Archive for August, 2007

louis from airdrie writes:

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

We spent the day on the water at Christina Lake. What a beautiful, peaceful and warm lake. It was like spending a day in Heaven. The day was close to 40 and the water just made one feel as though the day would never end. A not to be misssed place as one travels on [...]

Golden Rockets getting set to drop the puck in September

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

After a season of difficulties which resulted in the loss of Golden’s Junior B hockey team, the Golden Junior Hockey Society has a brand new team in the works for September.

In March of this year, th

Psychosis 2007 race

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

Golden’s cycling community is getting stoked for the 2007 Psychosis downhill mountain bike race that’s happening on Mount 7 this weekend, July 13-15.

Psychosis began eight years ago at a local event

Buying locally-grown fruits and veggies is well worth the extra cost

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

On Wednesday of last week, in the parking lot next to the Kicking Horse Country Chamber of Commerce building, I was given the much-awaited opportunity to attend Golden’s new Farmer’s Market.

The skie

Golden invitational

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

Matthew Wilson (above) speeds down the pool in the men’s 100-metre breast-stroke race at the annual Golden Invitational Swim Meet, held in Golden last weekend, July 7 and 8. Lochlan Noble (right) of G

Let the Golden Fall Fair planning begin

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

Wow! What a great turnout we had at Homecoming 2007, and we knew right from the first guests through the door on Friday night that the weekend was going to be successful when the lights went out in th

Columbia Wetlands protection

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

The Columbia wetlands is a very important natural area in our part of Canada and has been the subject of an ongoing controversy over a proposed boating regulation for the area, it seems, forever.

Re

David Thompson’s Canoe Brigade

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

One of David Thompson’s Canoe Brigade crew, which paddled into Golden last weekend as part of Homecoming celebrations, takes a much-needed break after their harrowing trek through Howse Pass.

Practicing for an orchestral performance

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

Under the tutelage of Laurie Dalzell, some young Golden violinists are honing their musical skills and learning to perform as part of an orchestra.

Thanks to a grant from the Columbia-Kootenay Cultur

Cycling club puts Golden rider on the podium in Panorama

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 by GetawayBC.com

Seven mountain bikers stood on the podium at the B.C. Cup downill mountain bike race held at Panorama Mountain Resort in Invermere last weekend, June 23 and 24.

The B.C. Cup is a downhill race series