Nelson Fire Rescue firefighters spend most of the day mopping up after a containing a fire in a Baker Street building early Sunday morning. The call came in at 7:53 a.m. that smoke was showing from a downtown business at 444 Baker Street. Both on duty members responded immediately with all available off-duty members responding...

“Waiting for others to act is not a solution – it compounds the problem. Taking refuge in the status quo because others refuse to change is not an answer. It’s avoiding responsibility and being generationally selfish.” – quote from 2008 Throne Speech   Christy Clark’s new B.C. Climate Leadership plan is beyond bland. It is ...

How should we vote?  How should the people of Canada be represented in our federal government? How should members of Parliament be elected?  On September 1st at the Fireside Inn in Castlegar, a  number of citizens interested in these simple yet profound  questions met with our local MP, Richard Cannings, to talk about electoral...

A fire in the Slocan area has grown significantly today, but is not yet cause for concern, according to Southeast Fire Centre information officer Carlee Kachman. She said the day began with the fire at just 1.3 hectares, but the blaze has since grown to six hectares. “But it’s moving up the mountain toward the […]

On the NDP website, Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said despite protests across the province, the B.C. Liberals have raised the price of bus passes for people with disabilities from $45 a year to $624 a year. “By raising the cost of bus passes for people with disabilities the Christy Clark government is forcing many...

The annual Kootenay Pride event kicks off this Friday in Nelson, and is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the event, which started in 1996. Although the parade these days involves locals lining the streets and joining in the fun, it wasn’t always so. MLA […]

Nelson Police are pleased to announce that Jason Davis was located by friends and family in the early evening on Sept. 1. He was given a ride home by friends and family and is doing well. Police would like to thank the public and media for their assistance in providing the initial press release to […]

Science is wonderful.  It helps us uneducated but interested lay people to a basic understanding of some of the mysteries of the world around us, and the more distant parts of the known universe as well.  This reduces our need to rely on weird fantasy stories, confabulation and so on, to explain those things that would otherwise...

For Canada’s unions, Labour Day (Monday, September 5) is a day to celebrate our work and our everyday victories we win to make life better for everyone.  It is also a day to focus on the work ahead and the improvements yet to be won. Union’s believe in the necessity of good pensions for everyone.  For nearly a decade we...

Young people around the West Kootenay and Boundary region, inlcuding sixteen from Rossland and four from Warfield,  will be heading back to school with an enhanced knowledge of science after taking part in Selkirk College summer camps. The Selkirk College GLOWS (Growing Learning Opportunities With Science) camps took place ...