Arts and Culture

Some $100 bills, thought to be invincible to counterfeit gangs are turning up in the Lower Mainland.

So the BC RCMP is reminding the public to check the security features of all the bank notes that they receive, including the new polymer series notes after a small number of counterfeit $100 polymer bills have recently been detected.

I'm so sorry I'm late getting this to you – believe it or not, I was trying to get a stuffed turkey in the oven early enough that we won't be eating at 8 or 9 p.m. Do I know how to celebrate Mother's Day, or WHAT?

The shish kabobs would've been my first choice for tonight, but they needed to be cooked and photographed early enough for you to make them your Sunday dinner, if the spirit moves you (or, if you're a mom like me, maybe it will move that angelic soul who's giving you a breather and doing the cooking for you).

A glitch that saw the rides stop working during the first night of Silver City Days is fixed in plenty of time for the causeway's opening this afternoon, according to festival society president Ian McLeod.

"One of the main generators blew up on us at about 6 p.m. (Wednesday)," he said, adding the mechanical issue put the rides out of commission, but not the food court or the entertainment stages. "The crowd tapered off a little, but we still had about 50 per cent of the (people)."

A rollicking tale of long hours, camaraderie, and bodily fluids—along with a healthy dose of humour—comes to Castlegar & District Public Library on May 13 at 7 p.m. with a presentation by author Jennifer Craig.  

Yes Sister, No Sister, is a funny, engaging memoir of the author’s life as a trainee nurse in the 1950s in Leeds, England, delivered with Craig’s trademark Yorkshire humour. The book made the London Times bestseller list and has sold in excess of 100,000 copies.