Late in October I had the privilege of attending the Council of Canadians (COC) AGM and Conference in Nanaimo. It gave me the opportunity to meet and reconnect with Canadians from across the country, all of whom are deeply concerned about our future as a sovereign nation. I have followed very closely as the COC, […]

Five Basin-based ideas are being awarded $10,000 each for their innovative approaches to addressing Basin issues. The projects have strong potential to improve social, economic or environmental well-being in the Columbia Basin, and are being awarded the money by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) as part of the province-wide BC Ideascompetition. “These ideas demonstrate innovation, impact […]

I don’t see how a person as afflicted with ADD as myself could help but adore Christmas – all those twinkly lights and sparkly ornaments and bows and ribbons and bells, oh my! I hear other people’s angst about the increasingly commercial aspect of the holiday, but that’s never troubled me over much. Seems to […]

Part 1: Organized Crime and how police are keeping Nelson safe With seemingly more violent crimes like stabbings and ever-larger drug busts and cross-border seizures happening in the Queen City over the past year, The Nelson Daily was wondering, is organized crime present in Nelson and is it increasing? Nelson Police Department police chief Wayne […]

Just when the experts were beginning to write off Team Whitewater/Red Mountain, the West Kootenays rallied back. Team Whitewater/Red Mountain is off to the next round in in Powder Magazine’s “Ski Town Throw Down” contest after edging out Whitefish, Montana 3492-3176 in two days of voting that ended Thursday. Leading 2724 to 2566 late Thursday […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily A packed house at the Nelson Rod and Gun Club greeted provincial and local officials at the second Columbia River Treaty Review information meeting Tuesday night. “And we’re especially pleased to see so many young people here,” said Kathy Eichenberger, leading the review process. Eichenberger is based in Victoria. […]

An accident this morning on Eldorado Street at Bay Avenue took the life of a 71-year-old Trail woman, Diane Latondress, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “At approximately 10:30 a.m., Trail RCMP, along with Fire and Ambulance, responded to a motor vehicle collision on Eldorado St. at Bay Avenue,” he said. “A minivan was proceeding […]

Silverton has a listed population of 195 people. However, B.C.’s second-smallest municipality looked more like the province’s biggest city after two adult males were stabbed during a targeted attack Sunday in Silverton. RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment said, “this incident is believed to be a targeted, not a random, […]

Two experienced hikers are lucky to be alive after being attack by a female grizzly bear near Kimberley Sunday. The man and woman are in a Calgary hospital after the attack. Media reports saidy conservation officers speculate the couple, out for a walk, stumbled on the mother grizzly and cubs near a deer kill next to a creek....

“…the basic cause of the energy crisis is not scarcity, it is moral ignorance and weakness of character. We don’t know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the […]