Mail distribution fraud latest scam to hit Nelson, RDCK
The Nelson RCMP has received several complaints from concerned citizens regarding a mail distribution fraud currently targeting the City of Nelson and surrounding Central Kootenay Regional District areas said RCMP Cst. Stathis Dimopoulos in a prepared media statement. "Yellow coloured cards titled "FINAL NOTICE" are being...
Saving fingers all part of Selkirk College Carpentry new table saws
The Selkirk College Carpentry Program shop has become a safer place to learn with the addition of three top end table saws that employ the latest flesh-saving technology. Using an elk sausage, Carpentry Instructor Dan Brazeau held a demonstration of the new industrial SawStop table saw that uses an electrical signal to stop...
Free pain management workshops in Castlegar and Trail
Trail or Castlegar residents dealing with chronic pain or illness may find their lives eased, as Self-Management BC (a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Victoria) is offering free workshops in both cities to help both pain sufferers and their friends/families/caregivers. “Would you like to better...
Chief Economist for Central Credit Union, Helmut Pastrick, discusses Kootenay economy Friday at Selkirk College
The man who knows a lot about the economy in BC is coming to Selkirk College Friday (March 27). Helmut Pastrick, Chief Economist for Central Credit Union 1, the central financial facility and trade association for the BC and Ontario credit union systems is speaking at the college thanks to Columbia Basin Rural Development...
UPDATED: BC Coroners Service confirms identity of two men from Alberta who died in avalanche
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a two men who died in an avalanche near McBride on Saturday (March 21) as Curtis Fries (pronouncer: freess), aged 36, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, and Thomas Hamilton, aged 29, of Ponoka, Alberta. Fries and Mr. Hamilton were two of a party of four who had travelled to the ...
Kaslo RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg photo post explodes on Twitter
A Kaslo RCMP officer hit the big time on Twitter-verse with a photo of him playing shinny in red serge on a mountaintop ice rink. "I'm actually very surprised . . . my thought was to take a photo of myself in serge with my personal camera for a personal screen saver, maybe a Christmas card," Corporal Shaun Begg of the Kaslo...
Nelson Joins Province Wide Program to Bring HIV Under Control
Standing at 6"5 with a neon red Interior Health vest, Robin Van Stolk is hard to miss. As a health outreach nurse, Van Stolk meets his patients where they are at. One day he might be walking the back alleys of Grand Forks, the next driving up a dirt road outside of Meadow Creek. Van Stolk works for the Nelson chapter of STOP...
Canada’s forest products industry: an environmental leader
As celebrate United Nations International Day of Forests Saturday (March 21) Canada can feel proud that its forest products industry has become a world leader in environmental credentials. For an industry that was admittedly once an environmental offender, the past few decades have been a remarkable journey. To start, the ...
Lower Kootenay Indian Band to purchase Ainsworth Hot Springs
Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort is getting a new owner. Chief Jason Louie made the announcement in a press release Thursday that the Lower Kootenay Indian Band is purchasing the popular tourist destination on Kootenay Lake in April 2015. The purchase price made available in the media release. Chief Louie said this is an important...
'Unique' trafficking charge stayed for Nelson activist
A charge of trafficking cannabis seeds was stayed by the federal crown counsel in BC Supreme Court Monday, just before jury selection was to begin. Nelson resident Tom Prior was to stand trial on one count of trafficking for allegedly selling cannabis seeds to an undercover Nelson City Police officer in January, 2013. Prior...
