'Want adequate funding' parents tell Education Minister Mike Bernier during tour of Kootenay Lake School District
The Minister of Education Mike Bernier continued his tour of BC schools on Tuesday, making a stop in the Kootenay Lake District, specifically a tour of the aging Trafalgar Middle School — a school that appears to be on the chopping block as the board wrestles with its final draft plan surrounding the re-configuring use of...
Kootenay Lake Hospital chimes celebrate new life
The next time you hear gentle wind chimes ringing through the halls of Kootenay Lake Hospital, it means a new life has entered the community. Electronic Birth Chimes have been installed in labour and delivery at KLH. This allows parents of newborns to announce their new arrival over the hospital paging system. The purpose of...
Telehealth a Game Changer for Our Region?
Have you ever had to drive to Trail, Nelson or farther to see a physician specialist? Would you be interested in trying other options that wouldn’t require you to travel? If the answer is yes, doctors would like to hear from you. Kootenay Boundary residents who have seen specialists in the last two years are being asked to...
Two occupants lucky not to suffer severe injuries after truck collides with car near Taghum Bridge
A driver and passenger of a silver truck are lucky not to have been severely injured after clipping a car approximately 10 kilometers west of Nelson on Highway 3A near the Taghum Bridge Monday afternoon. The accident happened at approximately 5:15 p.m. Monday when an eastbound truck tried to avoid the car near Marsden Road....
RCMP concerned with increase in speed on highways; 13 vehicles seized in past week
The West Kootenay Traffic Services/Nelson IRSU are concerned with the recent increase in speeding vehicles on highways in the region. Acting OIC South East District John Ferguson said in a media release drivers should not increase speed thanks to an early spring that has seen highway crews clean up roads. "We still have wild...
Saskatchewan couple in plane crash near Nakusp identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of two persons who died after an air crash near Nakusp on Monday (April 11) afternoon as Lynndon Wayne Delisle, aged 58, and his wife Heather Lynn Delisle, aged 54, both of Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Delisle was the pilot of, and his wife the passenger in, a Rockwell 112 airplane....
Don't get scammed again — CRA issues warning
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is advising the public that during tax time scammers are on the prowl looking to steal your hard-earned money. The CRA said in a media release there is a scam making its round that asks taxpayers to share personal information over the phone. The CRA says this is a scam. "If you get a call or ...
Selkirk College Music Program Students Celebrate with Year-end Show at Spiritbar
Emerging Selkirk College talent will hit Nelson’s Spiritbar stage April 15 for a night of eclectic music celebrating musical achievement by students of the Contemporary Music & Technology Program. The annual Year-End Celebration features student-based bands who’ve been working for months to provide a night of diverse,...
At This Late Hour
(Author’s note: This column is an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Christy Clark and has been sent to them by snail mail.) “A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species to which he belongs.” ...
Andrew Weaver's 'Bye Bye Jumbo Resort' Bill?
BC's lone Green Party MLA, Andrew Weaver, has been busy lately. He has proposed Bill M214 — Local Government Amendment Act, 2016, which would amend the Local Government Act by repealing parts of Section 8. Those parts were passed by the BC Legislature in 2012, apparently for the sole purpose of creating more favourable...
