In late-breaking Mo’vember news, now anyone that missed the starter’s pistol for growing their mo’ in support of men’s health can still get in on the act.(Mo’vember, for those of you still in the dark, is a November-long commitment in which participating dudes grow a moustache and gather donations from their community to...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A Nelson group is proposing to take an unused piece of property on the southern edge of the city near the cemetery and add it to the recreational inventory of the Heritage city for no cost to the taxpayer. Led by spokesperson Mike Moor, the Nelson Disc Golf Society […]

Christmas is just around the corner and soon everyone will be scrambling to pick up the perfect gifts for their kids. This year, why not give your 4th or 5th grader the opportunity to learn a new and exciting winter sport? For the past 14 years, the Canadian Ski Council (CSC), in partnership with Forzani, has given nearly […]

Poverty in a small town is a very easy thing to overlook when a pricey ski hill looms over everything or when high tech mountain bikes seem to outnumber the amount of cars whizzing down our streets. However, the bare fact is that Rossland is home to a lot of people who simply cannot make ends meet with their current means, ...

In their continuing efforts to bring a decade-long dream of constructing a permanent skate park in Rossland to life, the Rossland Skatepark Association is gearing up for another campaign to nail down the location for the park. With their window of opportunity from the city getting smaller by the day, the group is revving up...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The City needs to adopt a wildlife attractant bylaw to reduce the amount of bear conflicts in Nelson neighbourhoods, and mitigate the impact it ultimately has on bear welfare, says a member of the BC Conservation Foundation’s Bear Aware program. Joanne Siderius called on City council to adopt a […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A wave of raves in the Kaslo area and Taghum Beach in the last year has prompted complaints and now the drafting of a regional district bylaw to regulate mass gatherings. Electronic music parties (raves) are creating a stir in some rural areas of the Regional District of Central […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The arraignment hearing for the husband of the Slocan mayor accused of operating a large outdoor marijuana grow operation in Winlaw was adjourned in Nelson Provincial Court Monday. The judge adjourned the arraignment hearing until Jan. 11 when it is expected Georges Perriere will enter a plea to the […]

A resident of Christina Lake has been charged with one count of feeding dangerous wildlife under the Wildlife Act [Sec. 33.1(1)]. Allan Wayne Piche is scheduled to appear in Grand Forks provincial court on Dec. 14, 2010.   A police investigation of an alleged marijuana grow operation in mid-August 2010 uncovered a number of severely […]

After meeting with local Interior Health Authority staff members and learning that the IHA no longer has the resources to support grief counseling, a palliative care Social Worker, or perhaps even continuing to coordinate or train Hospice Volunteers, representatives of the Trail Area Hospice Committee felt that forming a...