The City of Nelson took home over $500,000 as the Province handed out its second installment of the Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF) — part of a total of $91 million province-wide. The investment includes advance payments of Small Community and Regional District Grants and the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program. A first installment was […]

Science has become part of the culture of Trafalgar Middle School. The school placed second in the province with 34.25 per cent student participation in the regional science fair, behind only Fort St. John’s Duncan Cran Elementary (60 per cent). Each school will win their choice of a fully loaded laptop computer or an audio […]

Members of the international group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (best known as PETA) are calling on Mayor Brian Taylor to halt the plan for culling urban deer herds in Grand Forks.   The email campaign has swamped Grand Forks Mayor Brian Taylor whose council approved an urban deer management plan only weeks […]

By Michael Jessen A life without lights and a house without heat; that’s the definition of extreme energy poverty. While it might be common to think of energy or fuel poverty as a problem in developing countries, it exists in some shape in our communities. It is a big issue in African and Asian countries […]

Volunteer service won out over academic standing as the Columbia Basin Trust handed out scholarships to 43 high school graduates from the region, including three students from Nelson. The graduates were recently presented with $2,000 scholarships at the 2011 Youth Community Service Awards toward their first year of post-secondary education or training. Rebecca Afford, Aileen […]

From video game design and digital music, to bio-engineering, business and dentistry; Kootenay and Boundary communities can expect some amazing future achievements from the 2011 grads. The Kootenay Association for Science & Technology (KAST) recognized the region’s talented tech and science students. Five students from School District No. 8 were recent recipients of scholarships from […]

Columbia Basin Trust recently contributed $50,000 to the LeRoi Community Foundation, CBT’s eleventh Community Foundation to receive support from its Endowment Support for Community Foundations Program.  The LeRoi Community Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Greater Trail through a large network of local donors and corporations. “The LeRoi Community Foundation is an excellent […]

This summer, BC Hydro will begin exchanging existing meters with smart meters across the province. These modern devices are part of an integrated system that measures the flow of electricity through the grid and can capture and record the amount of power that is consumed, and when. Smart meters enable a range of new benefits that […]

By Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee You may have noticed an “Invasive Plant” sign as you were driving down the highway. Installed temporarily by the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) these signs provide the opportunity for residents to learn about invasive plants. “CKIPC initiated this sign project in 2006 as a way to indicate […]

One year ago today the voice of 109 years of history in Nelson was silenced. Bought by its competitor Black Press — which owns the Nelson Star — a few weeks earlier, the Nelson Daily News had a colourful and tumultuous path to its too-soon demise. Although its financial history eventually became its undoing, a […]