Province begins dropping onus for wildland fire risk management in regional district's lap
One quarter of $5 million is a lot of money. It’s more than the regional district has lying around, but it is a number that the Province of B.C. is now expecting the Regional District of Central Kootenay to cough up for wildland interface fuel treatment. Last year the Province funded West Kootenay projects — […]
Leading water expert Robert Sandford to speak in Nelson
Leading water expert and author Robert Sandford, co-chair of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) and chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative for the UN Water for Life Decade, will stop in Nelson this Friday as part of a cross-Canada tour to raise awareness about water security issues. “Governments need a Canada-wide strategy that […]
Multi-material BC meeting in Nelson gains more insight into delivery of new recycling program
The onus for waste is shifting and West Kootenay folk have a say in how that happens. In one year the producers of packaging and printed paper in B.C. have to create a stewardship program for the collection and recycling of their end-of-use products. On Oct. 14 the not-for-profit agency, Multi-Material BC, was in Nelson […]
Trail woman wins right to sue children for support
A Trail woman is suing her adult children for parental support, the CBC reported early Wednesday. Shirley Anderson won the right to have her case heard in B.C. Supreme Court, after three of her children applied to have the matter dismissed. Justice William Ehrcke ruled Tuesday Anderson’s case for parental support can be heard, but […]
Castlegar's Hadley, Trail's St. Denis lock up Canada West roster spots
Two West Kootenay hockey players will suit up for Canada West at the upcoming 2011 World Junior A Challenge, November 7-13, 2011 in Langley. Aaron Hadley of Castlegar and Trail’s Travis St. Denis are two of the 22 players selected announced Wednesday by B.C. Hockey. “Getting down to 22 players was by no means an […]
POLICE: Three injured in rollover near Christina Lake
Three Kootenay residents are injured and remain in hospital after losing control of their truck on Highway #3 east of Christina Lake yesterday. A 65-year-old Robson man was transported directly to the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. The 50-year-old woman and 48-year-old man, both from Castlegar, were transported by ambulance to the Boundary […]
Sunday morning Uphill serenity broken by suspicious person
A man allegedly spent the night on an Uphill patio in a disturbing trespassing case, the Nelson Police Department reported Monday. A female Nelson resident was in her home early Sunday morning when she looked out and saw a male standing on her rear patio. She called for her husband and walked to the kitchen, […]
RDCK to create a new park: Crescent Valley Beach
A 6.4-acre chunk of very popular, but once private, Slocan Valley land was donated to the people of the Regional District of Central Kootenay at the Oct. 20 regular board meeting. Crescent Valley Beach is a popular summertime recreation area used extensively by residents and tourists for swimming, rafting and kayaking. Area H Director Walter […]
DiBella makes return to national stage, bolsters Team B.C. blueline at 2011 National Women’s Under-18 Championship
Two female hockey players with ties to the Heritage City are in Saguenay, Que., Wednesday for the 2011 National Women’s Under-18 Championship at the Arena Georges-Vézin. Nelson native Aimee DiBella and currently Kootenay Ice Major Midget netminder Kimberley Newell are on the Team B.C. squad that opens then tournament against Alberta. The tournament kicks off […]
Occupy Nelson holds public meeting to thank community and plot the future
Occupy Nelson is going to occupy the Scout Hall on Cedar Street for a community meeting Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. “This meeting is a chance for the community to come back together and start discussing how we want to move forward,” said Kendra Cooper from Occupy Nelson in an emailed press release to The […]
