While people in more than 175 countries used Earth Day 2012 to raise awareness and appreciation of the world’s natural environment, a rally in Nelson had more of a direct message for government — Keep Jumbo Wild and put a stop the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project. “Look at this sky, look at that (Elephant) […]

Aircraft from the 19 Wing/CFB Comox conducted training exercises north of Nelson Sunday, and were not dispatched on a search and rescue mission, said Captain Greg Clarke. “Crews were on a training exercise all day Saturday in the Okanagan, spent the night in Kelowna and decided to do some training around Nelson as this is […]

As Enbridge tells the story, the Northern Gateway pipeline is the path to a bounty of benefits and opportunities. This is a tall tale – a pipedream to validate increased corporate profits. In truth, the construction of Northern Gateway – and the proposed twinning of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline  System – will reduce […]

A resident’s cat saved the life of a Nelson man after fire completely gutted the house across the C.P Rail tracks from Taghum Hall Saturday morning. Taghum is located approximately 10 kilometers west of Nelson on Highway 3A. At approximately 7:20 a.m., the man awoke to the sound of his cat causing a ruckus. After […]

Local RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said today that a traffic stop led police to arresting “a key player” of a Kootenay drug trafficking ring. “On April 15,  a member of the Slocan Lake RCMP stopped a vehicle for a driving infraction in Winlaw. During the stop, the member formed grounds to believe the male driver, […]

Smiles and hugs dominated the Nelson stop on the 25th Anniversary Rick Hansen Relay. That’s before the tears of joy running down the faces of runners and spectators took over Thursday afternoon on the course that took participants from the north side of the Nelson Bridge to the NDCC parking lot. “This is one man’s […]

Dear Rick Hansen: I hope that during your next 25 years of raising money for spinal cord research (SCR) we will see the end of inhumane, scientifically fallacious spinal cord experiments on animals. It was 25 years ago when Lifeforce, a Vancouver based ecology and animal rights organization, gave you extensive data about the failure […]

On April 26, a group of Nelson youth participating in the Gender Action Project will perform live at the Mir Centre for Peace.  Rumours and Just a Friend, interactive forum theatre pieces about gender issues, are the result of a 10-week-long workshop series facilitated by the Nelson Women's Centre, and supported by SelfDesign...

Despite a residential tax increase this year, Castlegar homeowners will likely be paying less property tax in 2012 than they did in 2010. In a report presented to city council at its regular meeting Monday night, city director of financial services Andre Buss told council that modest increases have been offset by an increase...

The annual general meeting of the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) got under way today in Trail, with 26 municipalities and three regional districts represented. While Castlegar mayor and council are present, as part of 117 voting delegates and about 185 attendees, Castlegar will not be bringing...