Bill Yearwood, with the Transport Safety Board’s Pacific region, told the Edmonton Journal the pilot involved Saturday's plane accident in Crawford Bay decided to execute a rejected landing and attempted to take off again. “Something was not right on the landing and the pilot elected to abort the landing. During that takeoff...

Nelson's police and fire departments both responded to a tree on fire with large flames in the 1500 Block of Ward Street early Saturday (August 30) morning. Nelson Police arrived first at the call at 1515 Ward Street, extinguishing most of the fire using dry chemical extinguishers to help prevent the fire from spreading to ...

The buzz in the media is that because of a rapidly increasing cougar population 117 cougar were killed by the conservation service last year. The reality is that the cougar population is not increasing, a fact every veteran cougar hunter will quickly validate. Cougar sightings and complaints have increased dramatically because...

Interior Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Patricia (Pat) Dooley to its Board of Directors effective Aug. 31, 2014. “We are very fortunate to be joined by a Director with the heart, drive and focus of Pat Dooley,” said Board Chair Norman Embree.  “She is incredibly dedicated to her community and passionate about...

Imagine the opportunity to sit down for a candid, in-depth conversation with the CEO founder of one of Canada’s top three employers (Globe and Mail 2014), or with the co-founder of the third-largest events website in the world. Or the chance to pick the brain of a nurse-turned-designer who has transformed multiple ideas into...

The warmth and beauty of the West Kootenay made a lasting impression on Lama Losang Samten when he visited last summer and now the venerable Buddhist Tibetan scholar, spiritual leader and artist says he’s looking forward to his return. Samten traveled to the East Shore’s Yasodhara Ashram to lead a Buddhist Meditation Retreat...

Monashee Institute Train the Trainers Workshop The Monashee Institute’s (MI) goal is to establish Rossland as a destination of learning. We are offering a professional development workshop to MI instructors, and those who may be interested in delivering courses in the future.  Anyone keen to expand, tune-up, or share their ...

When Selkirk College Instructor Randy Janzen traveled to South Sudan in June, it wasn’t to report on the looming humanitarian crisis caused by famine and civil war in that country. On the contrary, the Peace Studies Program instructor wanted to learn more about an exciting project where local and international professionals...

Editor, The Nelson Daily Many parents and caregivers have been contacting us anxiously wondering when school will be starting for the 2014-2015 school year. We are hopeful that our schools will be open on (Tuesday) September 2 and that our 2014-2015 school year will commence. At the time of writing, a negotiated agreement has...

We’re seeing forward motion in negotiations between the City of Castlegar and its CUPE workers, after a stalemate last month led to limited strike action on the union’s part Aug. 15, with city staff refusing all over time work. Mayor Lawrence Chernoff says city staff continue to assess a settlement offer sent by the union at...