Fire guts converted school bus south of Nelson
A local man is thanking his lucky stars a close acquaintance wasn’t sleeping inside a converted school bus when fire broke out Sunday afternoon at 3406 Highway 6 south of Nelson. The fire started at approximately 2 p.m. The man thought the acquaintance was sleeping inside the converted Bluebird school bus when fire started. “I […]
Two new blazes, one in Five Mile Creek area, spark up as fire season kicks into high gear
The recent string of hot weather, couple by lightning in the area, has fire crews at the Southeast Fire Centre on red alert. As of Sunday three fires are currently burning in the Kootenays, including two new blazed reported Sunday. The new fires are in Five Mile Creek northeast of Nelson and above Syringa Creek […]
NPD applauds calmness of couple in B&E case
City Police are applauding the quick actions of a local family in helping with the arrest of a 46-year-old male Friday evening. “The Nelson Police would like to commend the family for remaining calm and patient during a stressful incident,” acting Sergeant Dino Falcone said in an emailed press release early Saturday morning. Falcone’s comments […]
UPDATED: Victim identified in yesterday's drowning near Christina Lake
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died while canoeing on a small, private lake near Christina Lake on Aug. 9. The man is Richard Arthur Thomas, aged 78, from Christina Lake. The Coroners Service is continuing to investigate this death. The family of Mr. Thomas has been notified of […]
Team Kootenay gets 'positive experience' at B.C. Summer Games
A few breaks one way or another and Team Kootenay may have finished up the standings at the recent 2012 B.C. Summer Games last month in Surrey. The team, coached by Kerry Dyck and James Baxter of Nelson and Michael Stambulic of Cranbrook, finished the boy’s soccer tournament with a 2-3 record and seventh place […]
Combat engineers to invade Castlegar/Trail
One hundred and fifty soldiers from BC and Washington are about to invade the tri-city area … not with hostile intent, but rather for an ambitious training exercise to run for the two weeks between Aug. 10 and 24. Castlegar’s own Sgt. Bart Fyffe, 32 and an Afghanistan veteran, has taken the lead in designing […]
Price tag for RDCK flood clean up could run in the two million dollar range
The landslides, damage to the dam at the HB Mine near Salmo and flooding experienced throughout the region over the past months could cost between one and two million dollars by the time the clean up is done Regional District of Central Kootenay chair John Kettle told The Nelson Daily. The last few months has […]
LETTER: A 'thank you' to those who came through in a crisis, from Babe's Automotive
Dear Editor, Chris Carlson and Ronni Nickel of Babe’s Automotive would like to thank all of our friends and neighbours who showed their support during this difficult time. An extra-special thanks goes out to the volunteer firefighters of Cresent Valley, Beasly and Tarrys for keeping the fire contained to the shop, saving our house as well as the neighbours’ houses. We would also like to thank The […]
OP/ED: Ginger: soooo much more than just a spice
I’ve been toying around with the idea of writing about gingerism for a while now. You know, the awesomeness of being a ginger. I’ve been a ginger my whole life, no kidding. I came into the world with a flaming red melon – none of this strawberry blonde stuff for me. And I didn’t always […]
As fire rating climbs, Southeast Fire Centre issues warning to campers
The Southeast Fire Centre has a strong message to campers — put out your campfire before leaving. The Southeast Fire Centre is concerned campers are not getting the message after wardens responded to 34 abandoned campfires over the B.C. Day long weekend. That raises the number of abandoned campfires to 133 this season. “A surge […]
