Revelstoke Times Review

2 days ago | revelstokereview.com | Evert Lindquist

In a move by city staff in May to consolidate two commissions integral to local planning and heritage, Revelstoke councillors debated existing challenges of poor attendance among members. Development services director Paul Simon came to city council Tuesday, May 27, with a proposed bylaw to merge Revelstoke's advisory planning and heritage advisory commissions, in hopes of retaining quorum and higher participation at monthly meetings. As tabled by Coun.

2 days ago | revelstokereview.com | Evert Lindquist

Pedestrians have already been able to enjoy a sturdier and safer stroll along the forest boardwalk trail near Nakusp Hot Springs this week, following speedy spring renovation work. The hot springs shared Friday, June 6, via Facebook that its Hot Springs Trail, which spent the first week of June fully closed and under construction with trucks on site, had already partly reopened.

3 days ago | revelstokereview.com | Evert Lindquist

While perhaps no surprise, the Trans-Canada Highway continues to be the most dangerous roadway for motor vehicle collisions in Revelstoke, ICBC's latest data from 2024 shows. Of exactly 100 crashes recorded in the city by the provincial auto insurer last year, 33 happened along Highway 1. Victoria Road, with a speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour, came second with 24 collisions. Highway 23 and Big Eddy Road both recorded 14, while Airport Way experienced 12.

4 days ago | revelstokereview.com | Evert Lindquist

All individuals involved in a high-speed collision just outside Revelstoke were reportedly "OK" after a van pulled out in front of a semi-trailer driver who said they did what they could to brake. In a video recently shared on Facebook by Skilled Truckers Canada, dashcam footage on the semi shows the truck proceeding eastbound along a 100-kilometres-per-hour zone on the Trans-Canada Highway, when a van slowly pulls out in front at Revelstoke's southern exit.

4 days ago | revelstokereview.com | Evert Lindquist

A seven-hour fishing run around Upper Arrow Lake on June 14 is one of several free events bringing fathers and families in the Kootenays together this month for B.C.'s Family Fishing Weekend.