Wringing the fun from Funduro!
By Andru McCracken Who would show up to a bike race featuring a gruelling 669 meter ascent and more than 1000 meters of slipsliding splish splashing descent on what promised to be a bonechilling cold […]
News and Views
McBride Council: Herd Planning Committee; regional district seat
By Andrea Arnold McBride Village Council met for their regular meeting on Tuesday September 10, 2019. Acting Mayor Frederick called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Councillors Green, Smith and Hruby along with CAO McCutcheon, […]
Valemount woman dies in crash
By Andru McCracken A 21-year-old Valemount woman, Dakota Shaw, was killed in a single vehicle crash on Highway 16 near Penny Access Road east of Purden Lake on September 11th. RCMP say the woman was […]
Scientist looks at nuclear fallout freed by melting glaciers
By Andru McCracken Nuclear fallout from above-ground atom bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s have been stored in glaciers and rapid glacier melt means the ground at the snout of the glaciers is becoming […]
On the ground account: pipeline protests & security
By Laura Keil In August, Kamloops This Week reported that the RCMP had met with Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) directors in areas along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion route to discuss security in light of […]
A bad year for salmon on the Fraser
By Andru McCracken A massive landslide north of Lillooet is having an impact on salmon returns in the Robson Valley. If you haven’t spotted salmon spawning along the local streams and rivers, you aren’t the […]
Mount Robson Marathon 2019
Submitted by Mount Robson Marathon The 9th annual Mount Robson Marathon took place Saturday September 7th under sunny skies. The majestic peak of Mount Robson towered above participants who came to the Robson Valley to […]
Injured senior calls for better maintenance
By Andru McCracken & Laura Keil The senior citizen who fell to the ground when a flight of outdoor steps collapsed beneath her at the Golden Years Lodge last month did not escape unscathed as […]
Tesla travails
By Andru McCracken Christopher Read, a mountain biking Tesla Owner based in Hinton, Alberta is pleased that Valemount has a new level 3 charging station. Read hoped to use the new charging station on Saturday, […]
One foot over the line
By Andru McCracken A proposed 12-ft foot sculpture for the Big Foot Trail was tabled at the last council meeting. The project was worth $10,000 to a local artist. Tom Jamin is the president of […]