A few tips on preventing bike theft
Do you like your bike? Then with the warmer weather finally arriving, it’s time for cyclists to protect their ride as the increase in bike riders comes and increase of bike thefts. While a theft of your investment can take just moments, the inconvenience and financial loss will last much longer. Here are a few […]
North Shore, Balfour Departments respond to Nine Mile house fire
Quick reponse by a thoughtful neighbour may have saved a North Shore family from possibly life-threatening injury following a roof fire Thursday (May 10) at 4230 Highway 3A nine miles north of Nelson. At approximately 4:50 p.m., North Shore Fire Department received a call of a fire on Crescent Bay Road after a neighbour noticed […]
HIGH STREAM ADVISORY: Boundary on watch for flooding
A few days of warmer temperatures led to a shift from accumulating snowpack to melting resulting in rising river levels across the Southern Interior this week, putting the Kootenay / Boundary regions on flood alert. The high stream advisory was posted by the B.C. River Forecast Centre on Thursday as they anticipate continued...
Buzz on Business — Dig Garden Centre for those who like to garden
By Nyree Marsh, The Nelson Daily Kootenay gardeners have a fantastic new place to get everything they need to make their garden inspirations come to life; Dig Garden Centre just celebrated its Grand Opening at Playmor Junction in the South Slocan. Conveniently located between Nelson and Castlegar, Dig owners Mark and Lori Loran, have created […]
OP/ED: It's best we never saw it coming
My friends and I were visiting over coffee not too long ago and, as usual, the topic of parenting came up. As we chatted and exchanged funny stories, the conversation shifted into our experiences of being pregnant with our first children. Not the morning sickness and physical stuff, but the emotional experience of preparing...
Online chicken survey intended to prevent council from running 'afowl' of public opinion
The chickens are ruling the roost once again, and the puns are flying fast and furious after city councillor Deb McIntosh requested a public meeting discussing whether the city should allow residents to raise chickens on urban properties in Castlegar. At council’s regular meeting Monday night, McIntosh said the city had allowed...
Three grizzly bears destroyed near Castlegar
Three grizzly bears had to be destroyed and a fourth relocated in a five-day time-frame last week, according to CBC’s Kootenay reporter, Bob Keating. Keating, who broke the story today (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/05/10/bc-grizzlies-kootenay-sheep-kill.html), said he was alerted to the issue by conservation officer supervisor Sgt. Arnold DeBoon. “He (DeBoon) wants people to know what what happened here […]
91-year-old Burnaby woman thwarts would-be robber
On May 8, at around 6:30 p.m., a 91-year-old lady had just sat down for a coffee in a busy area of the Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby, according to police Cpl. Brenda Gresiuk. "She had placed her purse around the handle of her walker. To her surprise, a thief snatched her purse and fled down the mall. However, the senior...
Is Your Body Acidic, Alkaline or Both — Part 3
Here are some exciting things you can do! Keeping the body as alkaline as we can is important, so, it can detoxify all the breakdown products and move them out through the feces and urine. One of the ways to keep the system alkaline is to eat dark green leafy veggies and other veggies (other […]
Llama letter: animal owner offers thanks and clarification
Well, quite the day was Tuesday. While my wife Carolyn was in Kentucky for the famous Derby, my daughter Casey and I were in a bit of a track meet ourselves. As everyone knows by now, one of our llamas got out of her enclosure and went for a sight seeing tour of Ootischenia and Castlegar. While it has been written that Cocoa...
