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Nelson representation at Monday's Defend Our Coast mass sit-in

Canadian actress, model, producer, author, activist, and known for her television series roles in Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. Pamela Anderson is going to be there. So will Mark Ruffalo, Daryl Hannah of Roxanne fame, and Michael Moore. Joining the start-studded list of dignitaries at the Defend Our Coast mass sit-in on Monday in Victoria […]

POLICE: Missing youth found safe

A Grand Forks youth was found safe after an intensive search lasting nearly six hours last night. On Thursday, Oct. 18 a group of youth were partying at the sand pit in Christina Lake. Just after midnight, a 16-year-old boy got upset, refused a ride home to Grand Forks, then left the party. Friends began […]

COMMENT: Conservative ominous omnibus bills – The art of stealing power from democracy

Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior) is slamming the Conservative government’s second mammoth Omnibus Budget Bill this year which amends over 40 separate Acts, guts a series of commissions that protect the public interest and concentrates even more power in Ministers’ hands. The BC MP denounced the government’s measures...

OPINION: Economist predictions and mortgage terms

By: Rob McLister, Canada Mortgage Trends No one truly knows where interest rates are headed. Yet, despite vast margins of error, all major financial institutions regularly publish rate predictions. If only we could assume that these economists were right - or even half right - it would be far easier to determine the lowest-cost...

Comment on Source Facebook nets reader a conversation with cops

A comment posted on Facebook has earned the author a conversation with police, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. The comment was in reference to a story posted on the Castlegar Source Facebook page about a Sunflower City man convicted of criminal charges, and openly threatened the man named in the story. Source editor […]

OP/ED: Using social media as a 9-1-1 stand in should increase the number of Darwin Award recipients

Usually, I’m in line with public opinion, in keeping with the democratic values that drive my very profession. But a recent Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross just crosses the line for me – away from public opinion and into public hysteria or public stupidity, I can’t decide which. Apparently, about […]

Local hero receives Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award

Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel, shortly before being named honourary fire chief in Embetsu, Japan, was presented with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of his many years of service. Rempel, 57, also serves as airport manager, volunteers for Rotary, works as Brigade Superintendent for St John Ambulance and commanding...

Public Works: Two outdoor skating rinks, Cobra climb on hold, Adopt-a-Road extended to parks/trails

  City residents should be able to enjoy two outdoor skating rinks this year in Kinnaird Park, after the city’s first such rink was met with overwhelming approval last year. City director of transportation and civic works Chris Barlow says it was the very popularity of the venue that created a safety risk which ultimately...

West Kootenay Habitat for Humanity provides another house for local family

The West Kootenay Habitat for Humanity presented the Chris Catta Family with the keys to the new house during a blessing ceremony Sunday in the Uphill district of Nelson. Pastor Jim Reimer of the Kootenay Christian Fellowship was on hand to conduct the blessing along with the Catta Family and members of the West Kootenay […]

Skydiver breaks sound barrier in jump

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, aged 43, performed a jump Sunday from 39km above the Earth's surface using a full-pressure suit, a parachute canopy, a capsule, and a helium balloon. Baumgartner broke the sound barrier as his top speed reached 1342km/h (834 miles per hour), exceeding the speed of sound, and landed in the...
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