Former Nelsonite and raptor expert offers insight into Osprey family
Former Nelsonite William Dove was pleased to see Nelson Hydro and Columbia Wireless joined forces to have a camera at the nest of an Kootenay Osprey family just off Highway 3A west of Nelson by Grohman Park. Dove, who got his start as a raptor rehabilitator, educator and falconer when I lived in Nelson about 35 years ago,...
Clara's Big Ride
Olympian Clara Hughes will ride into Nelson Saturday, May 24 as part of Clara’s Big Ride for Bell Let’s Talk. Nelson's Kootenay Lake Tourism is doing its best to fill the streets and has created a U-Tube video to help encourage Nelsonites to get out and support Clara's cause. The two-time Olympian Clara Hughes rides into the...
Castlegar gaining national attention for local program
It seems Castlegar has a national celebrity in its midst ... but our rising star is a program, not a person. Castlegar SculptureWalk was featured today in a Globe and Mail story written by Marsha Lederman (click here to read it), whose interest was tweaked by Burnaby-based artist Ron Simmer's What the Nose Knows. SculptureWalk...
Selkirk College English Instructor Wins Prestigious Award
Myler Wilkinson’s deep connection with one of the greatest short story writers in history has earned recognition and praise from a distinguished Canadian literary journal. In the Spring, 2014 edition of The Fiddlehead, the Selkirk College instructor was named the winner of the journal’s 23rd Annual Literary Contest for Best...
LETTER: BC Wildlife Federation slams BC Hydro's management of Arrow Lakes fish populations
The Kootenay region has endured a disproportionate amount of ecological damage due to numerous upper Columbia Basin hydro developments that have generated considerable economic benefits to the province, but also caused significant social and environmental damage to the region. The most recent dam at Revelstoke caused huge...
Victim of fatal farming accident identified
The investigation continues regarding the death of a Boundary farmer last week, according to the BC Coroners Service. They also released the name of the man who died following a farming accident at a family farm near Beaverdell on May 8, 2014. "He is Larry Dale Hultgren, aged 65," said a press release issued May 13. "Mr....
Search team concludes mission to find missing New Denver area males Tuesday 'without success'
RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little said the search for three males from the New Denver area missing after a canoeing accident Saturday afternoon on Slocan Lake ended Tuesday evening “without success”. Hayden Kyle, 21, Skye Donnet, 18, and Jule Wiltshire-Padfield, 15, were canoeing from New Denver to Rosebery along with 19-year-old Lily...
Downtown Trail sees lights replaced with four-way stop
The traffic lights at the intersection of Bay Avenue and Farwell Street will be covered with bags today, May 13, to make way for a new four-way stop. Andrea Jolly, Trail’s communications co-ordinator said, “Converting the traffic signal to a four-way stop is to be done on a trial basis. An additional traffic study would […]
Bears and booze keep NPD officers busy
Bears and booze kept City Police members busy during the weekend in Nelson. The hairy bruins were a thorn in the side of Nelson residents during the weekend as NPD dispatch received several calls of reports of bears in both the hospital and Fairview areas. During an altercation near Seventh Street and Gordon Road, officers ...
RCMP continue investigation following four-vehicle pileup Monday near Thrums
RCMP are considering charges against the driver of the RAV4 following a four-vehicle accident Monday (May 12) near Tarrys Road on Highway 3A that tied up afternoon rush hour traffic. Castlegar RCMP said the accident happened at approximately 4:41 p.m. when a vehicle plowed into a stopped Jeep Compass attempting to make a turn...
