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	<title>Columbia Valley Guide</title>
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	<description>Discover British Columbia&#039;s upper Columbia River valley in the Kootenay BC Rockies</description>
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		<title>Lots happening at CV Arts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you feel the buzz in the valley? It’s growing, and you don’t want to miss out on being a part of it. If you’re wondering where the buzz is coming from, look no further than the Columbia Valley Arts Council. CV Arts has been thrust into the limelight twice this spring, receiving the Columbia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GreensCleaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, when Stephanie Green arrived in Invermere BC from Banff, she brought along her small daughter and 12 years of experience in business management and customer service and in high-quality, detail-oriented hotel service procedures, primarily housekeeping. In 2011, her training helped open the doors of Invermere’s newest resort, Copper Point Resort. Stephanie is passionate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The endangered Townsendia hookeri</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is called low townsendia because it is only about one inch high. This almost stemless plant would go unnoticed if it weren’t for the large white to pink ray flowers surrounding the yellow disk. It blooms in early spring on dry hillsides. This endangered plant was photographed in the Columbia Valley National Wildlife Management [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalley.com/257/the-endangered-townsendia-hookeri/</link>
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		<title>Aquatic health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everything is downstream. Rivers connect to people, fish, wildlife, and eventually feed into the oceans. It&#8217;s essential to protect our watersheds because good planets are hard to find.&#8221; &#8211; Shelley Humphries]]></description>
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		<title>Backwoods Blues Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 18-20, Invermere &#8211; Horsethief Hideout will be rockin’ come the May long weekend, May 18th, 19th and 20th, and you’re invited! The first annual Backwoods Blues Festival is a family event with 3 days of some of the best music ever plus camping in the beautiful Columbia Valley. The on-stage lineup for the weekend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purcell Mountain Painters art show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 15-27, Invermere &#8211; Did you know that the Columbia Valley has its very own painting collective? It may not be as well known as the famous Group of Seven, but the 30-members-strong Purcell Mountain Painters have been painting their interpretations of the breathtaking local landscapes for over 14 years. Their art will be on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalley.com/1132/purcell-mountain-painters-art-show/</link>
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		<title>Purcell Mountain Painters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the Columbia Valley has its very own painting collective? It may not be as well known as the famous Group of Seven, but the 30-members-strong Purcell Mountain Painters have been capturing their interpretations of the breathtaking local landscapes for over 14 years. The group was founded by longtime resident, Vivian Crebo, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalley.com/1130/purcell-mountain-painters/</link>
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		<title>They&#8217;re back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the temperature begins to rise look up and you may spot a turkey vulture soaring overhead. These birds arrive back in the Columbia Valley in April using thermals to move through the air with very little wing flapping. They are rarely seen on the ground except when feeding on a carcass. Vultures are one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalley.com/1126/theyre-back/</link>
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		<title>Jaclyn Guillou returning to Strand’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 9, Invermere &#8211; &#8220;BC has produced another rising star, someone perhaps to follow in the footsteps of international jazz artist Diane Krall in the years to come,&#8221; says Review Vancouver. Critical Jazz reports, “Guillou puts a slightly more organic contemporary jazz spin on music steeped in tradition and thus makes old school become new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalley.com/1122/jaclyn-guillou-returning-to-strands/</link>
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		<title>Whazzup at Pynelogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello there Columbia Valley. I hope you had a rejuvenating winter, and are raring to go for what looks like a busy summer ahead. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joshua Estabrooks, and I have lived in Invermere for just over a year. I came down here as part of a work transfer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalley.com/1120/whazzup-at-pynelogs/</link>
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