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Author: ingrid

Ingrid has been the owner and editor of The East Shore Mainstreet newspaper since 2002. She lives and works out of her home in Gray Creek alongside her husband Juergen and children Zoe and Luka.

Bringing Local History to Life!

The Boswell Historical Society Presents: “BRINGING LOCAL HISTORY TO LIFE!!” Strategies to discover, document, and share the formative stories of our community Presenter:  Tammy Bradford, Creston Museum’s manager, curator, archivist and historian Saturday, May 25 Boswell Memorial Hall Join us for coffee and muffins at 9:30 a.m., Tammy’s presentation at 10:00, followed by lunch at 12:00.  […]

PARKS & REC MASTER PLAN – Open House May 14 in Riondel

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY MEDIA RELEASE Notice of public open houses Parks & Recreation Master Plan for Creston and Areas A, B, C View on the RDCK website: https://rdck.ca/EN/meta/news/news-archives/2019-news-archive/notice-of-public-open-houses-parks-recreation-master-plan-for-creston-and-areas-a-b-c.html Creston, BC:  The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is developing a Parks and Recreation Master Plan that encompasses the Town of Creston and the Electoral […]

Ground Squirrel Control Statement by Hall Board

Public Statement: Regarding Columbian Ground Squirrels, aka ‘gophers’, at the Crawford Bay Community Park. After more than a decade of attempts to control the ever-increasing gopher population in our park, the Crawford Bay & District Hall & Park Association chose to take a new approach this spring. Previous efforts included trapping, asphyxia, drowning, and shooting […]

Positive Role-Modelling: Supporting Youth on Their Path to Adulthood

Crawford Bay CBESS May 10, 2019with David Hatfield, M.Ed., M.A. (C) For: Parents, educators, youth workers, care givers, and people working with youth. Research shows that young people are more likely to exhibit positive, responsible behaviour when they have parents and other adults in their lives who model positive, responsible behaviour. Role models show young […]

New electric vessel coming to world’s longest scenic free ferry route in BC

Kenneth Chan Apr 29, 2019 6:40 pm – Daily Hive A ferry route operating in a freshwater lake deep in the Interior of British Columbia is getting a complete overhaul. The federal and provincial governments announced today a joint $55-million investment to provide the Kootenay Lake ferry service with a new larger electric-ready vessel with […]

Gopher Population Control at Crawford Bay Park – A Closer Look

Many will have seen a video on Facebook today of a gopher hemorrhaging and dying in spasms above ground at the Crawford Bay Park. Mainstreet very recently wrote and published an article (coming up in the May paper) after hearing about the application of Rozol RTU to suppress the gopher population at the park, but […]

BLADERUNNERS – Potential Free Training Program For East Shore Youth

East Shore youth ages 15 to 30 years are invited to an Information Meeting on Tuesday, April 23 at 3 pm in the library at Crawford Bay School with Ktunaxa youth worker Selby Aquila. Bladerunners is a fully funded program that works to meet the interests of local youth.  If you could be trained next […]

Open Call to Artists

The celebration has a theme base but, the call to artists is AN OPEN THEME. Submission deadline: July 15th, 2019 Exhibit date: September 26th to 28th, 2019 Juried Exhibition/Auction Open to all artists of Creston Valley and surrounding areas Qualifying exhibition for    “Phantom of the Gallery Art Auction” Guidelines Specific to this Exhibit: Jurors: Donna […]

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