Interest high at the Discovery Centre’s Open House

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The Sun Peaks municipal council are donating $30,500 to the Sun Peaks Education Society towards the Discovery Centre for Balanced Education. The entire amount was taken from the mayor and councillors’ municipal stipends. This is good news for the society who’s been pooling all resources to make the September opening day a reality. The Sun … [Read more...]

Sun Peaks is B.C.’s newest municipality

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On June 28, the community of Sun Peaks officially became the country’s first mountain resort municipality and the 161st municipality in British Columbia. Sun Peaks’ first municipal council, composed of Mayor Al Raine, councillors Darcy Alexander, Mike Forster, Ines Popig and Mario Pozza, were sworn in by Justice Richard Blair before the … [Read more...]

Renowned quilter to speak at Quilting in the Mountains

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People will be surprised to know that when famed quilter Emilie Belak took her first quilting class, she said she never really wanted to own a quilt. “I still don’t have quilts on my beds,” said Belak. And for good reason, as a bed may not be the best place to admire Belak’s art quilts. Her beautiful three-dimensional masterpiece … [Read more...]