Come on down to The Goat restaurant

 The Goat restaurant recently opened its doors to the public. Chef Dave Grant has been living in the Mount Robson area for six years, he said, and has worked in ...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Saturday, 20 June 2009

Revamping your sense of style

Nicole Dryden, Donalda Beeseon, Sadie Stewart and Emily Gray are “Revamping” your ideas about fashion. For long time friends Donalda Beeson, Emily Gray, Nicole Dryden and Sadie Stewart, opening a stor...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Saturday, 20 June 2009

Local residents start new business venture; McBride AG Foods

  Dutch and Brenda Molendyk are the proud new owners of McBride AG Foods, which opened for business on May 21st. Brenda Molendyk owned Health, Heart and Home for many years ...

Business | The Valley Sentinel | Monday, 15 June 2009

McBride council briefs

 The regularly scheduled meeting for the Village of McBride was held May 26 with Mayor Mike Frazier, councillors Irene Rejman, Mike Moseley, Rick Thompson, Loranne Martin, Chief Administrative Officer Eliana ...

Business | Birgit Stutz | Saturday, 13 June 2009

Valemount council briefs

  The regularly scheduled meeting for the Village of Valemount was held on May 26. Mayor Bob Smith, Councillors Murray Capstick, Bobbi Roe, Cynthia Piper, Administrator Doug Fleming, and Deputy ...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Saturday, 13 June 2009

Downtown revite to cost more than expected

 When Valemount’s downtown revitalization project was first proposed back in 1999, the estimated costs for the project were just under $500,000. The plans were never carried out, so when Economic ...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Saturday, 13 June 2009

MCFC holds 7th annual AGM

The McBride Community Forest Corporation (MCFC) held its 7th annual general meeting on May 13. “There were twelve members of the public in attendance, five out of seven board members, ...

Business | Birgit Stutz | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

2nd annual birding festival this weekend

Tourism Valemount is hoping the second annual bird festival; scheduled to take place this weekend, will be even more successful then last year’s. Marketing Coordinator for Tourism Valemount, Riette Kenkel, ...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

McBride council briefs

 The regularly scheduled meeting for the Village of McBride was held May 12 with Mayor Mike Frazier, councillors Irene Rejman, Mike Moseley, Rick Thompson, Loranne Martin, chief administrative officer Eliana ...

Business | Birgit Stutz | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Valemount council briefs

 The regularly scheduled meeting for the Village of Valemount was held on May 12. Mayor Bob Smith, Councillors Rita Tchir, Murray Capstick, Bobbi Roe, Cynthia Piper, Administrator Doug Fleming, and ...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Spring means lambing time in the Robson Valley

It’s the time of year when Dunster farmer Richard Chambers and his wife Elizabeth spend long hours outside with their newborn animals. But unlike many other valley farmers, who raise ca...

Business | Birgit Stutz | Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Valemount council briefs

The regularly scheduled meeting for the Village of Valemount was held on April 28. Acting Mayor Rita Tchir, Councillors Murray Capstick, Bobbi Roe, Cynthia Piper, Administrator Doug Fleming, and Deputy ...

Business | Joshua Estabrooks | Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Exciting addition to concert

  The Robson Valley Music Society is thrilled to announce, that multi instrumentalist Shane Philip will be joining the lineup of incredible performers at the Dunster Community Hall On Saturday, June ...

Arts & Entertainment | The Valley Sentinel | Saturday, 13 June 2009

Dinner and music in the Dunster Hall

 Looking for something to do on a Saturday night? Look no further then the Dunster Hall on June 13, as the Robson Valley Music Society will be holding their final ...

Arts & Entertainment | The Valley Sentinel | Saturday, 13 June 2009

Top Shelf Art Space: Treasures from Thailand

Arts & Entertainment | Joshua Estabrooks | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

New gallery space in Visitor Info Centre

What better place to showcase some of our local artists work then in the Valemount Visitor Information Centre? Valemount Arts and Cultural Society President Bonnie Marklund said that the group ...

Arts & Entertainment | Joshua Estabrooks | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Don’t miss Foothills Brass

 The Foothills Brass Quintet is coming to town, and they’re bringing some serious fun. The last show of the season for the theatre committee, it will have you wanting more ...

