Trudeau and Biden Strike Out, Missing Both the End-of-Summer Deadline and the Commitment to Work in Partnership with the Transboundary Ktunaxa Nation to Address Mining Pollution in the Kootenai/y Watershed Submitted by the Ktunaxa Nation The United States and Canada have failed to meet their summer deadline to reach an agreement in partnership with the […]

A move to bring kidney dialysis service to Nelson is gathering more support. The Village of Kaslo council recently approved a motion to bring forward the case for establishing a dialysis service in Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson to the next West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District (WKBRHD) board meeting. The motion — including supporting […]

Progress toward an agreement-in-principle has made on operational issues on the new Columbia River Treaty, after the 19th round of negotiations concluded in Portland Oct. 12-13. The latest round of talks — including negotiators representing Canada and the United States — made progress on operational and other issues, noted a press release Wednesday from the […]

The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) has been called in after the discovery of a deceased male inside a Sparwood home. Staff Sergeant Jason Smart, NCO i/c, SED MCU advised that on Oct. 11,  at 3:16 pm, Elk Valley RCMP received a report of a shooting at a trailer located in […]

Natural burials are now allowed in the city’s cemetery. City council has passed a motion on Oct. 10 during its regular monthly meeting for adoption of an amendment bylaw that would allow for natural burials in the City of Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery. Traditional burial practices often involve embalming, non-biodegradable caskets and concrete vaults, which […]

Interior Health is asking young artists to share their thoughts and experience in Interior Health’s second Tobacco and Vaping Poster Contest for a chance to win $150. Young people are the experts when it comes to understanding why youth use tobacco and vape, and how smoking/tobacco and vaping impacts them and their friends, family, school and community […]

The City is set to go into debt and borrow a sum of $4.2 million to support the Civic Centre upgrade project slated for 2024. Provincial approval has been given by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to allow for borrowing by the City for up to $4.2 million — borrowing included in the Five-Year Financial […]

Golden Knights amateur Scout Bruno Campese knew he would have the opportunity to experience a day with the Stanley Cup after the Vegas won the NHL Finals back in June. Sunday afternoon at the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena, the Nelson native returned to his hockey roots to celebrate the Stanley Cup with hockey […]

A conservation coalition is calling for the management of grizzly bears to put into the proper hands before the species is placed back into the cross hairs of endangerment. A group of 55 environmental and animal care organizations, conservationists, scientists and nature-based businesses signed a joint letter to the Province in opposition of a recently-released […]

And the bears came back, the very next day, as the saying goes. Removal of an adult female grizzly bear and her two yearling cubs from the urban confines of Nelson last week did not take. On Friday, provincial officials — including Ministry of Environment (MOE) conservation officers and Ministry of Forests (MOF) wildlife biologists […]