Re: Hurricane Irene and the staggering costs of climate change To the editor: It is unlikely that global warming will cause increased extreme weather. If the world warms due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures at high latitudes are forecast to rise most, reducing the difference between arctic and tropical temperatures. Since this differential drives […]

Selkirk College will see 38 new spaces created for those looking to enroll in the health care field this year. An additional 18 health-care assistant spaces — in partnership with College of the Rockies in Grand Forks and Trail — will be created this year, as well as 20 online pharmacy technician bridging program spaces. […]

If you are headed west to the Boundary country or north to the Arrow Lakes region this long weekend don’t take your matches or lighter with you. The tinder dry aspects of those regions — and not much in the way of moisture coming in the next while — means the fire danger in those […]

A dressing down of a City bylaw officer landed a man in jail Thursday afternoon. The 31-year-old Nelson man took umbrage around 4 p.m. with a bylaw officer who had approached him about a parking infraction. The male began to verbally abuse the female officer using offensive, degrading and profane language.  He then threatened violence […]

Some of the nation’s top municipal leaders will descend on Nelson next week as the Heritage city plays host to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) national board of directors meeting. With parliament set to return, the 75-member board  — which includes Nelson Mayor John Dooley — will discuss municipal priorities from Sept. 7-10, including […]

This morning was a weird one for Trail RCMP, involving sunburns, violence and full-frontal nudity, all in the space of about two hours. Trail RCMP Cpl. Mike Wilson said EMS (ambulance services) got a call at roughly 1:20 a.m., from a man who was in pain from sunburn. Apparently, the man warned dispatchers that the […]

A Castlegar man in his 60s is facing sexual assault charges after a bizarre incident on Columbia Avenue Friday. According to RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff, a 24-year-old woman attended the Castlegar police station Friday at about 5 p.m., reporting that a man she didn’t know had approached and accosted her. “Apparently he invited her to […]

It appears Nelson’s Dryden Hunt is going to spend another winter in Saskatchewan.The soon-to-be 16-year-old earned a roster spot with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League.Hunt, the son of Karla and Jeff Hunt Nelson, had expected to attend the weekend session before whisking his way back to B.C. in time to attend...

It’s back to school Tuesday for students across the province. But the school term may be a lot shorter than the normal 10 months if B.C. teachers stand firm on job action after the provincial body served 72-hour strike notice for Sept. 6. The B.C. Teachers Federation said Wednesday during a press conference it would […]

Thirty six campfires were left unattended or abandoned by careless campers on the weekend, Southeast Fire Centre officials found. A total of 245 campfire incidents have been reported in the Southeast Centre area, above the five-year average for this time of year at 171. Considering the tinder dry conditions prevailing in the West Kootenay-Boundary region […]