Arts & Entertainment | Shawn Alain | Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Invitation to march for peace globally

 Dear Editor: Be one of the brave and help us to create a new, non-violent global consciousness. The power of one cannot be overstated. One million is merely a million ones. I recently heard of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence by accident, or was it magic or destiny? The fact remains I heard of it and now you have too. I am moved to act in whatever capacity at my disposal to promote the idea and the ideal to others, even to send a letter to the editor. I will try to be brief: The march will begin in New Zealand on October 2 (Gandhi’s birthday), and will travel around the world, ending in Argentina on January 2, 2010. A peace march around the world? Indeed. Many hands make light work, and many feet can cover vast distances. It seems to me a natural fit for Canadians to pitch in by walking the walk for peace and nonviolence in ...

Letters | The Valley Sentinel | Saturday, 20 June 2009

Regarding the downtown revitalization project

 Dear Editor: Regarding the downtown revitalization project. Dawson should not be allowed to do any work that exceeds the contracted price. Local people are quite capable of doing the work themselves. We have some underground piping for sewage which we would willingly supply to younger citizens capable of working. They could install it, and I am sure others have material they could contribute. We farmers have moss, leafy mold, manure and trees or shrubs for hedges. Since it is our town, and times are tough, and the environment needs our protection, we should follow the example of the students and make our town a thing of beauty. Something to be proud of. Margaret ...

Letters | The Valley Sentinel | Monday, 15 June 2009

How much will it cost?

Editor: According to our laws, Brian Mulroney didn’t do anything wrong so he must be feeling pretty happy, maybe even laughing up his sleeve. The court case went on for a long time. A few lawyers filled their pockets, but how much was the cost in our money? Now the courts have decided that politicians have to reveal all their spending etc. Aren’t the courts breaking the law? How much will that trial cost?   Margaret ...

Letters | The Valley Sentinel | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Banning all snowmobile use on Crown lands in British Columbia

Editor: Following another recent newspaper article with regard to banning all snowmobile use on Crown lands in British Columbia; The Association of British Columbia Snowmobile Clubs felt it necessary to respond again to these current comments. Recreational snowmobilers have been accessing the backcountry of British Columbia over the past 45 years, and have been doing so in a very safe and responsible manner. When one considers the number of recreational snowmobilers in the backcountry on any given weekend as opposed to other users, the incident of injury and death associated with the sport is VERY low. That is not too suggest that any injury or death is acceptable, nor that some may not be avoidable, but it does suggest that most snowmobilers are very responsible when indulging in their sport and that these incidents are accidents which can be associated with any form of backcountry recreation. The British Columbia snowmobile community holds our right to recreate in the British Columbia backcountry as close to our ...

Letters | The Valley Sentinel | Wednesday, 27 May 2009

I never thought I’d see the day

 Editor: Well! How wrong was I. I can just see Gordon Campbell standing by his desk, phone in hand, talking to the mint. “Print up ten billion or so,” I hear him saying.  “We can’t let our friends go bankrupt in these tough times.” Close your eyes and think about it. Gordon goes to work, and he will do his share and more to heat this cold   planet. I never thought I would see it happen in my lifetime.   Margaret ...

Letters | The Valley Sentinel | Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Everybody Loses. Even the ones who hold the reigns on power

 Editor: The results of the election last week stunned me, showed me clearly and frightfully how we humans respond irrationally when we act on emotion, rather than upon fact.  Last week was not a time for voting based upon emotion. I doubt that the responsibility of exercising the vote ever was, and that rational thinking is called for in a functioning democracy.  But society is changing.  Such diminished attention spans today, distractions, and evidently, even shorter memories. Why does it bother me so much that we fed into the fear last week, into the fear of change, of innovation, of inclusion, and in such a BIG way. Parallels to the rise of Nazism in Germany might be something to explore another day, after the indigestion has passed.  Unfortunately, the defeat of the STV vote (which represented potential for a more inclusive, dynamic legislature, intelligent debates, injection of fresh ideas for economic growth, for stimulus in a recession, and improved governance) has ...

Letters | The Valley Sentinel | Tuesday, 26 May 2009