Revelstoke Mayor Gary Sulz appears on the Revelstoke Mountaineer podcast to talk about Revelstoke's long-delayed by election following a councillor resignation in January. Revelstokemountaineer.com has critically questioned the delay in three stories and updates starting on Sept. 23. For background on this story, see our reporting here: https://www.revelstokemountaineer.com/elections-bc-contradicts-city-of-revelstoke-explanation-for-by-election-delay/

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Revelstoke mayor Gary Sulz on by-election delay

Schools are set to reopen in Revelstoke and B.C. in September amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, creating numerous big challenges for those responsible for overseeing and organizing the reopening plans. Like with many things COVID-19, the situation is fluid and information is updated on a daily basis, adding more complexity to the situation. The B.C. government has published its Back to School Plan, and there have been supplemental updates, such as this August 17 update on mask protocols. For an update on the process in Revelstoke, we spoke with Mike Hooker, the Superintendent of School District No. 19. In this audio interview, Hooker outlined some of the plans so far, and also provides information on how students and parents can keep up to date on the developing plan.

Revelstoke schools Superintendent Mike Hooker on September reopening plans

In this podcast for revelstokemountaineer.com, Doug Donaldson, the B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development, joins host Aaron Orlando to discuss plans for a small heli-access lodge on Mount Begbie, the ongoing mountain caribou recovery herd planning process, and calls for land use planning in the Revelstoke area. Recorded July 30, 2020.

B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson on Mt. Begbie, caribou planning, and land use planning

The City of Revelstoke recently completed its Official Community Plan (OCP) vision statement update process. We spoke with Marianne Wade, Director of Development Services for the City of Revelstoke, for an update on the OCP. We explored what's happened so far and what comes next, with a focus on community participation in the process.

Revelstoke Official Community plan update with Marianne Wade

A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in July in Interior Health has brought the virus transmission prevention part of the overall pandemic story to the fore once again. We reached out to Dr. Sue Pollock, the Interim Chief Medical Health Officer for Interior Health, to talk about what's been happening in the region and what that means for Revelstoke.

Interior Heath Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Sue Pollock on IH COVID-19 spike

FortisBC spokesperson Sean Beardow gives an update on propane service restoration in Revelstoke as of Friday. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, an excavator struck an underground gas line, knocking out service to 900 individual metres in Revelstoke. As of Friday morning, about 90 are still without power

FortisBC spokesperson on propane outage in Revelstoke

Revelstoke Mayor Gary Sulz discusses staff departures, including the announced resignation of the city's chief administrative officer and director of engineering last week.

Revelstoke Mayor Gary Sulz on staff departures at city hall

In this long-format interview, caribou researcher Dr. Rob Serrouya discusses the results of a large-scale study of woodland caribou, including in the Revelstoke area, that looked at 'adaptive management' as a tool for aiding recovery. He was the lead researcher on a paper that was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)entitled, Saving endangered species using adaptive management. His study was closely intertwined with ongoing government caribou recovery efforts and provides insight into ongoing caribou recovery actions on the ground, as well as potential future options. For more on this subject, see our story on revelstokemountaineer.com or in the June 2019 issue of Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine.

Caribou researcher Dr. Rob Serrouya on new caribou management study

North Columbia Environmental Society director Sarah Newton on the Revelstoke environmental organization's 2018 request to the federal environment minister for an emergency stop to logging in old growth in the Revelstoke area designed to aid endangered mountain caribou.

North Columbia Environmental Society director Sarah Newton on the draft caribou plan

Revelstoke-based Downie Timber plant manager Angus Woodman discusses the federal/provincial caribou recovery plan in advance of the April 15, 2019 consultation session in Revelstoke.

Downie Timber plant manager Angus Woodman on caribou recovery plan

Revelstoke mayor Gary Sulz discusses the April 15, 2019 B.C. government caribou recovery plan consultation session in Revelstoke. He spoke of a need for community groups to put a face to their group's concerns, and the community's need to have a seat at the table during future caribou management discussions.

Revelstoke mayor Gary Sulz on the upcoming caribou plan consultation session

Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation general manager Mike Copperthwaite expresses serious concerns about the unknowns in the draft federal/provincial caribou recovery plan, particularly lack of detail, consultation and future decision-making structure. Date: April 13, 2019.

RCFC general manager Mike Copperthwaite on B.C. caribou recovery plan

We spoke with Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok about the draft caribou recovery plan and the upcoming consultation open house in Revelstoke on April 15th at the community centre. Date: April 12, 2019

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok on Revelstoke caribou consultation session

A new study using data from cellular towers finds that Revelstoke's population, with some caveats, is nearly double the official Canada Census number. We spoke with city economic development director Ingrid Bron to parse what the report means.

Ingrid Bron on Revelstoke's surprising population data

Darcy Peel, Director of the B.C. Caribou Recovery Program for the B.C. government, talks with Aaron Orlando about the ongoing draft caribou recovery program consultations and the upcoming consultation open house in Revelstoke on April 15, 2019. Date: April 11, 2019.

Director of B.C. Caribou Recovery Program Darcy Peel

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