UPDATED: four buildings destroyed in suspicious fire at Christina Lake property renowned for bears/grow op
Update: RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison said the house on a Christina Lake property was completely destroyed by fire yesterday, along with three outbuildings on the property. “The house is completely totalled – it collapsed into the basement,” he said. “It’s just a smoking hole in the ground, now.” He said three outbuildings were likewise […]
OP/ED: On putting the wrong foot forward to celebrate 40
A good friend of mine just had her 40th birthday. Her birthday request – for a small group of friends to go on a three-day hiking excursion up Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The kind of adventure where you pack EVERYTHING you will need to survive in the wilderness for several days into a ginormous 30-pound backpack and...
Cougar enters Trail home, attacks resident
A cougar entered a Trail home through an open door Saturday evening and attacked a female resident inside, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton ” (At about) 8:30 p.m., Trail & Greater District RCMP received a report of a cougar attack on Glen Drive in the Sunningdale subdivision of Trail,” he said. “A woman was […]
Drawing the Line: arbitrary green space or agricultural potential?
Brenda Trenholme contested Happy Valley's zoning at council two weeks ago, in particular the five acre limit on subdivision size. The limit is a means to fulfill the Official Community Plan (OCP) objective to preserve agriculturally viable land, but council granted Trenholme permission to proceed with the OCP amendment process,...
COMMENT: Too much Happy Valley farm … or too little imagination?
Recent comments by Coun. Cary Fisher and Coun. Jill Spearn—regarding Brenda Trenholme's appeal to subdivide her Happy Valley property—taste like a slice of logical swiss cheese on a slab of imagination tofu. And you'll need a pinch of salt for the cracker too. Sure, sure, everyone's in favour of local agriculture. Just not ...
City to sell a strip of Second Ave to avoid encroaching garage
Council has started the process to sell a strip of city boulevard to the owner of 1958 Second Ave after what some on council call a "mistake" that led to the recent construction of an encroaching garage. "Public representation" regarding this sale has been set for Sept. 4. Two years ago, homeowner Matthew Titheridge received...
Screaming into the wind or a cynical shift in the balance of power? Council debates the proposed federal riding changes
Rossland's council has passed a motion to send a letter and a representative to the Oct. 3 Provincial Commission hearing in Castlegar to express "discontent" and oppose the proposal for large changes to the BC Southern Interior riding. The new "South Okanagan-West Kootenay" riding would no longer include Nelson, Harrop-Proctor,...
UPDATE: Missing Westbridge man located safe
UPDATE: Following several reported sightings by Westbridge residents, Wesley John Feist, missing since Monday, Aug. 20, was located on Christian Valley Road in Westbridge. Feist had walked away from his Westbridge, B.C. home and was apparently staying in outbuildings in this area, said Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel of the Kootenay...
Cops dismantle Crown land grow op valued at six figures
A sophisticated grow-op in the Deer Park area is no more, after a police raid at roughly 1 p.m. Thursday, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr. Orr said members of the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit located and cut down 311 marijuana plants, each about four-and-a-half feet high. “The site was located on Crown land […]
Queen City Cruise set for biggest year yet as Road Kings celebrate 10th anniversary
The excitement has already started for the biggest Queen City Cruise yet with more than 350 cars expected and an estimated 10,000 spectators for the 10th anniversary, Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8. Registration is being taken for the international event hosted by the Nelson Road Kings, which attracts car collectors from Washington State, […]
