Recent History – 2002 April 8, 2002 By Jamie Dirom, Daily News Staff Members of the South Peace Arts Society are happy with the results of the group’s annual art auction, after the event raised more than $15,000 Friday. “We’re very pleased,” said Angela Fehr, the society’s vice-president. As he has for more than 20… Read More

Recent History – 2002 April 24, 2002 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff The Sound of Music was as big a success at the box office as it was on the stage. The musical, put on by the Dawson Creek Community Players April 11-13, drew large numbers of people on all three evenings that it… Read More

Recent History – 2002 May 3, 2002 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff The Chamber of Commerce luncheon became the venue Thursday for the premier showing of a presentation that will be used to raise support for the new skateboard park. With the help of a PowerPoint presentation, four youths and one adult touched on… Read More

Recent History – 2002 May 8, 2002 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff You don’t need to look at the signature to know when youre looking at a painting by Calvin Kruk. Making use of bold clean lines and bright colours, Kruk’s depictions of explosive sunrises, dancing northern lights and the landscape of the Peace… Read More

Recent History – 2002 May 21, 2002 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Eight years after first venturing out to the big smoke of Montreal, Sienna Dahlen is beginning to make a name for herself as a singer and songwriter. Dahlen, who grew up in Dawson Creek, recently-released her first full-length compact disc of songs, Little… Read More

Recent History – 2002 June 19, 2002 By Jamie Dirom, Daily News Staff The Kiwanis Arts Centre will have a new lease on life when the Kiwanis Arts Centre Board signs a new lease agreement with Peace River South School District in the coming days. The deal will make the arts centre board the operators… Read More

Recent History – 2002 July 3, 2002 By Rick Davison, Daily News Staff The Dawson Creek Mural Project is brightening up the city and the lives of some of the area’s teenagers. Anyone who has driven or walked by K&P Flooring on 102nd Ave. will have seen the mural project’s huge picture being painted on… Read More

Recent History – 2002 July 3, 2002 By Jamie Dirom, Daily News Staff Tales of a Catskinner, a locally produced play about a local story, is the perfect play for the 60th anniversary of the Alaska Highway. The play, an entertaining and educational look at the creation of the highway 60 years ago was adapted… Read More

Recent History – 2002 September 5, 2002 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff From bits and pieces can come works of art. That’s the idea behind Bits’n’Pieces, the latest show to open at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery, which features a collection of collages created by Edna McPhail. Art gallery manager Ellen Corea noted that… Read More

Recent History – 2002 November 6, 2002 By Jamie Dirom, Daily News Staff Efforts are in the works to make one of the city’s best sources of local history more accessible to the public. Currently, the Calverley Collection — a wide variety of materials including books and audio tapes that offer a wealth of information… Read More