CPR Holiday Train visit raises cash and food donations for Heritage City
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train was back in the Heritage City Monday night to fill local food banks with money and raise awareness to fight hunger. Hundreds of Nelsonites flocked to Lakeside Park to hear Valdy give a live performance and donate food and money to the Salvation Army and Nelson Food Cupboard. The last […]
RDCK offers special holiday recycling programs
‘Tis the season to give. And the regional district is giving two special seasonal recycling programs at landfills and transfer stations from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31. During this time, residents of the Regional District of Central Kootenay will have the opportunity to recycle old strands of Christmas lights for free, or drop off their […]
Walton backstops Leafs to 5-2 win over Castlegar Rebels in Murdoch showdown
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Last season Castlegar coach Steve Junker had the luxury of knowing he had a netminder that could steal a game on any given night. Friday he saw that same goalie snatch two points from the palm of his hands. Leaf goalie Andrew Walton came back to foil his former […]
More than 50 scientists protest BC Hydro closures/lay-offs in Castlegar and Nelson
A group of more than 50 scientists is publicly lobbying BC Hydro to reconsider its decision to close the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) office in Nelson, and to lay off staff in Castlegar, Nelson and Prince George. The offices are to be closed by January 2012, and the program consolidated in Burnaby […]
Standing committee appointments announced for city council
At Dec. 5th’s first meeting of the newly-elected city council, Mayor Lawrence Chernoff assigned each council member to the standing committee roles they’ll be playing for the following year – a practice not employed in all municipalities. “There are lots of cities where councillors stay on the same committees for years and years,” he said, […]
MP wants bottled water banned
Alex Atamanenko, MP, rose in the House of Commons Wednesday to introduce a petition on behalf of the BC/Yukon Region Canadian Catholic Development and Peace organization. Signed by 1,200 people from the Dioceses of Nelson and Victoria, the petition calls on the government to ban the purchase of bottled water in federal...
Huge weekend for food bank: Miracle marathon, toy drive, and Holiday Train on tap
It’s a critical weekend for Castlegar’s Community Harvest Food Bank, as they push to raise what they need to provide Christmas hampers to the city’s less fortunate. The drive begins today, with Mountain FM’s Miracle Marathon at Safeway. “I think that started about six years ago, to raise food, donations and awareness for food...
Castlegar debt-free after paying out loan 2.5 years early
It's a black day for the City of Castlegar - black ink, that is, according to a report offered at Monday’s regular city council meeting. In the report, city director of finance Andre Buss told council that the city’s only remaining long-term loan (issue 58, which the city undertook to build the RCMP detachment as well as...
Early birds get the turns at Whitewater Ski Resort in ‘best opening ever’
After Mother Nature provided a November to remember, Old Man Winter has wasted no time digging in for the long haul at Nelson’s Whitewater Ski Resort. Slated to open all 69 runs and four lifts this weekend, including the Glory Triple Chair, the mountain is already experiencing mid-winter conditions with one of the deepest resort […]
Police presence increases on local roads as season festivities heat up
‘Tis the season for designated drivers. For those about to drink, think ahead. The Nelson Police and the RCMP have launched their CounterAttack Drinking and Driving campaign — an effort to avoid the mixing of alcohol, people and their automobiles. With BC having the toughest drinking driving laws in Canada, the consequences are severe and […]
