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Food for thought: GDS-free bacon curry, quick homemade Garam Masala

Readers couldn't agree on whether they wanted bacon or curry for this week's recipe - so I got creative and came up with a simple bacon curry recipe that met with mixed reviews. I would've preferred it with chicken or shrimp, but my son absolutely loved the bacon in it and said this recipe is a keeper. I also wasn't wild about...

COMMENT: Free Range! Organic! Local! Or none of the above...

Are you jaded yet? When you pick up a box at the store and read "natural," does that roll-the-eyes impulse tickle your oculomotor nerves? Sure does mine, a right twitch. "Natural" hardly means natural anymore, just like "free range" seems to allow, "We left the door open to their patch of poor pasture," and "organic" means,...

Re-ignite the radio at the Boost the Broadcast BBQ on Saturday, June 1

"We have a vision," said Marty Unger of the Rossland Radio Coop who has taken the reins along with new RRC president Austin Delaye since founder Marty Cancilla blew this pop stand for a three year stint in New Zealand.  "We have the ideas about what we want to do," Unger said, "but the only way we can achieve our vision is ...

Letter: Passionate plea for city to think again

Dear Editor, You can find various chemical and biological hazards throughout our beautiful community. From the naturally occurring environmental hazards that are prevalent in our area such as Radon gas, to the manmade chemicals that are used in many ways throughout society, we are all exposed to a wide variety of hazards throughout our day. […]

More bad news for Johnsons Landing residents

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily 

Johnsons Landing residents who lost their homes last summer in a massive slide received another crushing blow Wednesday at a private meeting with Emergency Management BC.

 Province officials told five of the affected landowners it will not  buy their land and return it to the Crown, according to Johnsons […]

UPDATE: Lethbridge diving community in a state of shock after well-known diver dies during outing on Kootenay Lake

By The Nelson Daily Staff The diving community in Lethbridge remains in a state of shock after a close friend perished while on an outing in Kootenay Lake Saturday (May 18). The accident happened during a group dive near the submerged MV Anscombe Ferry, located just off shore in Kootenay Lake 10 kilometers south of […]

Crunching the numbers: Some facts in break-down of new Trail/Teck deal

The City of Trail is offering more specific numbers regarding its plans to expand city boundaries to include the Columbia River Valley (encompassing the airport and Waneta Dam) almost all the way to the U.S Border (see attached map). Mayor Dieter Bogs said the city was approached by RDKB Area A business owners (the Waneta […]

City and Teck broker agreement for massive expansion of Trail boundaries

The following is a press release issued jointly by the City of Trail and Teck Cominco: The City of Trail will be moving forward with the boundary extension referral process which may result in the city extending its boundaries into Electoral Area A; including land from the city’s existing southern boundary through to the Columbia […]

Two overnight fire calls keep Nelson Firefighters busy

The Nelson Fire Department night shift was kept busy Wednesday and into Thursday, responding to two fires call-outs in a span of five hours. The first call came in shortly before 9 p.m. from the Kootenay Lake Hospital, prompting the department to send out a crew of even firefighters and two engines to deal with […]

UPDATED: BC Coroners Service releases name of victim in fatal Warfield accident

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died after a motor vehicle incident near Trail on May 3.   He was Frederick Wilkinson, aged 52, of Cornwall, Ont.  Wilkinson was the driver and sole occupant of a commercial semi- trailer unit which lost its brakes, went out of control and […]

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