Nelson Fire crews keep truck fire from spreading to forests on Bealby Road
Rapid response by the Nelson Fire Department prevented a truck fire from spreading near a home on Bealby Road Monday evening. NFD dispatch received a call at 6:29 p.m. Monday of a vehicle fire at 2080 Bealby Road. The owner of a 2010 Dodge Ram truck was backing an attached travel trailer up the steep driveway when the fire ...
Castlegar man facing charges after robbery on Sunday
A-29 year-old Castlegar man is facing charges after the Castlegar RCMP received a report from a local business that they had been the victim of a robbery in the early morning hours of June 7, according to Castlegar RCMP Laurel Mathew. . "The male entered the Columbia Avenue store and browsed inside for several minutes before...
MP: Social Programs: The Eroding foundations of Canadian Freedom
In Canada we have been conditioned to believe that hard work will get us anywhere. The belief that we could all be rich someday keeps us going through the hard times, keeps us pounding the pavement looking for work, and makes those long shifts at gas stations and fast food restaurants all over the country go by a little...
Southeast Fire Centre fire ban partially rescinded
Effective at noon on Thursday (June 4) Category 2 open fires will once again be permitted in the Southeast Fire Centre due to a decreased risk of wildfires. The public is now permitted to burn waste, slash or other materials in a pile not exceeding two metres in height and three metres in width. The rescinding of this prohibition...
River Talks — Some call them Salmon, I call them Persistence
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has been researching and writing about the history and politics of water in the upper Columbia Basin since 2005. Her book on the Columbia River Treaty, A River Captured, is forthcoming in 2016. Recently, her travelling exhibit on the Columbia River Treaty, curated for Touchstones Nelson, won a...
RCMP warn of high-pressure Revenue Canada phone scam
The Nakusp RCMP are warning of a phone and email scam where a fraudster states they are a Canada Revenue Agency representative and pressures the potential victim into paying a non-existent debt. RCMP have received a number of complaints. People are being called by someone claiming to be from the tax agency who uses threatening...
Arrests made in connection with drug turf wars in Surrey
Surrey RCMP along with its partners, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC) and Delta Police Department, continue to make progress targeting individuals allegedly responsible for the recent shooting conflict over drug turf in Surrey and Delta. On May 27, the Surrey RCMP’s Drug Section, with assistance from ...
Paige Purcell knows already at a young age the importance of giving
Despite her age, Paige Purcell continues to be one of Nelson’s largest fundraisers for the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. The five-year-old Nelsonite was diagnosed with a brain tumour a few years ago. It was at BC Children’s Hospital that Purcell had the life-saving operation. And since Purcell experienced the life-changing...
Grants available for local art projects
Are you a professional artist living and working in the Columbia Basin Region? Neighborhood Small Grants: Creative Spark offers 100-per-cent coverage for projects up to $1,000 to support professional artists to engage young people in schools and communities in arts-based projects. Professional artists across all disciplines...
Castlegar Selkirk to host fiddle, guitar, piano workshop
The BC Old Time Fiddlers, Kootenay Branch No.9, are busy planning the 14th Annual 2015 Fiddle, Guitar and Piano Workshop. This week-long summer camp will take place from July 13 to the 17 at the Selkirk College Castlegar Campus. This very popular camp continues to provide some of Canada’s very best champion fiddlers as...
