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...
RDCK looks for public input regarding regional parks
The Regional District of Central Kootenay wants the public’s input on how parks in the region are developed. So the RDCK is inviting the public to attend open houses on draft management plans for four RDCK parks: Crescent Valley Beach, Balfour Beach, Waterloo Eddy and Pass Creek. “These open houses are part of our […]
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...
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...
Gunfight in Williams Lake leaves man in critical condition
Around 11:00 p.m. on June 6, 2015 the Williams Lake RCMP received multiple reports of several shots being fired in the 900 block of Western Avenue. Responding officers observed two vehicles leaving the direct area traveling at a high rate of speed. Officers were only able to stop one of the vehicles involved. Inside that […]
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...
