Beach Party “Swim-In” Planned in Support of Preserving Queen’s Bay
Event: Queen’s Bay Beach Party “Swim-in.” When? 1:00 pm Sunday 21 August 2016; This is a rain or shine event. Why? To show support for keeping the Kootenay Lake ferry terminal in Balfour and preserving the Queen’s Bay beach. Where? Bike, hike, boat or drive to Turtle Rock beach approximately 4 kms north of Balfour along Highway 31; please […]
$55,000 FOR EAST SHORE YOUTH!
Perhaps by now you’ve heard about the amazing financial opportunity through Columbia Basin Trust that our region is expectantly facing in the upcoming funding cycle. Earlier this year, CBT announced $4.65 million ($1.55 million annually) over three years for the development and support of a Basin Youth Network for youth aged 12 to 18. […]
RIONDEL DAZE STAND-STILL PARADE AND STREET FESTIVAL The parade doesn’t move… the spectators do! Saturday, July 30 10-noon on Ainsworth Avenue Network and socialize. Need some ideas? Play some fun music, set up prize wheels, balloon bursts, fish bowls, duck ponds, face painting and color hairspray, hole-in-one, kissing booth, garden vegetable booth, craft booth, baking […]
Crawford Bay Park/Playground Gets $20,000
Five B.C. Communities Win $260,000 For Playground Transformations Surprise Double-Win For Lillooet and Victoria In BCAA Contest July 11, 2016, Burnaby, BC: Children in Lillooet and Victoria will soon have a better place to play thanks to a surprise double-win in the first, annual BCAA Play Here initiative. Two, $100,000 Winners: BCAA Play Here and its […]
Middle Ground on the Ferry Issue? Deadline Extended for Public Input
by Galadriel Rael for Mainstreet Online Could there be a middle ground for the ferry landing situation? YES! BUT, we need more time, and it looks like we have it. The deadline for community feedback and input on the potential Balfour/Queen’s Bay ferry landing move has been extended until Oct 6, 2016. As a local, […]
Open Fire Prohibition in Region – Effective TODAY!
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations BC Wildfire Service INFORMATION BULLETIN Category 2 open fires to be prohibited in the southeast CASTLEGAR – Effective at noon Pacific Time on Monday, July 4, 2016, Category 2 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public […]
Airstrip Decommissioned
Recently, the airstrip owned by Kokanee Springs Golf Resort in CrawfordBay was decommissioned. That means that no more planes or other aircraft will be landing in Crawford Bay, now or in the future. Mainstreet spoke with Richard Bertram, KSR’s General Manager, and learned some more details about the decommissioning. Unlike with a road, where earth […]
Near Fatal Drowning in Gray Creek
Chief Cory Medhurst reports that BC Ambulance Services and local first responders were called to a beach in the Gray Creek area at 5 pm on the evening of June 27th to attend to a reported near drowning. A local man in his early forties had ventured out into the water, reportedly to meet friends […]
Strawberry Social – June 25 1-4pm
Please join the Yasodhara Ashram as they celebrate the 21st Annual gathering of friends and neighbours! Join us for strawberry shortcake, used book sale, live music, and community! All are welcome. No need to RSVP. For more information, please contact us.
Raise the Roof – Help GC Hall AND Be Entertained!
In the words of one of our wonderful Hall Directors, Will Chapman: We all love our hall – the centre of our community for over 100 years. It’s such a centre for so many activities of our lives: concerts, anniversaries, weddings, wakes, yoga, workshops, children’s music classes, art classes, etc. Over the past couple of years, […]