BC Coroners Service identifies victim in Sunday's Blewett trailer fire
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who was found deceased following a trailer-home fire in Sunday (March 8) in Blewett as Nelson as Ryan Randell Tapp of Nelson. About 4 a.m. Sunday morning, neighbours noticed a fire in a mobile home on Fofonow Road in Blewett and summoned emergency services. Nelson ...
BC Transit expands service in West Kootenay
West Kootenay Transit, serving riders from Kaslo to Trail and Nelson, Slocan and Castlegar, is getting a mini-makeover. The local transit service, which expanded to serve the entire West Kootenay in the summer of 2013, is introducing series of improvements including the introduction of Saturday service in Castlegar and on the regional connectors linking Nelson/Castlegar/Trail […]
'Stoned not drunk' driver earns 90-day driving prohibition
Nelson Police experienced a busy weekend, serving a pair of 90-day driving prohibitions as well as arresting a man, with more than 35 criminal convictions from across Canada and wanted in two provinces. ‘Stoned not drunk’ excuse lands driver 90-day driving prohibition During routine rounds, a Nelson police officer noticed a woman failing to stop […]
UPDATED: RCMP, Coroners Service, Fire Departments continue to investigate cause of Blewett fire
Nelson RCMP, B.C. Coroners Service the Blewett, Beasley and Nelson Fire Departments continuing to investigate the cause of a fire that claimed a life early Sunday morning said Sgt. Darryl Little media spokeperson for the Kootenay Boundary Regional RCMP. Little said that at approximately 4 a.m. Sunday, a fire was reported in...
Lack of snowpack causes Southeast Fire Centre to caution public with outdoor burns
The month on the calendar may say March but that hasn’t stopped the Southeast Fire Centre from issuing a public warning to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities, due to the warmer and dryer winter. “The worry right now is “person caused” fires due to grass burning or the of burning piles,” Jordan Turner, Fire...
Southeast Fire Centre urges caution with outdoor burns
The dry winter has the Southeast Fire Centre asking the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities. The favour is due to an increased wildfire risk in the region. "The Southeast Fire Centre is experiencing unseasonably mild temperatures, spring-like conditions and low relative humidity," Jordan Turner,...
South Slocan's Dean Siminoff uses Martial Arts to help free modern day slaves
A program founded by a South Slocan man — Martial Arts For Justice — had a story written about him in a Colorado-based news website. The Examiner.com, a media company based in Denver, Colorado, that operates a network of local news websites in USA and Canada, featured Taekwondo master Dean Siminoff in a story about Martial ...
West Arm Provinical Park to grow by 1,219 hectares — Caribou population benefits
Environment Minister Mary Polak has announced that the West Arm Provincial Park is one of six BC parks to be expanded under Bill 8 which was introduced on March 2. The park will gain 1,219 hectares on the south eastern edge directly behind Ymir peak. The land is owned by the Crown, which acquired two parcels of land totaling...
LETTER: School superintendent speaks to carving almost $.6 mill from budget
Trustees and district staff have been working on the 2015/16 school year budget since January. On Feb. 23, the first draft of the budget was released. It is basically a status-quo budget, which means that this draft of the budget maintains everything that we had in the current year’s preliminary budget, with the following...
Selkirk College Saints Add Firepower to Future with Commitment by Dallas Calvin
The Selkirk College Men’s Hockey program is pleased to announce the playing commitment of Dallas Calvin to attend and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2015-2016 British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) season. Calvin is a 6-foot-4, 220 pound forward who recently completed his final junior hockey season ...
