The Edgewater Flume has long been the site of thrilling duck races helping to raise funds for local causes. That summer tradition rang true once…
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Local author releases third work in time travel series
By Anne Jardine Invermere author Maureen Thorpe’s third magical time-travelling mystery tour, Coventina’s Well, takes her protagonist Annie Thornton, a 21st Century Yorkshire midwife, back…
Shake a Tree a 10-year Steamboat reflection and celebration
By Anne Jardine COVID-19 was especially hard on live gatherings such as music festivals over the past two years. Steamboat Mountain Music Festival had been…
Centre 64 Gallery Artist Talk well-attended
Columbia Valley resident Carol Gordon has been Artist-in-Residence for the month of July at Kimberley Arts Council’s Centre 64. These are shots from her well-attended…
10th Steamboat was small but mighty
By Anne Jardine Instead of their usual three-day extravaganza, last year the Steamboat Mountain Music Festival went online because of COVID-19. This year – for…
Local book bursting with abiding love of this place
By Anne Jardine In A Trail That Needs Riding, local author Colin Cartwright recounts his favourite backcountry packing adventures on many of the legendary mountain…
Steamboat Festival marking 10 years with CD
By Anne Jardine A 10th-year anniversary is a big deal! Any event that can deliver joy and music to the valley every summer, year after…
A clear and compelling memoir
Book Review By Anne Jardine BALANCING BOUNTIFUL by Mary Jayne Blackmore Mary Jayne Blackmore grew up in rural Creston in a farming community. She is…
Local author’s second work an enjoyable journey
Book Review – By Anne Jardine SAILING TO BYZANTIUM – By Maureen Thorpe This book was a great choice for my covid-addled attention span. It…
Derailment cleanup a slow, careful process
Cleanup continues at the site of an Oct. 10 coal train derailment near Edgewater. At approximately 10:45 p.m. last Saturday, 17 train cars derailed with…