17 local events receive Trust support to celebrate arts, culture and community People across the Columbia Basin will be gathering this summer to enjoy music,…
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$1k raised for music bursary fund from duck race
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…
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…