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2 weeks ago | stokefm.com | Meagan Deuling

Listen to Revelstoke’s five candidates running for the federal election: Phaedra Idzan for NDP, Mel Arnold for Conservative, Michael Henry for the People’s Party of Canada, Ken Robertson for the Liberals and Owen Madden for the Green Party. Canada’s general federal election is coming up on April 28. The polling station is at the Revelstoke Community Centre. Polls are open that day from 7 am to 7 pm.

3 weeks ago | stokefm.com | Meagan Deuling

The Settlement Services program at the college here in Revelstoke helped new immigrants get oriented in town. It connected them with services, provided language classes, and helped the new community members integrate. It’s been around for the last 20 years, and the program ended on March 31. The program had been funded by the federal department of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada since 2005.

1 month ago | stokefm.com | Meagan Deuling

Today’s episode is an audio tour of the Downie Selkirk Mill in Revelstoke. The mill takes up a chunk of prime real estate in town, tucked against the river at the bottom of Southside. Over 200 people work there, making it one of Revelstoke’s largest single employers. The Gormon Group of companies owns Downie Selkirk mill. The company is based in West Kelowna, Nick Arkle is the CEO. The Gormon Group owns a mill is West Kelowna, called Gormon Brothers Lumber.

1 month ago | stokefm.com | Meagan Deuling

This week we hear a recording of B.C. Minister Responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, Adrian Dix. He spoke on Tuesday, Mar. 25 about the status of the Columbia River Treaty. Click here for a link to the entire information session. I also talk about the federal election: Revelstoke is in a new riding called Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies.

1 month ago | stokefm.com | Meagan Deuling

All about the Columbia River Treaty. We hear from Barbara Cosens, a professor of law at Idaho State University; Linda Worley, Chair of the Columbia River Treaty Local Government Committee, and Hannah Griffin, a resident of Revelstoke who spent months alone in her yellow canoe, attempting to travel the length of the mighty river. The BC government is hosting an information session about the status of the Columbia River Treaty, which is currently on pause.