The regional district is digging into its no scavenging and salvage policy in order to allow people access to re-useable items. A board of director’s amendment was made in mid-December to have the Regional District of Central Kootenay staff re-evaluate the current no scavenging and salvage policy. The re-evaluation includes “safety and potential liability concerns, […]

Parking in the community complex parking lot now comes at a price. The long arm of the City of Nelson’s bylaw enforcement department will extend to the Nelson and District Community Complex for the next year. Starting on Dec. 1, the City’s bylaw officers will be vigilant in the parking lot of the NDCC, ticketing […]

The region’s ski hill will be expanding its shuttle service through the latest round of regional transportation enhancement funding. Whitewater Ski Resort will be receiving $65,000 for shuttle expansion for its service to the ski hill through the 2023 Regional Transportation Enhancement funding program from the Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC). The project […]

In less than one year the fee for disposing of garbage at the regional transfer station has risen by 20 per cent, citing increasing operational costs. A jump of 10 per cent on the tipping fees collected at the Grohman Narrows transfer station will come into effect in 2024 — with a previous 10 per […]

RCMP said 57-year-old woman from Grand Forks has died in a car accident Thursday afternoon near the intersection of North Fork Road and Coalchute Road in Grand Forks. RCMP said police were initially notified of the single-vehicle accident at 2:16 p.m. in the Boundary City and attended to find paramedics with the BC Ambulance Service […]

The latest drug alert and rash of overdoses in the city underscore the need for an inhalation overdose prevention site in Nelson, according to a new report. Arising out of a two-day dialogue in Nelson late last year (Oct. 17-19), the 12-page report — Bridging Community Connections: Human Rights, Public Space and Harm Reduction in […]

Nelson Police said two individuals face charges after officers executing a search warrant seized a substantial amount of drugs at a residence in the 500 block of Ward Street Tuesday. Nelson Police said in a media release Wednesday that the search warrant pursuant to Section 11 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act resulted two […]

The Province’s decriminalization pilot project is not satisfactory given the low threshold of 2.5 grams of substance for personal use, claims a report recently released soliciting comments from community members actively involved in responding to the rural drug poisoning crisis. Entitled Bridging Community Connections: Human Rights, Public Space and Harm Reduction in our Rural Region, […]

The move to make Kootenay businesses climate resilient is one of the major upcoming economic development projects to be funded by the latest round of Economic Trust of Southern Interior grants. The Central Kootenay Community Futures office will be receiving $30,000 for the Climate Resilient Kootenay Businesses project, announced late last week by the Economic […]

Another three City utilities are expected to go up in the new year. Water and wastewater rates, as well as resource recovery rates, will be going up after a report on the proposed utility budget has recommended another annual increase to the services. Council reviewed the current year projected results and looked into the future […]