99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2018
from Future Crunch at medium.com For the last 12 months, the global media has been focused on a lot of bad news. But there were other things happening out there too. Good news stories that didn’t make it onto the evening broadcasts, or your social media feeds. We spent the year collecting them, in our ongoing […]
Christmas Bells are Ringing!
On Sunday, December 16 at 4pm and 7pm, the Many Bays Band & Many Bays Choir will be performing a selection of Christmas songs from traditional to contemporary at the Harrison Memorial Church. 🎵🎶 This year, a story will be narrated and woven through the entire concert! Admission by donation at the door with proceeds going to […]
Kootenay Lake Chamber of Commerce Elects a New Executive Board – Meeting Tonight!
Elections held at the Monday November 19th KLCC AGM resulted in a new executive board: President –Ron Mondor of Destiny Bay Resort and Grocers Vice-President – Richard Bertram of Kokanee Springs Resort Secretary – Terry Taylor-Topp of Yasodhara Ashram Treasurer – Janet Wallace of Barefoot Handweaving Our sincere thanks goes to our Past President, Gina […]
Bevy of Angels Yule Artisan Craft Faire
This Sunday, Dec 2! 10-4 at the Crawford Bay Hall.
East Shore Transportation Fund Needs YOU!
This bus could be driving around the East Shore, picking up people to take them to the ferry, going to Nelson and Creston for a day each week, taking people from Riondel to the clinic, and driving visitors and locals around to see some of our sights and experiences, or taking groups of locals to […]
Voting System Referendum Deadline Approaching – Nov 30, 2018
Referendum deadlines approaching Return your voting package to Elections BC by 4:30 p.m. on November 30. Elections BC is reminding voters that key deadlines in the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform are fast approaching: the deadline to request a voting package is midnight on November 23, and the deadline to return your voting package to […]
The Duvets Do The 90’s!
Join the East Shore’s own – THE DUVETS (A Cover Band) – on Saturday, November 17th at the Gray Creek Hall as they cover the music of the 1990’s! With a three piece band (Kenji Fukushima, Jose Loria Triay and Zyan Fukushima-Rael) keeping the beat and filling the hall with dirty licks and emo kicks, […]
Lest We Forget
Remembrance Day Service in Riondel submitted by Deberah Shears This past May, my husband and I visited WW1 memorial sites in northern France and Belgium. Words can hardly describe the emotional impact of these memorials; I would like to describe two. In Ypres, Belgium, we visited the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, dedicated to […]
Earl Pfeiffer, Local Cheetah Owner, Answers Your Questions
Mainstreet asked some questions of Earl Pfeiffer, the man who cares for two cheetahs and has been apoealing to have them kept on location on the East Shore in Crawford Bay. Below are the questions and Pfeiffer’s responses. Was the cheetah spotted in the summit between Crawford Bay and Kootenay Bay your cheetah? As far […]