Selkirk College Board of Governors Green Lights Balanced Budget
Selkirk College will move into the next fiscal year with a balanced budget after receiving approval from its Board of Governors earlier this month. After months of hard work by administration and staff, the 2015-2016 Selkirk College budget was passed at the June 2 board meeting. The college can now proceed with its $43.1...
Nelson Police apprehend escapee from Trail Daily Pavilion
Alex Grenier, who escaped the Trail Daily Pavilion Saturday night, was apprehended by Nelson Police Sunday evening at Stepping Stones in Nelson. Nelson Police was advised of Grenier’s location at approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Trail RCMP had put out an alert on Grenier, suspected of being delusional and having "homicidal...
River Talks — Some call them Salmon, I call them Persistence
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has been researching and writing about the history and politics of water in the upper Columbia Basin since 2005. Her book on the Columbia River Treaty, A River Captured, is forthcoming in 2016. Recently, her travelling exhibit on the Columbia River Treaty, curated for Touchstones Nelson, won a...
RCMP warn of high-pressure Revenue Canada phone scam
The Nakusp RCMP are warning of a phone and email scam where a fraudster states they are a Canada Revenue Agency representative and pressures the potential victim into paying a non-existent debt. RCMP have received a number of complaints. People are being called by someone claiming to be from the tax agency who uses threatening...
Paige Purcell knows already at a young age the importance of giving
Despite her age, Paige Purcell continues to be one of Nelson’s largest fundraisers for the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. The five-year-old Nelsonite was diagnosed with a brain tumour a few years ago. It was at BC Children’s Hospital that Purcell had the life-saving operation. And since Purcell experienced the life-changing...
Council Votes on CIP Grant Applications
At their Committee-of-the-Whole meeting Wednesday evening, Council's deliberations were focused on the topic of Community Infrastructure Program (CIP) grant applications. Mayor Kathy Moore first invited people in the gallery to provide Council with any information about the projects competing for a CIP grant that was not...
PODCAST: How to promote organic food in the Kootenays and make money
About the podcast: The You Can Do That Here! podcast is produced by Andrew Zwicker of AZcreative for the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology. The podcast is a weekly series of 30 minute conversations with some of the most innovative and successful entrepreneurs in the Kootenays. You can CLICK PLAY on the triangle...
RCMP investigate suspicious death in Creston
RCMP have commenced an investigation into a suspicious death after a body was discovered in a residence on the Lower Kootenay Band near Creston Sunday afternoon. On May 31 at 3:14 pm Creston RCMP received a report of a sudden death on the Lower Kootenay Band. Upon arrival officers located the body of a deceased 26-year-old ...
Distraught man arrested after long standoff in downtown Nelson
Nelson police, supported by officers from local RCMP officers and with assistance from the Nelson Fire Department, arrested a suicidal 31-year-old man who had been barricaded inside an apartment in the Medical Arts Building on Ward Street late Tuesday evening following a six-hours-long standoff. Police closed the 400 block ...
Chainsaws Roar at Strawberry Pass
Ten volunteers who were already pretty good with chainsaws met with two official chainsaw instructors at Strawberry Pass on Saturday, May 30, for a free course in chainsaw operation. The purpose of the course was to certify their ability to handle a chainsaw safely, so they can be covered by the insurance provisions that ...
