Revelstoke Mountain Resort announces early opening

Revelstoke Mountain Resort announced today it will be opening a week earlier than scheduled. The ski hill will be run the Revelation Gondola and Stoke Chair on Saturday, Nov. 28, and Sunday, Nov. 29, – a week ahead of the expected opening date of Dec. 5. Tickets will be $50 and... more

Snowmobiler in surgery after being crushed under avalanche at Deadman's Creek

Survivor says sledder was not breathing, looked like "blue and purple corpse" Four snowmobilers barely survived an avalanche in the Frisby Ridge area that left two of them trapped under the snow while their friends frantically tried to rescue them late... more  

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Hung out to dry

Viewers watching the Nov. 10 Revelstoke City Council meeting on RCTV may have been able to hear the barely perceptible groan coming from some staff members in attendance after council proceeded to publicly fumble the Clearview Heights Sewer Extension project,... more

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Municipal spending getting our of control

Editor, A recent article in The Province states that over 80 per cent of BC municipalities had operating spending budgets increases that exceeded their population and inflation growth. Operating spending includes administration, police, water and sewer, transportation, parks, etc. It does... more > more

Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

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