Mine returns to work near Revelstoke

Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

The MAX molybdenum mine near Revelstoke is up and running again after a September 2010 collapse shut down operations, reports Aaron Orlando for the Arrow Lakes News.

There were no injuries in the collapse. The rehabilitation of the mine employed 25 workers and up to 65 people will have jobs once it returns to full production.

Train derailment wreckage caught on camera

Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

The Revelstoke Times Review managed to get out to a train derailment near town and snag some interesting photos that show twisted metal and cars.

The CP Rail freight train derailed on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 21 east of town.

Missing senior dies in Revelstoke accident

Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

The RCMP announced they found the body of Barbara Webb, a Cranbrook senior missing since Friday, reports, Aaron Orlando for the Revelstoke Times Review.

Webb’s body was found in her car, involved in a rollover near Revelstoke.

2010 drowning ruled homicide

Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Revelstoke

The 2010 drowning of an Alberta teacher near Revelstoke has turned into a homicide investigation, reports Aaron Orlando for the Revelstoke Times Review.

Laura Letts Beckett drowned in Shelter Bay on Upper Arrow Lake in August 2010. According to the Times Review, the woman was boating with her husband. The RCMP aren’t releasing much but are asking the public to come forward with any information that might help with the investigation.

Trans-Canada on the minds of federal, provincial politicians

Posted on 13. Jun, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

The Trans-Canada Highway stretch from Revelstoke to Alberta is “a top priority” for the province, reports Aaron Orlando for the Revelstoke Times Review.

Blair Lekstrom, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote Revelstoke’s mayor to affirm the highway’s importance to the province.

UPDATED: A bloody mess in Revelstoke

Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

UPDATE: It was dried blood, not liquid blood, if that makes it any less gross. The phrase “torrent of blood” is something you’d expect to find in the pages of a Stephen King novel, but it’s also something you’ll find in Alex Cooper’s story in the Revelstoke Times Review about a tractor-trailer truck crash near [...]

Lawsuit comes from last year’s major avalanche

Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

One of the men caught in the massive avalanche in March 2010 near Revelstoke is suing local snowmobile organizations, the “alleged organizers” and the snowmobilers who triggered the slide, reports Alex Cooper at the Revelstoke Times Review. This was the avalanche that swept up dozens of snowmobilers and made national headlines. The statement of claim, [...]

Increased booze enforcement lowers crime stats

Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Revelstoke

Tougher enforcement on liquor laws seems to be having an effect in Revelstoke, reports Aaron Orlando at the Revelstoke Times Review. Revelstoke RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Jacquie Olsen has credited stepped up liquor enforcement as the reason behind year-to-date drops in personal and property offences in and around Revelstoke. Source: Revelstoke Times Review See [...]

City bylaws drive stone carver out of town

Posted on 21. Mar, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Arts, Revelstoke

A stone carver in Revelstoke is moving down the highway after a conflict with that city’s bylaws made it impossible for her to continue working there, reports Robert Matas in The Globe and Mail. Audrey Nanimahoo has carved stone sculptures in her Revelstoke home for eight years. Last spring she received news from the city [...]

Revelstokian safe after Japanese quake

Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in Revelstoke

A former Revelstoke resident is safe and sound in Japan following the devastating earthquake, reports David F. Rooney at the Revelstoke Current. Leslie Ann Gurley is teaching English at a junior high school in Hikone, an inland city near the centre of Japan’s main island (see map below), and she’s been in email contact with [...]