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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.

Strawberry Social

You are invited to the Ashram for a time of celebration with our local community at our 22nd annual Strawberry Social – JUNE 24, 1-4pm – Yasodhara Ashram 527 Walkers Landing Road, Riondel, British Columbia V0B 1X0 Come and see the progress on the new Temple of Light, scheduled for completion later this summer! At […]

Play That Funky Music!

Saturday, June 17th at the Hub in Crawford Bay – Come out and watch 21 of your friends and neighbors singing sixties and early seventies standards along with the astounding talent of local musicians Robby Marcheterre, Kenji Fukushima, Todd Lester, and Zyan Fukushima-Rael! Be there to make sure that you don’t miss any of the […]

Gabriel Palatchi Trio Tomorrow Night at The Hub

Don’t miss this wonderful event tomorrow night at the Hub. 8 p.m. No cover but donations are accepted. GABRIEL HAS BEEN FEATURED AS AN EMERGING ARTIST ON THE BILLBOARD MAGAZINE!!(April 30,2016) “TRIVOLUTION” GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS: GOLD MEDAL, FAN FAVOURITE AND TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2015 ! “…One of the best musicians of the moment.…!” JAZZ […]

Evacuation Alert Rescinded for Residents Near Tam O’Shanter Creek by Riondel

UPDATE: June 15, 2017 The Regional District of Central Kootenay has rescinded the Evacuation Alert for the following four properties at the mouth of Tam O’Shanter Creek near Riondel. • 2225 Riondel North Road • 2251 Riondel North Road • 2277 Riondel North Road • Crown Land surrounding Tam O’Shanter Creek below Riondel North Road […]

Search for Teacher Alvin Dunic Suspended – Nelson Star

Search for Nelson teacher suspended No trace has been found of Alvin Dunic, missing since last Monday WILL JOHNSON Sun Jun 4th, 2017 8:32am NEWS 3,300 volunteer man hours. That’s how much time went into an exhaustive ground search for missing teacher Alvin Dunic in Crawford Bay this weekend, but now it’s being suspended until […]

Community Search and Rescue for Alvin Dunic

June 1st, 2017 COMMUNITY SEARCH AND RESCUE FOR ALVIN DUNIC   The public is invited to participate in the ground search for Alvin Dunic this Saturday and Sunday, June 3‐4th 2017. When: Saturday, June 3, 2017 – 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 4, 2017 ‐ 9:30 a.m. ‐ 5:30 p.m. Registration area: Crawford […]

CRAWFORD BAY SCHOOL TEACHER, ALVIN DUNIC, MISSING

CBESS TEACHER ALVIN DUNIC – MISSING – RCMP, Search & Rescue Will Continue Search From SD#8: 11:30pm, May 29, 2017 Crawford Bay, BC On May 29, 2017 at 2:33 pm Creston RCMP were contacted by an official with Crawf­ord Bay School to re­port one of the scho­ol’s teachers as miss­ing. Dunic we­nt on a hike […]

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