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...
RDCK Board Roundup: Funding for disasters; Fire Standards Adopted
News from Regional District of Central Kootenay March Board Meeting: West Kootenay Human-Bear Conflict Working Group Members of the West Kootenay Human-Bear Conflict Working Group made a presentation to the Board on its mandate and current bear bin project. Established in 2012, this multi-stakeholder group consists of biologists, conservation officers, and members of WildSafe […]
RDCK directors give green light to annual five-year financial plan
During Thursday’s monthly board meeting, Regional District of Central Kootenay directors unanimously adopted its 2015 — 2019 Financial Plan. The plan, requiring municipal government to have a plan that projects financial costs over a five-year period, continues to manage the surplus and reserve balances in each of the RDCK’s 160-plus services. “I think things (in […]
'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...
Hometown help leads local lady to national notoriety
The past month or so has been a wild ride for Castlegar’s Krystal Sutherland, who has been catapulted to heights of both fame and success that she never could have imagined just weeks ago. A happily married 28-year-old make-up artist with two children, two-and-a-half years old and 10-and-a-half months old, Sutherland is the...
Get ready for 16th West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium
The annual West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium is only days away. The 16th annual event is set for Saturday and Sunday (March 21-22) at the Castlegar Rec Complex. The event is free to the public and includes a variety of activities for young and old including casting demos, kids’ fly tying, a speaker series and […]
Early spring-like weather leads to early tick season
Despite Mother Nature's last gasp at winter Sunday, it's evident spring weather is here already. And with the early arrival comes more time outside enjoying the wonderful outdoor weather and activities. Howver, the change in weather also brings out ticks – small bugs that feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes...
Letter: Bill C-51 — more than a chill on back of neck
To the Editor: Got that chill running down the back of your neck? It could already be Bill C-51. Bill C-51, the so-called “secret police act” could already be putting a serious chill on public debate and democracy in Canada. Here in Nelson, BC, I went to a protest of the bill on (Saturday) March 14th with over 150 other people....
Mother Nature gives region one last taste of winter
Technically, there are another few days of winter 2015 according to the calendar. And Mother Nature won’t let us forget it despite the spring-like past four weeks. Marc Dale at YRB is advising the travelling public to take extra caution when driving thanks to a late winter storm heading through the West Kootenay. “We have...
Nelson's Amran Bhabra grows/cuts hair for cancer wigs
The Canadian Cancer Society website says it takes eight to 15 ponytails to create one real-hair wig. Nelson’s Amran Bhabra did his part for Cancer by donating two lengths of hair to the next wig during a haircut Saturday at the Root 99 Hair Design Salon on Baker Street. “I first started to grow my hair out for hockey because...
