3 November 2010

Comedian Asks Locals for Advice

Kelowna British Columbia - Should Rick Mercer eat at RauDZ or Earl's Kitchen and Bar? This was the question on Twitter Monday as one of Canada's top comedians tossed a few Tweets around cyberspace to find a good place to eat in Kelowna.
 
Mercer was in B.C. to do a special segment on the 125th anniversary of the Last Spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway, spending the Halloween weekend in Glacier National Park to do the filming.
 
By Monday, his publicist confirmed he was in Kelowna enjoying a brief stopover in a very misty version of our city, though the show had no plans to film in the vicinity.
 
The segment of the Mercer Report will air on 9 Nov 2010 in his regular 8 p.m. time slot on CBC, immediately following the actual 7 Nov 2010 anniversary of the achievement.
 
The Last Spike was driven between Revelstoke and Sicamous at a stop called Craigellachie in 1885 after a very difficult last stretch through the Rocky Mountains.
 
"As you can imagine there were some obstacles to getting there," said Jacolyn Daniluck, who is handling media relations for the anniversary celebration this coming weekend.
 
In order to get to the Last Spike site, the railway had to come through Roger's Pass and Mercer's report will include some information on the engineering feats needed to make it all happen, though presumably in his trademark tongue-in-cheek style.
 
An event will be held Sunday at noon at the Craigellachie site to commemorate the historic anniversary and visitors from the Okanagan are welcome.
 
Parks Canada and Canadian Pacific Railway worked on the celebration together and bringing Mercer in to tell the story.
 
Jennifer Smith.