Monthly Archives: December 2012
Creston to be featured on Global!
This is your chance Hey Creston, send your favourite photos to Global! Our community will be featured on Global TV BC, Small Town BC on December 22. Email any photos you would like to submit to weekendnews@globaltv.com
Mind and Body Are One
Story by: Shifu Neil Ripski Welcome to December! I thought it might be time for a little update as to what we have been working on at Red Jade Martial Arts. Earlier in the fall we started some new classes in tai chi, xinyi, bagua and Chinese swordsmanship, and the response has been great, although
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The Importance of Breathing Well
Story by: CrestonValley Yoga Studio Yoga teaches that the body has five layers or sheaths called koshas. The first is called annamaya kosha and it is the solid body, bones, connective tissue, muscles and organs. The second is called pranamaya kosha, which is the vital energizing system that makes us alive. The third, manamaya kosha,
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Seeking Purpose After Visit To The Other Side
Story By: Editor A life-or-death turning point is not unheard of, but rarely can such a moment be considered life and death. For Jeanne Marie Plante it was both and, paradoxically, not with the desired outcome – even though she survived. An out-of-body encounter more than 13 years ago still leaves the West Creston resident
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Halifax explosion felt in Boswell
Story by: Tammy Hardwick Manager - Creston & DistrictMuseum & Archives Aug. 4, 1914: Britain declares war on Germany and Canada is, as part of the British Empire, pulled into “The Great War.” The Creston Review, when detailing the call to arms, proudly mentioned the army of 60,000 men being equipped and the stores and
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Wildlife – Quiz for the bird-brained
From: Carla Ahern, Director of Communications, Stewardship and Education CrestonValley Wildlife Management Area Take the bird migration quiz Let’s have a little fun . . . quiz time! The quiz is from out latest Wetlander newsletter which is full of great stories, including: an update on results of the provincial mandate review; farewell to the
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The Wonders of Medicinal Mushrooms
By Maya Skalinska M.H.,R.H.T. Master Herbalist, Registered Herbal Therapist Medicinal mushrooms have been used in healing remedies for centuries. There is reference of their use as far as Hippocrates in 455 BC. In Asia, the recorded use goes back more than 3,000 years and to this day they continue to be a prominent part of
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Proud to be part of the Creston Valley
Story by: Creston Valley Thunder Cats The Creston Valley Junior Hockey Society, a community owned and operated not-for-profit society, is proud to be an integral part of the fabric that makes up the Creston Valley. The society is the operator of the junior B hockey team and depends on many volunteers to survive. By definition,
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