Monthly Archives: October 2012
This Week in Local History | Oct 20th - Oct 26th
Story By: Tammy Hardwick, The Creston Museum Oct 20 1930 Apple shipping has been pretty much at a standstill the past week as the board of directors are refusing to let the winter varieties move until Monday (Oct 20) in an effort to clean up the McIntosh Reds which are moving slower than usual at
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Arctic Ecosystems kicks off fall Wildsight series
Story by: Tanna Patterson, Wildsight,CrestonValleyBranch. The fall 2012 Wildsight series begins a new season of presentations on Oct. 23 with Arctic Ecosystems: An exploration of Wild Places in the Canadian North. Ecologist Ryan Durand ofCrescentValleyhas travelled from the tree line of theNorthwest Territoriesto the edge of the Arctic Ocean inNunavut. His presentation examinesCanada’s remote arctic
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Big Day in Castlegar
Sunday, Sept. 30, was a long awaited day for ethnic and history buffs across Canada, as the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada officiated a special unveiling at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre in Castlegar. Larry Ewashen was a featured speaker as two HSMBC plaques were officially unveiled: Peter V. Verigin was declared a Person
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On misunderstandings in martial arts
Story by: Shifu Neil Ripski There seem to be a lot of misconceptions about martial arts practice and teaching, its methods for training involving fighting (usually misconstrued as violence) and the internal (usually misconstrued as the energy maaan). So I thought I might write a bit about the difficulties of teaching martial arts to a
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Tree of Life targets CVH cause
Story By: Submitted The Creston Valley Hospital’s maternal care unit and Shoppers Drug Mart are partnering to raise money for women’s whole health in Creston through the 11th annual Tree of Life campaign. The four-week campaign, running from Sept. 29 through Oct. 26 at more than 1,200 Shoppers Drug Mart stores acrossCanada, will raise essential
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October - From the Mayor’s Desk - Our Town Roads!
Story by: Ron Toyota, Mayor, Town of Creston The Town of Creston maintains approximately 45 kilometers of paved roadways within its boundaries. This is the most visible major infrastructure item, others being our water and waste water systems. At our town council meeting on June 26, a bid of $189,853 submitted by Miller Capilano Maintenance Corp. was
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Boosting your immune system
By Maya Skalinska Master Herbalist, Registered Herbal Therapist Our immune system has a simple task: identify things that are foreign or harmful, then neutralize or destroy them. It sounds straightforward enough but, in fact, the system encompasses complex interactions involving many different organs, glands and substances needing to work in perfect harmony with each other.
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The on-again, off-again story of Pilot Bay
Story by: Tammy Hardwick Manager -Creston & DistrictMuseum& Archives On –July 3, 1890: Joseph Davies and William Sayward lay claim to 300 acres of land aroundPilotBay. They are among the many hundreds of people drawn to the Kootenays by the booming silver mining industry. They build a sawmill to supply lumber for mine buildings, farmhouses
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