Ed note: The following is a press release issued byt the BC government: Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines, announced today that BC Hydro will offer new options for customers who have put their smart meters on hold. Government is responding to public concerns by providing opt-out options with the costs borne by those […]

Many professional firms offer “free initial consultations” to the public as an enticement to get customers in the door. It’s part of their promotional strategy to attract new customers. Pinnacle PAC offers free initial consultations for a few other reasons. First, we want to get to know our prospective customers.  We view the relationship between […]

Yesterday saw a fortunate ending to a dicey river situation, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “Shortly after 4 p.m. on July 16, police received a call that there was a capsized canoe with a number of people in the water in the Columbia River at Rock Island in Trail,” Hawton said. “Police and […]

Prime ministerial hopeful Justin Trudeau and his family will be in Nelson and Trail for informal meet-and-greets in less than a week, according to Southern Interior Liberal Riding Association president Dan Ashman. Ashman said Trudeau will be in Lakeside Park in Nelson on Sunday at around 5 p.m. and in Trail's Gyro Park at 2...

Traffic flow on Highway 3A east of Castlegar was tied up Tuesday afternoon following a three-car accident less than a kilometer west of the Thrums Market, but only one person was sent to hospital, and without life-threatening injuries, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. The accident happened around 4 p.m., when a woman heading toward […]

Nelson and area residents helped make it a slam-dunk for Whitewater Ski and Red Mountain in Powder magazine’s Ski Town Throwdown competition. The Heritage City made another push during the Main Street Matters Paint contest before losing out to Penticton. Once again the region is being asked to rush to the computer mouse, this time […]

FortisBC has commenced a full-scale investigation into a Saturday morning fire at the Corra Linn Dam generating plant, located on the Kootenay River west of Nelson. The Beasley Fire Department was called out to extinguish the fire, which occurred in Generator #2 at approximately 10:30 a.m. “We experienced a fault in one of our generators […]

The Selkirk College Saints added some toughness to the blueline following the announcment that David Mead of Conklin, NY has inked a playing commitment to join the defending B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League champions in September. The 20-year old Mead joins the Saints following a long junior hockey career that concluded with the North American Hockey […]

One year after a landslide rumbled down Gar Creek Johnsons Landing residents are still trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered community. “This has been a difficult year for those property owners, residents and the families affected by this devastating tragedy and we sympathize with their losses,” Andy Shadrack, Area D Director for […]

Nelson Police is requesting public assistance in regards to the recovery of a stolen car Wednesday on Bealby Point Road north of the city limits. NPD dispatchers received the initial report of a stolen vehicle from outside the woman’s residence Wednesday (July 10). The owner had just moved back to Nelson and had parked the […]