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Left: Autumn Doyle entered her purebred English Bulldog named Southern Star “Baby” Blue in the Revelstoke Top Dog contest on Saturday, but unfortunately they didn’t make the top three. Bev Romanick and her Golden Retreiver Trigger took Top Dog in the inaugural competition. See page 13. Top: Alex Beaucage of Nelson (AKA ‘Jean Jacket Guy’) won the men’s division of the 2013 Revy Rail Jam in Grizzly Plaza on Saturday night. Organizer Joey Norsworthy thanked Simon Duval and Mack Dog Construction, who managed to put up the course in just a few hours, with help from city crews who brought the snow. Right: First-timer Benoit Doucet of Benoit’s Wine Bar took second place in the Chili Throw Down with a moose chili infused with red wine and cognac. He recommends merlot for your recipes because of its softer flavours. Who won? See page 13. Photos by Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review
Plans for Revelstoke Trans-Canada Highway upgrade due in ‘weeks’ Transportation minister announces consultation plan for Trans-Canada upgrades, including new signs. Local MLA dismisses announcement as pre-poll electioneering Aaron Orlando
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B.C. Transportation Minister Mary Polak said draft plans for the Trans-Canada Highway upgrades and changes through Revelstoke will be made public in a matter of weeks. The plans will then proceed to a consultation process involving the city and the public. Polak revealed the news in an interview in Revelstoke with the Times Review on Feb. 5. The transportation minister was in town
on government business and also attended a local BC Liberals meeting that evening at the Regent Inn. She talked about Trans-Canada Highway upgrades in the region, highways maintenance and other ministry initiatives with an audience of about 40. She also lent support to Doug Clovechok, the BC Liberals candidate for Columbia River—Revelstoke. At the September, 2012, Union of British Columbia Municipalities meeting, premier Christy Clark and
B.C. transportation minister Mary Polak and Columbia River—Revelstoke BC Liberal candidate Doug Clovechok at a party event at the Regent Inn on Feb. 5. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review
minister Polak unveiled a $509-million provincial funding pledge for work on the Trans-Canada between Kamloops and the Alberta border, including a longer-term plan to four-lane the entire stretch. The funding depended on a similar federal funding commitment. I asked if progress had been made with the federal government. She said talks have been going “quite well” but no commitments had been secured. Signs announcing future constructions plans will go up soon, signalling the start of a consultation process. Polak said consultations would lead to firmer, more specific initiatives that could then be put
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