Potential regional district rift patched over
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The hatchet was unearthed and reburied last Thursday as the regional district directors put another patch over a long-standing feud, with some measure of solace achieved in the process. The allotting of BC Hydro grants in lieu of taxes money has created a rift on the 20-person Regional...
Fire season in region comes in at less than half of average
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe number of fires that burned in the West Kootenay region this year was less than half of the 10-year average, with even fewer hectares than anywhere else in the province succumbing to forest fire blazes, according to the Southeast Fire Centre.There were only 227 fires that were reported...
Potash and the Canadian corporate elite
So the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan drama is about to come to a head Wednesday with the Harper government’s decision on whether or not to approve the takeover bid by Australia’s mega corporation BHP Billiton. Most are predicting that Harper will cave under the pressure from Brad Wall, Saskatchewan Party premier and...
Morning Mountain could change hands
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The future of Morning Mountain may lie in the hands of the Nelson Cycling Club. The Regional District of Central Kootenay holds tenure on the controlled recreation area on the Crown land that used to be the Morning Mountain (Blewett) Ski Hill — and still owns property at the base of the ...
Ag plan grows up in West Kootenay
The Nelson Daily staffThe seeds of an agricultural plan have been sown for the region, with an eye towards improving the quantity and quality of agricultural production in the West Kootenay. The Regional District of Central Kootenay is creating an Area Agricultural Plan, conducting a planning process to research, develop...
Sinixt claim BC Timber Sales did not consult in issuing timber sale licence and stage protest
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The one question BC Timber Sales forgot in their due diligence to allow logging on Perry Ridge was to ask the Sinixt Nation what they thought of issuing a timber sale licence for the parcel of land. As of Tuesday, the Sinixt have sent a message to BC Timber Sales, notifying the Crown...
Harper government adopts NDP 'Poppy' plan
The government has finally listened to the Royal Canadian Legion and Canada’s New Democrats and will remove the sales tax from the purchase of poppies and wreaths for the Legion’s annual poppy campaign. When the Harmonized Sales Tax was implemented in Ontario and B.C. this summer, the production of poppies fell under the new tax system […]
CBT pilots water stewardship initiative in six local schools
Grade 8 science students at six schools across the Columbia Basin were among the first to take part in Know Your Watershed, a new regionally-based water stewardship initiative of Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). “CBT recognizes the importance of actively engaging youth in water issues in the Basin, “said Neil Muth, CBT President and CEO. “Through this program we are trying […]
Feds take tax off poppies
The federal government will remove the sales tax from the purchase of poppies and wreaths for the Legion’s annual poppy campaign. When the Harmonized Sales Tax was implemented in Ontario and B.C. this summer, the production of poppies fell under the new tax system since a private firm in Toronto makes the poppies. This means […]
Logging truck rolls over on sharp curve
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily There was no consonance in the accident Monday morning when a logging truck overturned on a sharp “S” curve on Highway 6 southeast of Salmo. Around 8:25 a.m. a northbound logging truck overturned on the highway just north of the Nelway Border Crossing, southeast of Salmo. The truck had...
