Advanced polling turn-out mirrors 2009 numbers in Kootenay West/ Kootenay East boasts better numbers
The results are in for advanced polling Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so far (with Saturday’s due this afternoon) in the B.C. election, and while the province in general is seeing a voter-turn-out increase of about 20 per cent over 2009 numbers, Kootenay West district is very much on par, with only 14 more voters than […]
RCMP urge parents to drop off prescriptions
The BC RCMP is asking parents and grandparents to be aware of a growing problem of prescription drug abuse among youth. According to a 2009 study, one fifth of students in grades 7-12 have used at least one prescription drug without a doctor’s prescription. Oftentimes these medications were stolen from a medicine cabinet or a […]
UPDATE: Next 36 hours critical in changing 'flood advisory' to 'flood warning'
Terry Swan, General Manager of Emergency Management and Fire Services for the Regional District of Central Kootenay said the next 36 hours are critical to determine if areas placed under “flood watch advisory” become upgraded to “flood watch warnings”. “The current concern for today and (Tuesday) is the cold front that has been forecast and […]
Food for thought: GDS-free shish kabobs like honey-mustard chicken
I’m so sorry I’m late getting this to you – believe it or not, I was trying to get a stuffed turkey in the oven early enough that we won’t be eating at 8 or 9 p.m. Do I know how to celebrate Mother’s Day, or WHAT? The shish kabobs would’ve been my first choice […]
Trail market filling up fast
The City of Trail and the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce say vendor space is filling up in the Trail Market on the Esplanade for the summer of 2013, with over 50 per cent of the spaces already allocated for the full year. Because the event achieved such tremendous success in 2012 with over […]
Kootenay residents asked to attend an ener-vention as FortisBC PowerSense launches the Kootenay Energy Diet
Kootenay residents will get help slimming down their energy use when they join the Kootenay Energy Diet, set to launch in Castlegar on May 22 with community ener-ventions (information sessions and trade shows) to follow in Trail, Salmo, Rossland, Grand Forks, Slocan, Creston and Kaslo. “As we found through the successful...
Mir Lecture Series presents Arun Gandhi, Peace Activist & Mahatma Gandhi’s Grandson
Join Arun Gandhi as he addresses violence through education and his work with impoverished children using the lessons that he learned from his famous grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi. This lecture takes place at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on May 17th. Inspired Legacy Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was born in South ...
NFD responds to second fire in as many days, Friday's blaze at Home Brewery building
The Nelson Fire Department responded to the second fire in as many days, this an exterior blaze Friday at the Home Brewery building on Railway Street across from Nelson Ford. Dispatchers received a call at 11:30 a.m. to a report the exterior of the building was on fire. Chief Simon Grypma, along with two on-duty […]
LETTER: Taxes are about sharing
Dear Sir, I couldn't believe my eyes. Your letter page contained a letter from someone who holds a position of power in a local cooperative. He wrote to raise the prospect of taxation as a spectre of fear and loathing against which all co-op members should raise standards, mount ramparts and prepare to repel raiding hordes ...
Electrical glitch resolved at Silver City Days; rides to be running on time
A glitch that saw the rides stop working during the first night of Silver City Days is fixed in plenty of time for the causeway’s opening this afternoon, according to festival society president Ian McLeod. “One of the main generators blew up on us at about 6 p.m. (Wednesday),” he said, adding the mechanical issue […]
