Local News

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Sitting through another 100-minute sci-fi trainwreck last night, Sam Gregory sighed and felt underwhelmed by the lastest Cloverfield film - the latest in a long line of similar flicks to do so. The 40-year-old was born the same year France executed their last person with a guillotine and the same year the first Star Wars film was released. "It's safe...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local trader has spoken of the horror this morning that has befallen him personally, professionally and financially. Had he been working diligently last week, with his ear to the ground, he would've been somewhat prepared. But today, Miles Pichot was caught unawares and a typically easy day at work has now turned into one from hell. From the moment he...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A worldly British Columbian has broken the mould this afternoon by confirming her intention to winter in Australia this year. Luella Greenfish, a Nelson BC-native,  has taken a job at Perisher operating lifts this season and she told The Advocate via Skype today that she can't wait to get Down Under and see what all the fuss is about. "Yeah,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Martin Huntley was mildly impressed two months ago when his youngest proudly stated that he'd turned a lazy grand into twenty - taking just weeks, not years as one would expect on the share market. He urged his son to sell before Christmas. But Johnathon Huntley laughed and told his Dad that he had rocks in...

SACHA COMB | American Sport | Contact Believe it or not, a popular French Quarter sports bar is empty this morning as the NFL SuperBowl kicks off this morning local time in Los Angeles. That's despite the general manager of Franks Bar & Grill posting a number of times to the venue's social media accounts advertising cut-price food and drink. Miles Hogg...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Four weeks after jumping off a roof, breaking his tibia, fibula and two metatarsals, a popular electrician was spotted last night dragging his moon-booted foot around the French Quarter from nitespot to nitespot. Just why Peter Fresh lept from his third story rooftop remains a mystery. But that was New Years Eve, a long time ago. Last night, the 25-year-old...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact Cameron Young (26) can now die happy. Waking up from a night of drinking and pointless conversation, Young recalled visiting a gay club with his friends and being hit on by a man. According to Young, as the night digressed he and his friends visited infamous Betoota Valley niteclub, The Miner’s Shaft (est. 1891), for...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A damning report into the town's public swimming pool has concluded that nobody has ever regretted having a swim in the Old City District institution's 75-year history. The Shire Council spent close to $40 at OfficeWorks printing off a short questionnaire that asked pool-goers if they've ever been for a swim and lived to regret...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Automotive | Contact Betoota Lakes man, Baydon Manning (57) has today defended himself, again, against claims that his car ever-growing collection is an eyesore. The collection, which is made up of over 100 unregistered cars in varying stages of rust and decay, is the first sight residents and tourists see when they drive into Betoota – and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local city worker has immediately cleared his evening schedule the moment an ice cold schooner touched his lips this afternoon. Mickey De Santis, a local graphic design and signage specialist from Betoota plains has just felt a thick plume of steam roll up the back of his shirt and out his collar. "AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he says. "That's pretty fucking good" With maybe...