Those rumours circulating through the city that the Nelson Commons project was in serious financial trouble can finally be squashed. Kootenay Co-op President Jon Steinman made the announcement Monday the Nelson Commons development project is moving forward. “Nelson Commons will be the most significant project in the downtown core in the last 20 years,” says […]

The following is a press release issued by CUPE local 2262: We all love Winterfest and your Castlegar city workers know that it's an important annual community event. Unfortunately, the unresolved labour dispute with the City of Castlegar would put the usual ceremony behind a legal picket line. Given this, CUPE Local 2262 is...

The Winterfest Organizing Committee regrets to inform our community that the 19th Annual Winterfest Family Celebration has been cancelled due to planned labour action by striking CUPE City workers during the event. The Committee decided to cancel the event after hearing that some participants would not continue in the event...

This year I was at the Nelson cenotaph for my tenth consecutive appearance with a placard promoting peace and questioning government war policies; I was physically threatened. I have been doing this for 10 years, since 2005, when our Afghan Mission got bloodier. This was the first time someone tried to grab hold of my sign,...

  “Sometimes the light’s just shinin’ on me, Other times I can barely see.”                  -- Grateful Dead, Truckin’    The Greatness of Historical Leaders: Men and their Moments.   Have you ever wondered at the sheer good luck some of the so-called “Great Men of History” have enjoyed? Have you noticed how sometimes the ...

Ed. Note: This is a press release issued by CUPE via Marketwire: With the ongoing labour dispute and the City's refusal to bargain, CUPE city workers will be maintaining picket lines during Winterfest, including the planned tree lighting on December 5. CUPE 2262 president Leford Lafayette said that members regret that they ...

Legendary former Kootenay Studio Arts (KSA) instructor Santo Mignosa visited Nelson earlier this month to help celebrate the impact Zeljko Kujundzic left on our region’s creative community. In early November, Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History partnered with Selkirk College in a special reception for KSA alumni, current students and faculty that closed the […]

FORRThe Province (Recreation Sites and Trails Branch of the Ministry of Forests) has accepted the community’s proposed management plan for the new Rossland Range Recreation Site in the mountains between Red Mountain Resort and the summit of Mt. Crowe. After 12 years of effort by the community through the Friends of the Rossland...

Kael, the 10-year-old missing boy, was found alive and well in Trail, and has been returned to his family, according to RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson. Previous story: There is a young boy missing, police want your help. He is about about four feet tall, wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, a toque and gloves. He’s […]

On a beautiful summer day in June 2013, Carol Enns experienced devastating injuries in a motor vehicle accident involving a drunk driver north of Colville, WA. Carol was a long time member of the Smokette's Women's hockey team, and living the physically active life that so many of us enjoy in the Kootenays. In February 2014,...