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Casey Brown flows down to #1
Revelstoke’s Casey Brown was victorious in the downhill at the Canadian Mountain Biking Championships in Mont Ste. Anne, Quebec, last Sunday. Brown finished the course in 5:12.016, for a nearly-five second victory over runner-up Lauren Rosser. “It went really good. Pulled it off with the win today. The track conditions were great, and dried up quite a bit so I was able to run with a higher tire pressure,” said Brown who received her first Canadian Champion jersey. “I am gonna go to Crankworx [in Whistler] to do a couple of races and then to world champs.” Last year Brown finished second behind Clare Buchar. Matt Beer of Newfoundland won the men’s competition. Photo by Dave Hord, Squamish BC
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Proposed changes to Kootenay-Columbia riding could alter political map ALEX COOPER
Lyn and Denny Kaulback (centre) of the Revelstoke Theatre Company were awarded the Diamond of the Year award at Mainstage 2012 in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday. The stalwarts of the Revelstoke theatre scene received the award at the theatre festival’s closing ceremony. They were the stars of Mending Fences, Revelstoke’s production at the provincial theatre festival. They received the Theatre BC Diamond of the Year award is for their work in the promotion and encouragement of community theatre over the past year by providing opportunities for participation, education and sharing the enjoyment of diverse theatre experiences. The Revelstoke Theatre Company performed Mending Fences at Mainstage 2012 last Saturday, July 28. The performance wrapped up a successful string of shows of the play for the company.
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Proposed new changes to federal election ridings could have a significant impact on upcoming elections and create a more competitive race for election in the riding of KootenayColumbia The changes would see Revelstoke’s riding of Kootenay-Columbia expanded to include the NPD strongholds of Nelson and Salmo, as well as Fruitvale, which are currently in the riding of B.C. Southern Interior. That could make for a closer federal election for Conservative MP David Wilks, who won by close to 10,000 votes in the 2011 election. Other factors would likely have to come into play for an NDP candidate to make up the vote difference, even with the
addition of Nelson. The changes are being made as part of a once-a-decade review of riding boundaries by the Federal Election Boundaries Commission for British Columbia. The number of ridings in the province will be increased to 42 from 36 but five of the new ridings will be in the Lower Mainland and the other on Vancouver Island. The changes to Kootenay-Columbia would see it go from one of the least populated ridings in the province to one of the most populated, with 109,058 people, up from the current population of 88,028. Conservative MP David Wilks holds the House of Commons seat for Kootenay Columbia. “I’m quite happy the commission has been able to find a
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