Students Celebrate First Day of Spring at -16o Celsius
A group of Selkirk College Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Program students welcomed spring by spending a pair of frigid nights in the West Kootenay backcountry. As part of an annual field trip for the program, 10 students and two instructors spent March 20 and 21 in the Selkirk Wilderness Ski tenure near Meadow Creek in […]
Updated: Coroner releases name of victim in fatal collision in Trail
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died after a motor vehicle incident in Trail on March 25. She was Maria Sodini, aged 79, of Trail. Sodini was the front-seat passenger in a vehicle which was in collision with a pickup truck at the intersection of Second and Bailey in […]
Jumbo challenge by Ktunaxa dismissed by Supreme Court
The proponents of Jumbo Glacier Resort scored a victory yesterday when the B.C. Supreme Court announced it would dismiss a challenge by the Ktunaxa Nation launched in late 2013 against the resort’s master development agreement. The Ktunaxa’s judicial review focused on the controversial development’s location, high in the Purcell Mountains between Invermere and Duncan, saying […]
Local author wins award at Kootenay Literary Competition
The Kootenay Literacy Competition (KLC) awards were handed on March 14 in Nelson. Of the award winners was a local resident. Leslie Davidson from Grand Forks won in the Adult Creative Non-Fiction category, along with Graham Kenyon of Rossland. Davidson won for her short story “Hold On.” The winners were given their awards at...
The tsunami that struck northeastern Japan is now three years past, but it hasn’t stopped making waves
Debris travelling all the way from Japan has brought with it a number of Japanese marine species to the west coast, some of which have the potential to become invasive and devastate the coastal ecosystem. Scientists were shocked to find that 165 different species had travelled from Japanese waters to the coast of North America...
LETTER: An open letter to Mayor Taylor
This open letter to Mayor Brian Taylor was submitted by Grand Forks resident Julia Butler. Dear Mayor Taylor At the council meeting on March 10, I presented council with a letter from Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development stating, “I assure you that the Province of British Columbia does not...
Court injunction gives hope to those who need medicinal weed
While new regulations around medical marijuana production came into effect on April 1, a court injunction (recently appealed by the federal government) has granted growers with licenses under the own system to keep producing their own medicine until a legal challenge against the federal government’s new law is heard The move...
Trust environmental focus renewed
Columbia Basin Trust’s new Environment Strategic Plan is now completed and will guide the Trust’s water and environment initiatives from 2014 to 2019. It sets goals in five areas: water, ecosystems, climate change, environmental education, and helping to strengthen organizations that focus on the environment. The plan is now...
Grohman Narrows Dredging — still too early to tell
Preliminary findings of a study to determine the feasibility of dredging Grohman Narrows were presented by BC Hydro to elected officials and the public on March 26 in Nelson. “Does it make sense to proceed? It’s still to be determined,” said Sabrina Locicero, BC Hydro’s stakeholder engagement advisor. Locicero was one of...
Nelson Police Department rolls out innovative Restorative Justice Program
The Nelson Police Department is advocating for the introduction of a Restorative Justice program as an option to laying criminal charges when a crime has been committed. The program, spearheaded by NPD Sergeant Dino Falcone and coordinated by Restorative Justice Program Coordinator Gerry Sobie, is looking for volunteers....
