Warmer than average temperatures across the province are causing the snowpack to melt faster than usual, even in areas like the West Kootenays that received large amounts of snow during the winter. The extremely warm weather in April has led to an accelerated melt for the snowpack in the region, and combined with below normal...

A string of thefts in the Uphill district of Nelson is raising alarm bells at the Nelson Police Department. Sergeant Nate Holt said in a media release Saturday, the string of break ins began in late April. "Since April 23, 2016 the Nelson Police Department has been monitoring a series of residential Break and Enters to homes...

I will be voting against the proposed 2016/2017 budget. This budget contains a school-defining item slated for budget reduction . It is the beginning of the demise of fully funded public busing. Everyone associates the picture of the yellow-and-black bus with school. Restricting the operations of the school bus program strikes...

PUBLIC NOTICE: Water Service Interruptions – Saturday, May 14, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. This notice is to inform residents in the following areas: · 1600 and 1700 block Columbia Avenue · 1600 block Second Avenue and 1700 block Second Avenue (even number buildings) · 1300 block McQuarrie Street · 1300 block Thom Street That the City...

Of the roughly 150 B.C. RCMP members being sent to Fort MacMurray, Alta., in the wake of a devastating wildfire that saw the entire community evacuated, two officers are from our own Trail detachment, according to Trail top cop Sgt. Darren Oelke. “Constable Eva Harding left Monday, and will be there until about the (May) 21,”...

The past is melding with the present in the Savoy Hotel to offer the downtown of Nelson a new, multi-faceted, high-technology jewel that is now close to completion. The Shambhala Music Festival-owned Savoy Hotel has been progressing well into its second year, with a nightclub and restaurant already open, and a micro-brewery, café and outdoor […]

Some poor cooking skills in the kitchen resulted in a full-scale fire drill for residents of the Nelson Apartments at 302 Vernon Street Thursday afternoon. "The fire appears to have originated as a result of burnt food that was discovered, and affected all three floors with the odour," Nelson Assistant Fire Chief Michael...

The center of downtown Nelson was blocked off to traffic for almost an hour after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the crosswalk Wednesday in the 400 Block of Baker Street. The pedestrian was hit by a gray van while walking across in the lane shortly before noon. Nelson Police, Nelson Fire Department […]

Highway 3 was reduced to single-lane, alternating traffic pattern for most of Wednesday as crews cleaned up a tractor-trailer accident Tuesday afternoon. Crews were cleaning up lumber debris and fixing the bridge deck after lumber on the trailer shifted. Tractor-trailer accident on Paulson Bridge shuts down Highway 3A Drive...

My name is Todd Shymko.  I’m 37 years old and have been snowboarding for over 25 years. I’m fit, active and have spent a reasonable amount of time in the outdoors since childhood, hiking, camping and snowshoeing. This is my story of  mistakes I made, and the results of those mistakes, and how Rossland Search […]