The hundred mile currency: Columbia Community Dollars
What if a currency had caring for the community built right into its structure? What if, by design, a currency was based on generosity rather than greed? Fed up with the current debt-sourcing model our national currency runs on and seeing a potentially large opportunity for a truly win-win-win situation in which businesses, customers and […]
Millennium Park due for a facelift?
A master plan for Millennium Park will soon be in the works, now that city council has unanimously voted to hire HB Lanarc Consultants conduct public consultations and develop recommendations for the park. Council chair of the transportation and civic works committee Kevin Chernoff said Lanarc's proposal stood out among the...
Castlegar man gets 30 months for assault
A 41-year-old Castlegar man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after assaulting his brother in August of last year. Bruce Lajeunesse was originally charged with Aggravated Assault, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Assault Causing Bodily Harm, and was sentenced to 30 months. With time served (he has been held...
Avalanche victim named; helicopter to bring survivors from backcountry
It’s looking like Nelson RCMP will finally get the opportunity to communicate at length with witnesses to the avalanche death of Manfred Rockel, 46, of Calgary. Rockel died while skiing at the Kokanee Glacier National Park on Jan. 16. Nelson RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel said the location of the skiing group is so remote […]
NDCU throws in support for a disc golf course
The Nelson Disc Golf Society (NDGS) received some major financial support from the Nelson District Credit Union to install a proposed disc golf course (also known as Frisbee golf) in uphill Nelson. NDGS, a group of over 40 disc golf enthusiasts/volunteers, is currently waiting for feedback regarding a November presentation they made to Nelson City […]
Lo's Blog — Watching history happen right before her eyes
Lauren Galbraith of Nelson is currently in Kigali, Rwanda on a six-month placement in the land-locked, east-African country of Rwanda. Since September Galbraith has been teaching, working and learning in the Biomedical Laboratory Sciences department of the Kigali Health Institute in the capital city. It was through the Coady International Institute and St. Francis Xavier […]
Nelson Bantams overcome slow start to take two from Castlegar
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports The Nelson Bantam Reps shook off some holiday rust to grab two of three games from rival Castlegar in West Kootenay Minor Hockey League action during the weekend. After falling 5-4 to the Sunflower City squad Friday, the Reps outscored the opposition 17-6 to win the three-game set 2-1. […]
Gas leak causes major headache for Highway 3A commuters
Highway 3A was closed for nearly seven hours as a natural gas pipeline was punctured at 13 Mile on the North Shore Monday. A power line contractor working on the North Shore for Nelson Hydro made contact with and punctured a six-inch natural gas pipeline while digging a pole hole at approximately 4:10 p.m. Monday […]
Cougars take bite out of Ice, sweep two-game series
By The Nelson Daily Sports The red-hot streak by Kootenay Ice standards came to a crashing end after the Cariboo Cougars swept a pair of B.C. Major Midget Hockey League games during the weekend in the Thompson region. Harjas Grewal had three points, including two goals, to lead the Cougars to a 7-4 victory Sunday […]
Rescuers retrieve body of Alberta man from Kokanee
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A search and rescue team flown by helicopter into the avalanche laden alpine area of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park has retrieved the body of an Alberta man killed in an avalanche yesterday. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk confirmed the man’s body has been taken out of the backcountry after he […]
