The Canfor Mill as Canal Flats officially closes its doors Monday said the United Steelworkers Local 1-405 in a media release. As of Monday (November 9), after over a 100 years of sawmill operation in or around Canal Flats that history has come to an end.    “This has been devastating for our members, their families, Canal ...

Earlier this year, a former Nelson business owner, Peter Godfrey, visited the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial. The War Cemetery and Memorial, located three kilometres north of the village of Groesbeek, Netherlands, contains 2,338 Canadian soldiers of World War II. Included are three soldiers from Nelson —  Private...

Ready, set . . . time to make solar power. Nelson Hydro is ready to take the Heritage City into the solar energy world the introduction of Community Solar program. The program will offer solar energy to its customers.  In a media release the City of Nelson said this type of community solar project makes solar more accessible,...

As the province’s wolf cull gets set to enter its second season, environmentalists are accusing the provincial government of letting logging companies affect mountain caribou management policies. The province launched into the wolf cull last winter, claiming it was necessary to protect the dwindling South Selkirk and South ...

To the Editor: Dear Ms Stead: The Globe and Mail has just written off the Green Party of Canada as irrelevant as a result of the election numbers they have found. I suggest they do their sums again. In the three provinces where the Green Party have an elected MP and/or an elected MLA the results were as follows: British...

The burning issue and ethics of whether or not to institute a panhandling bylaw for Nelson's downtown will now have to smoulder for another six months. City council balked at the decision to advance to third reading on draft legislation for a panhandling bylaw Monday night during the regular council meeting, choosing instead...

Montreal-based jazz musician Elizabeth Shepherd will be kicking off her latest tour at Nelson’s Shambhala Music & Performance Hall where she will be joined on stage by Selkirk College students. The velvety-voiced pianist arrived on the international scene in 2006 when her debut album Start To Move was voted one of the top...

Nelson Police Sergeant Dino Falcone said Halloween 2015 was "quiet" for the most part despite the fact the night of trick-or-treating fell on the time change weekend. "We had quite a few calls (2014) compared with this year,"  Falcone told The Nelson Daily Monday. "This year we had about 27 calls which four were noise complaints...

Watch the video to see Les Johnson's recording of the Halloween fireworks...

Newsletter... I am sharing a few pictures that represent a typical water/grassland scene on the Gipin Grasslands. The pictures showcase the largest tributary to Morrissey Creek before the creek drops into a canyon and an adjacent meadow that was the site of a recent forest thinning burn. Morrissey Creek watershed is one of ...