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Wildsight’s Jumbo photo contest winners
The following stunning nine images were the winners from Wildsight’s Jumbo Photo Contest, held in the fall of 2012. The contest featured three categories: Landscape; Flora; and People in Action. The contest was sponsored, in part, by Mountain Equipment Co-op, … > Read More
Kain fans left shaking heads in disbelief
Letter to the Editor The Conrad Kain Centennial Society is intimately familiar with Kain’s true life story. Some of us in the society read Keith Powell’s novel ‘Raising Kain’ when it first appeared, winced, and privately hoped it would die … > Read More
Making friends in high places
“One of the best parts about the weekend was making fast friends with people who had been strangers 48 hours earlier. This trip reminded me there are people out there who are interested in the same things as I am, and … > Read More
Lake Enid clean up
Two Columbia Valley groups joined forces June 23, braving driving rains to clean up the mess made by campers and partiers so far this spring at Lake Enid, near Wilmer. Windermere Valley Dirt Bikers and Wildsight led a charge against … > Read More
Bugaboos Teens Mountaineering Camp now an annual event
Following on the heels of last year’s successful Bugaboos Teens Mountaineering Program hosted by The Conrad Kain Centennial Society and Canadian Mountain Holidays, with support from BC Parks (in conjunction with their 100th anniversary celebration), the CKCS has announced that they will partner with some … > Read More
Finishing what they started
Last autumn Wildsight members from the Columbia Valley scoured the hills and ravines on the Wilmer Wetlands Wildlife Sanctuary, collecting somewhere between 160 and 200 tires. They left them on the shore to be retrieved later. In winter, when the ice … > Read More
Jumbo Wild members vow the fight has just begun
About 250 people took part in a Jumbo Wild rally at the Invermere Community Hall last night. A downtown demonstration preceded a gathering in the hall, where a series of speakers declared their intent to keep fighting against the Glacier … > Read More
The Bugaboos – A celebration in story and image
Alpinists flock from all over the globe to hike, climb and ski amongst the Bugaboos, the granite nunataks that sprout from one of the largest glacier systems in the Purcell range. On January 13 at 5 p.m., the Art Gallery … > Read More
Tiring time for volunteers in wetlands clean up
Volunteers collected over 100 decaying tires on the shore of Wilmer wetlands section of the Columbia River Wetlands during another cleanup organized by Wildsight on the weekend of Oct. 22/23. Although there have been a number of volunteer cleanups of … > Read More
