Musician attempts record setting guitar marathon
Posted on 31. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Arts, Castlegar
It was Ringo Starr who famously shouted “I’ve got blisters on my fingers!” in the Beatles song “Helter Skelter,” but a Castlegar musician may have something similar to say if he succeeds in his bid to set a Guinness world record for playing the guitar. In an interview Kim Magi at the Castlegar News, guitarist Yanive [...]
Shambhala sells out in record time
Posted on 31. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Arts
PRESS RELEASE from Shambhala Music Festival Tickets for the 2011 Shambhala Music Festival have sold out in record time. Online tickets sold out on May 12, with authorized ticket stores selling out over the course of the following 15 days. The last store with tickets available was Salmo’s Skyway Hardware, which sold out on Thursday, May [...]
GEM & MINERAL SHOW
Posted on 31. May, 2011 by Bob Lerch in Uncategorized
HUGE GEM & MINERAL SHOW JUNE 4&5 at the Castlegar Rec Center, 2101 6th Ave. GEMS _ CRYSTALS _ FOSSILS _ BEADS _ BOOKS _ LAPIDARY SUPPLIES _ TOOLS _ DEMONSTRATIONS _ DISPLAYS. Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 10am-4pm Adults $4 Under 12 $2
HST referendum could be delayed
Posted on 31. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Regions
A possible strike by Canada Post employees could delay B.C.’s HST referendum, according to a CBC report. The union representing postal workers delivered a 72-hour strike notice earlier this week, opening the door to a Thursday strike if negotiations between the union and Crown corporation don’t pan out. Three million HST referendum ballots are to [...]
Culverts sabotaged at Perry Ridge
Posted on 30. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Slocan Valley
Culverts on logging roads leading to Perry Ridge were sabotaged recently, but there was no serious damage and work continues at the disputed logging operation in the Slocan Valley, reports Greg Nesteroff for the Nelson Star. BC Timber Sales manager Ken Scown says it was clear the blockages weren’t natural. “We did have people enter [...]
Sophisticated robbery in Kimberley
Posted on 30. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Kimberley
Three men carried out a slick robbery in Kimberley, reports Carolyn Grant for the Cranbrook Townsman, and there’s a suspicion the thieves worked the Okanagan last year. The Mark Creek Market was robbed just before closing on Tuesday, May 24. One man distracted the cashier and two others took $2,000 from the till, says Vaughn [...]
Roller derby up close
Posted on 30. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Nelson
Colin Payne, editor of the Slocan Valley Current, put his well being and, more importantly, camera in harm’s way to capture images of this weekend’s roller derby games in Nelson. Payne wrote up the experience of lying on the ground next to a track of women trying to knock each other over while wearing roller [...]
Atamanenko energized despite loss of critic role
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by Colin Payne in Federal Politics
Alex Atamanenko is returning to Ottawa to join a bolstered NDP that is now the official opposition to the Conservative government, but the B.C. Southern Interior MP will no longer hold his former position of agriculture critic. NDP leader Jack Layton announced his shadow cabinet earlier this week and gave the agriculture and agri-foods portfolio, [...]
Amazing grizzly photos
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Nelson
After reading that people were leaving their garbage out and juvenile grizzlies were getting into it, a Nelson Post reader sent in some amazing pictures of the bears along with an appeal that people see the beauty in the wild animals and take steps to protect them. I want people to have a good, up [...]
Rossland could lose resort municipality funding
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Rossland
The provincial funding Rossland enjoys thanks to its “resort municipality” status could be cut if the city can’t show it will double tourism by 2015, reports Andrew Bennett for the Rossland News. While the article never says how much Rossland gets for being a resort municipality, the city’s council was upset to hear they had [...]
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