Miners' Hall...relive it early or see what you missed!
Vancouver's The Breakmen played the Miners' Hall last weekend and were very well received. The Telegraph's David Hartman had the opportunity to film the band playing an impromptu version "Rose of Sharon's Lament". Check it out....
Westland series of rural BC films to become part of UBC archive
One of the largest private film collections in Canada, which provides a fascinating document of rural B.C., will be housed and preserved by UBC Library thanks to a generous donation from the Halleran family and the support of community partners including Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). The Halleran Collection, valued at $750,000,...
North Valley Mountain Film Festival 2012 announces diverse lineup
It takes a special kind of person to climb and ski two million vertical feet in 266 days. Revelstoke-based ski mountaineer Greg Hill drops by as a special guest presenter at the sixth annual North Valley Mountain Film Festival on Saturday, March 3 in New Denver. One of the world's most accomplished ski-touring endurance...
Rossland’s 'voice in the wilderness' requests lower rent
Volunteers from 101.1 FM, Rossland Radio Co-op (RRC), crammed council chambers en masse on Monday evening to ask for "a little break" on the rent they pay the city to occupy 1807 Columbia Ave. RRC representative Marty Cancilla said that the city-owned 1807 Columbia Ave. was "under-utilized" prior to the co-op moving in. Both...
