Monthly Archives: April 2013
Annual Juvenile White Sturgeon Release, May 8
CRESTON If you have not yet released a juvenile white sturgeon into the Kootenay River then Wednesday, May 8, provides the opportunity for you to do so. This free public event runs from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Old Ferry Landing at the end of Kootenay River Road just to the west of
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Fact and fiction in local history
Story by: Tammy Hardwick | Manager - Creston & DistrictMuseum & Archives One of our volunteers asked me the other day if there are things people have a hard time believing about local history. I got to thinking about that and realized that, yes, there are a number of strange-but-true facts that no one believes –
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Mandalas, movement and much more than yoga poses
Story by: CrestonValley Yoga Studio Join us for a fun yoga workshop that embraces the mind, movement and breath on April 12 and 13 at the Creston Valley Yoga Studio. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas are a sacred space and used as spiritual tools. They are often geometric patterns created as symbols for meditation, protection
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Training, tea and competition at the Tiger Balm International
Story by: Shifu Neil Ripski At 5:30 in the morning all is usually quiet at my house – even the sheep don’t want to get out of bed – but that’s when we hit the road to Vancouver for the Tiger Balm International level tournament. Every year I take my martial arts students to compete
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Calendula a down-to-earth tonic
Story by: Maya Skalinska M.H.,R.H.T. | Master Herbalist, Registered Herbal Therapist Ahhh, spring is here. Time for Mother Earth medicines to wake up. Calendula officinalis is one of my favourites. I love the sea of golden orange flowers covering many beds of my garden for all of the summer and most of the fall. Even after
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Does job satisfaction still exist?
Story by: Kootenay Employment Services Among the first questions we ask people we are meeting for the first time are, “What kind of job do you have?” or “What kind of work do you do?” It’s an icebreaker in any standard conversation and it’s easy to answer. Either you have employment or you don’t. You
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Early season end for the T-Cats
Story by: CrestonValley Thunder Cats The Creston Valley Thunder Cats’ season ended early, with the team not making the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs for just the third time in franchise history. After the season ended the organization held its annual awards banquet, a celebration of the season and a final gathering of
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Celebrating the arts in learning and life
Story by: Frank Goodsir B.C. Arts and Culture Week (April 21-27) is a provincewide celebration of all things arts and culture that turns the spotlight on the vital contribution they make in learning and life. Hundreds of arts councils, communities and schools across the province will join the fun by presenting a dazzling range of
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