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Revelstoke city council settled in and seemed to hit their stride at their second town hall meeting held at the Revelstoke Community Centre May 17. While the first meeting in November 2010 arguably lacked focus and got hung up on complaints focusing on narrow issues, the second meeting benefited from a clearer scope and better rapport between city council, city staff and public participants.

Rethink must be 'reasonable', not charge more for one ticket

The Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning that cold weather and above-average snowpack is extending the 2011 avalanche season, and avalanches may affect backcountry users not accustomed to them, such as hikers or hunters. Here's a May 13 alert for backcountry users:

Canadians are waking up to the massive destruction in Slave Lake, Alberta caused by wind-whipped wildfires. The blaze is reported to have destroyed nearly half the town, which has a population comparable to Revelstoke's.

City council adopted the Corporate Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory and Reduction Strategy at their May 10 regular meeting. The strategy focuses on reducing emissions from city operations by 20 per cent from 2007 levels by 2020. The strategy looks at city operations. It is separate from a plan currently in development to reduce community-wide emissions known as the Community Energy and Emissions Plan, which targets 6 per cent reductions for the community as a whole.

Engineers and architects are exploring fixes to the Mt. Cartier Court cottages after they were damaged by heavy snow loads this winter.

In Brief: Someone shot a local dog with a paintball gun last week.

Revelstoke was the hottest place in Canada on May 14, and we also toppled the local record for the date.