LETTER: Protect our freshwater fish
Dear Madame Premier, My name is Brynne Morrice. I’m a B.C.-based filmmaker, born and raised here. I love our province deeply. I love our people, I love our culture, and most of all I love the unparalleled natural beauty that defines our province. Last summer, I learned of the imminent threat that zebra and quagga mussels...
WKTEP moving to Heritage City beginning in September
By Zaynab Mohammed, The Nelson Daily The Heritage City is going to see a lot more teachers roaming around in the downtown core after the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program decided to move its operations from Castlegar to Nelson in September. For the past 26 years the WKTEP has been located at Castlegar’s Selkirk College....
RCMP, Nelson SARS conduct search for missing Blewett man
Nelson RCMP and Nelson Search and Rescue conducted a ground search of the area around the residence on Blewett Road and the Kootenay Canal/Rover Creek area Saturday evening. Nelson RCMP said to date no signs of Joe Moyer, age 42, have been located. Friends and family advised they will be conducting their own searches ...
Province passes tough laws to govern use of left-hand lanes
Do the right thing - don't hog the left lane As of June 12, 2015, drivers will need a good reason to travel in the left lane on high-speed, multi-lane highways throughout the province of British Columbia. Beginning today, new regulations will come into effect that will clarify rules regarding travelling in the left lane....
Smoke from Lytton fire drifting into the Southeast
Smoke from the Cisco Road Fire near Lytton is drifting into the Southeast Fire Centre and residents may continue to see smoke from that blaze as firefighting crews work to suppress it. Depending on the prevailing winds, smoke can travel long distances. Although there may be dense smoke visible in certain areas of the Southeast...
No one injured in fire at housing co-op Friday
A fire at the office of the Woodand Park Housing Co-op on Silverwood Drive this afternoon may have caused $2,000 or more worth of damage, according to fire chief Gerry Rempel. The call came in at 2:47 p.m. after a torch being used to effect plumbing repairs sparked a blaze inside the wall of the building. The repairman saw ...
Classic Car Club of America tour wows local car buffs
Car buffs were taken back to the 1930's and 40's Thursday at the Prestige Inn Lakeside Resort as the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) made a pitstop in the Heritage City. Some 60 drivers were participating in the CCCA Pacific Northwest Carvan and Nelson was the second stop on the tour that began Wednesday in Coeur d' Alene,...
Trail war hero finally comes home after 70 years
After more than 70 years, a fallen Trail war hero is finally coming home. Airman Sgt. Eric Mitchell Honeyman was 21 when his bomber, with six airmen on board, was shot down in Belgium on Dec. 23, 1944 – at which point they and their craft disappeared, according to his oldest living relative, Scott Honeyman (who is a newsstory...
Nelson CARES Society spearheads Wheelchair Accessible Van survey
The Kootenay Carshare Cooperative and the Nelson & District Seniors Coordinating Society have banded together to explore the option of adding a wheelchair accessible van to the Kootenay Carshare fleet. The project, initiated by the Nelson CARES Society, is part of the Age Friendly Community Initiative (AFC). The AFC has...
Province calls public meeting on Kootenay Lake fishery Monday in Balfour
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has called a special meeting Monday (June 15) to explain to the public about plans for the recovery of the Kootenay Lake fishery. The meeting, set from 7-9 p.m. at the Balfour Community Hall in Balfour, is co-hosted by the Province and the Balfour and District...
