POLICE: Three injured in rollover near Christina Lake
Three Kootenay residents are injured and remain in hospital after losing control of their truck on Highway #3 east of Christina Lake yesterday. A 65-year-old Robson man was transported directly to the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. The 50-year-old woman and 48-year-old man, both from Castlegar, were transported by ambulance to the Boundary […]
RDCK to create a new park: Crescent Valley Beach
A 6.4-acre chunk of very popular, but once private, Slocan Valley land was donated to the people of the Regional District of Central Kootenay at the Oct. 20 regular board meeting. Crescent Valley Beach is a popular summertime recreation area used extensively by residents and tourists for swimming, rafting and kayaking. Area H Director Walter […]
Occupy Nelson holds public meeting to thank community and plot the future
Occupy Nelson is going to occupy the Scout Hall on Cedar Street for a community meeting Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. “This meeting is a chance for the community to come back together and start discussing how we want to move forward,” said Kendra Cooper from Occupy Nelson in an emailed press release to The […]
Why Iceland should be in the news, but is not
By Deena Stryker in SACSIS.An Italian radio program's story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt. The reasons were mentioned only in passing,...
New program helps residents to get to medical appointments
Boundary area residents who need assistance when travelling to medical appointments will be able to get there easier with the new volunteer driver program. Interior Health is pleased to announce it has entered into a contract with the Boundary Hospice Association to offer a formalized program in the region. “Volunteers are the heartbeat of our […]
Government receives independent report on community gaming grant system
Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Ida Chong has received the independent report from Skip Triplett that examines government’s community gaming grant system for British Columbia. Triplett, the former Kwantlen Polytechnic University president who has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, delivered his report to the minister today. Government will release the report, in […]
CBT co-hosts Columbia River Treaty information sessions in Nelson
One of the most critical treaties in West Kootenay history is about to be explored, and it could have impacts right here in Nelson. As a result, the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is hosting an information session about the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) in Nelson on Monday, Nov. 14. This session is hosted in partnership […]
Saudi Arabia: Poverty video vloggers released
By Mona Kareem in Global VoicesAround two weeks ago, Saudi Arabia arrested three young video bloggers Firas Buqna, Hussam Al-Darwish and Khaled Al-Rasheed for producing an episode of their show Malub Alena about poverty in one of Riyadh's areas.The name of the show can be translated into We Are Being Fooled and this episode...
Shambhala hits another home run: unprecedented number of ticket sales
Tickets for the 15th annual Shambhala Music Festival, Aug. 8-13 2012, went on sale on Friday, Oct. 21 with an unprecedented number of ticket sales. The 7 pm release was delayed by half an hour when the site crashed due to the high volume of people visiting the site. The Shambhala tech team replaced the […]
Buy a bench, pick a park, mark a memory
With 43 sold so far, there’s still time to sponsor a BC Parks’ limited-edition bench as part of its 100 park benches for 100 years of provincial parks program. The Dalton family of the Lower Mainland jumped at the opportunity to commemorate their family history. Sheena Ball and her brother, Jim Brown, have a connection […]
