December 2017 – The Rocky Mountain Goat News

Council Notes: Village takes over Info Centre with grants

December 31, 2017 The Goat

Mayor Jeannette Townsend, councillors Hollie Blanchette, Peter Reimer, Sandy Salt and Owen Torgerson met for the last regular council meeting in 2017 on December 12. Corporate Services Clerk Carleena Shepherd was the only staff person […]

Editorial: Curiouser and curiouser—How ski touring changed my life

December 30, 2017 The Goat

by Andru McCracken, Editor The first night I drove to Valemount I remember the snow covered mountains in the parks glowing in the moonlight. It was gorgeous. Taunting, like a forbidden lover pulling back her […]

RCMP Report

December 30, 2017 The Goat

Hit and Run During the early evening of December 16th, 2017 a sled trailer parked and still attached to a pickup truck on the Canada’s Best Value Inn parking lot was struck and significantly […]

Snow fence finally out

December 30, 2017 The Goat

by Andru McCracken The last of the fish spawning deterrent mats, consisting of laid-flat snowfencing, installed by Trans Mountain Pipeline were finally removed from area creeks as of Dec. 12, according to a Dec. 19 […]

Long-time coach honoured for impact on local sports

December 29, 2017 The Goat

by Laura Keil On Dec. 5th, long-time girls basketball coach and community volunteer Tim Nusse was honoured in Ottawa with a national life-time achievement award for volunteerism. The Therese Casgrain Lifelong Achievement Award is given […]

New Internet company promises more speed

December 28, 2017 The Goat

by Andru McCracken In their most recent agenda McBride Council formed a committee to pursue better internet speeds, but a new internet company Monashee Communications, may already have the job in the bag. Currently upload […]

Highway thru Hell stops at McLennan

December 27, 2017 The Goat

photo by Alicia Hill “Highway Thru Hell” star Jamie Davis stopped in at the McLennan Car/Truck Stop on his way to Edson last week. Davis is based in Hope, BC and his reality TV show […]

Valemountain Days in organizational limbo

December 26, 2017 The Goat

by Andru McCracken If the Valemountain Days annual festival is going to rise again, it is going to have the opportunity to do it from scratch. The second attempt at holding an Annual General Meeting […]

Giddy up!

December 25, 2017 The Goat

photo by Brian Wallace Back Country Horsemen of BC Robson Valley Chapter executive stands in front of the new kiosk sign installed December 10 at the Koeneman Park horse staging area for the McBride Mountain trails. […]

Annual tradition

December 24, 2017 The Goat

photos by Beth Russel There was lots of talent on display at the annual Dunster Christmas Concert Dec. 18th at the Dunster Schoolhouse.

Greyhound applies to reduce buses to Valemount

Greyhound calls for rural transit fund

December 24, 2017 The Goat

by Andru McCracken Three months after applying to discontinue five bus routes, including McBride’s only bus route, Greyhound Canada is proposing to address the lack of access of rural and remote communities to a “viable […]