Slocan Valley resident lays private charges over jet fuel spill
A Slocan Valley woman has laid private information against Executive Flight Centre and the provincial government over the jet fuel spill into Lemon Creek in July of 2013. Longtime environmental activist Marilyn Burgoon says if the provincial government won’t prosecute the Alberta transportation company for dumping 33,000...
Selkirk College welcomes past grads to community barbecue at Rosemont Campus
Selkirk College staff and students are inviting the community to join them for a celebration barbecue that will mark five decades of quality trades training, career programs and community education at Nelson’s Silver King Campus. An education cornerstone in the region since 1964, the campus opened as the BC Vocational School...
CBT offers $ .5 million for proposed Riverfront Centre
The City of Trail is very pleased to announce that Columbia Basin Trust has dedicated $500,000 in grant funding for the proposed Library/Heritage Centre (Riverfront Centre). The facility, estimated at $6.9 million, will be built on the land previously occupied by the Eagles’ building if Trail’s electors vote in favour of the...
Fire ban partially rescinded in Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon (PDT) on Friday, September 26, Category 2 open fires will be permitted within the Southeast Fire Centre due to a decreased risk of wildfires. However, Category 3 open fires are still prohibited within the Southeast Fire Centre's jurisdiction, with the exception of the Columbia Fire Zone. The public is now ...
Nation-state independence and the state of happiness
Scotland's Referendum Readers will be aware of the story last week of Scotland's independence referendum. The “yes” side lost its bid for an independent Scotland, as Quebec’s yes side has lost in two recent referendums, whereas Ireland succeeded -- for 26 of its 32 counties – in seceding from the United Kingdom. I feel...
Nelson Fire Department responds to fire at Hume Hotel
Guests at the Hume Hotel got an early wake up call due to a fire in the laundry room Sunday morning. Nelson Fire Department responded to a call shortly after 7 a.m. of a fire that originated in the laundry room in one of the commercial dryers. “Both on-duty Nelson Fire Department members responded immediately with one additional...
LETTER: Water Meters – What The City Is Not Telling You
Dear Editor, Why is information on water meter installations so hard to get? We contacted Doug Allin at City Hall to get more info on one of the available options - the manually-read, human-friendly, non-RF, non-radiating meter (the “ProRead”), and we were just pointed in various directions and given no hard data. There seems...
Local governments 'fragmented', need control: Report
The relationship between local governments and the provincial government reached a new low this week, said RDCK area D director Andy Shadrack, when a provincial review on government wages was leaked to the public. The report prepared by Ernst and Young claimed that salaries and wages in local government are now higher than...
Nelson's Wayne Naka excited to take on challenge of 55-plus BC Games
Coaching in the Western Hockey League, Wayne Naka truly experienced the meaning of pressure. Those skills were definitely an asset after the Nelson native left the rigors of Tier I hockey for a principal position in the Kootenay-Columbia School District 20. However, the 59-year-old instructor will need to bottle up every bit...
No danger to public during prisoner escape Monday at Nelson Courthouse
A communications specialist with the Ministry of Justice/Attorney General said the public was not in any danger during a prisoner break Monday at the Nelson Courthouse. Lauren Mulholland, Communications Manager at the Ministry of Justice/Attorney General told The Nelson Daily Tuesday that “minimal force” was needed to apprehend...
