Police seek information on Salmo Curling rink break-in
Salmo police are looking for a person/people who broke into the Salmo Curling rink on Sunday, Cpl Riordan Bellman. “On Oct. 4, at 10 a.m., Salmo RCMP responded to a Break and Enter at the Salmo Curling Club,” Bellman said. “Organizers discovered that the rink had been broken into sometime between 2 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Entry […]
Working Smoke Alarms a priority during Fire Prevention Week
The stats don't lie. The Fire Chiefs Association of BC says the chance of a fatality rises 74 percent when a working smoke alarm is not present. Members of the Nelson Fire Department are doing their best to combat the loss of life during Fire Prevention Week. “In a fire, seconds count,” said Fire Chief Len MacCharles. “Half...
RDCK announces October 17 as Trash to Treasure day
Regional District of Central Kootenay residents want to mark Saturday, October 17th on the calendar as the day to find treasures in other people’s trash. The RDCK has annnounced Saturday, October 17th as the second celebration of waste reduction this year. “This one-day event gives people a change to give away used items to those […]
Council elects to cool debate on panhandling bylaw with public input
City council is taking a time out as it prepares to draft legislation to deal with those looking for a hand out on Nelson streets. A unanimous vote was carried by city council on Monday night during their regular meeting to defer the wording of the draft bylaw — currently in its second reading — back to city staff for...
Violent inmate escapes custody while at Vancouver Island hospital
Shortly before 8 p.m. on Oct. 4, an inmate from the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (VIRCC) escaped from the custody of provincial correctional officers while at the Victoria General Hospital (VGH) for medical treatment. The West Shore RCMP was notified of the escape, prompting an investigation and search for ...
B.C. mayors council calls on federal candidates to speak to climate change
The B.C. Mayors Climate Leadership Council (BCMCLC) is calling for B.C.-based Federal Parliamentary Candidates to outline how they and their parties will respond to the challenge of climate change and the need for energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction. Communities across BC are experiencing climate change impacts...
Pass Creek Fall Fair 2015 a screaming success (with photo gallery)
The Pass Creek Fall Fair enjoyed a record-breaking two days last weekend, with as many as 4,000 people passing through the gates, including volunteers, vendors and horse-show participants, etc. As many as 150 volunteers pitched in to make this year, the event’s 20th anniversary, the best one yet, said exhibition society...
LETTERS: Have Canadian voters learned nothing?
Dear Editor, Canadians can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel in this extended election period but, incredibly, the polls show that there is a slight chance the most brazenly corrupt government in Canadian history could be returned to power instead of obliterated off the political map. A government that attacked...
Winter is coming says RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Services
RCMP Sgt John Ferguson West Kootenay Traffic Services said, regardless of the great fall weather, winter is coming and motorists need to start preparing for snow. "Some are happy to see it and some are not, however the reality is at some point in the near future we will see snow in the mountains," Ferguson said on a media...
Coming to the Kootenays — Nelson/Creston MLA invites Miley Cyrus
In an effort to more broadly engage the pop star on wildlife and ecosystem protection in BC, Michelle Mungall has invited Miley Cyrus to her riding to tour the habitat of the endangered mountain caribou. Cyrus made national headlines last month when she criticized the BC Government’s wolf cull as part of the strategy to...
