LETTER: Minister of State responds to Atamanenko's commentary on federal budget
Dear Editor; Your story “Budget fails to make life more affordable for Canadian families: Atamanenko” is misleading. As Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), I would like to correct MP Atamanenko’s statements and set the record straight. Our Government is committed to strengthening the Canadian economy and promoting economic development. Measures […]
A green web of intrigue builds in the Columbia Basin
The spider of ingenuity and necessity has spun a green web of information and resources in the West Kootenay in the pursuit of the sustainability bug, pulling together some of the disparate and far flung legs of the movement. Called the CB Green web directory (http://www.cbgreen.ca/), it is a listing of organizations and businesses in […]
West Kootenay/Boundary blues: charting the terrible tarmacs of the Kootenay
This is debatable. One of the province’s major auto insurance companies has released its top 30 worst roads in the province and only one West Kootenay strip of pavement has made the cut. BCAA’s public polling of the province’s 20 worst roads has named the chunk of road from Balfour to Kaslo and over to […]
Successful rescue of man from ‘extreme current’ in Kokanee Creek
A day of pleasant hiking turned into a dangerous dip and brush with the powerful forces of nature as a man went into the meltwater swollen waters of Kokanee Creek on Sunday and almost did not return. A 45-year-old Nelson man had jumped into Kokanee Creek from the Old Growth Hiking Trail — in Kokanee […]
Stanley Cup is going to a Game Seven after Bruins blast Canucks
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports In a hockey game that’s 60 minutes long, it took the Boston Bruins 4:14 to send the Stanley Cup Final to a seventh game. Goals by Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Michael Ryder early in the first period sparked the Bruins to a 5-2 victory Monday at […]
Smugglers arrested with 159 pounds of ecstasy tablets
A drug smuggling attempt failed when United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents seized five backpacks with 159 pounds of ecstasy at the Washington state border near Christina Lake last Friday. CBP Public Information Officer James Frackleton explained that the seizure was a result of good coordinated tactical planning and utilization of advanced detection […]
Kootenay Mapbook founder Russell Mussio divulges his hidden Kootenay haunts
Want to win a copy of the new Kootenay Rockies Mapbook edition? The Nelson Daily, reaching 26,000 Nelson and area folks per month — and over 50,000 West Kootenay folk through the regional Lone Sheep network — wants to put a copy of the Kootenay Rockies Backroad Mapbook in your hands for Father’s Day. The […]
Melanson makes it three in a row at Sunflower Open
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsIf this keeps up Jordan Melanson may have a difficult time getting a tee time at a local tournament.The Granite Pointe golfer found the winner’s circle for the third consecutive time, capturing the recent 2011 Sunflower Open at the Castlegar Golf Club.Melanson shot a 2-under-par 142 to win...
Canada Post Corporation rejects CUPW's offer to suspend the strike
In response to Friday’s request from Labour Minister Lisa Raitt, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers agreed to suspend strike activity, but Canada Post’s management rejected the union’s offer. The union’s only condition was that the terms of its collective agreement would be reinstated. In 1991, when CUPW suspended its strike action to assist mediation […]
Treatment options for environmental sensitivities
By Dr. Brenda Gill Since we are just starting to get into the season of cottonwood, increased dust and pollen because we’ve had such a cold and wet May, I thought this would be a good time to discuss minimizing the effects of allergens. Also, we have some exciting new de-sensitization drops that have been […]
