A call to the local Wal-Mart turned into Nelson Police shutting down a high-stakes Bonny-and-Clyde-like shoplifting ring in the Heritage City Tuesday (June 24). Nelson dispatch received the call at 2:45 p.m. from staff at the Nelson Wal-Mart that a female shoplifter was in custody. When officers arrived they found the woman was in the […]

Present: Mayor Greg Granstrom, and Councillors Tim Thatcher, Kathy Moore, Jill Spearn; Jody Blomme attended by telephone until 8:30, from an occasionally noisy location (we all heard birds singing, and something much like dishes clattering, or cars crashing). Public Input Period Christine Anderson of the Red Mountain Racers...

The Sinixt spokesperson who was accused of  breaching an injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking a logging operation on Perry Ridge was found guilty of criminal contempt in BC Supreme Court Tuesday. Marilyn James was given a 14 day conditional sentence to be served at home for standing in the way of  Galena Contracting’s James Hascarl […]

The long search for permanent physicians to staff the Victorian Community Health Centre appears to be over as Interior Health announced in a media release Tuesday the signing of two full-time physicians to the community over the last two weeks. Dr. Isabelle-Anne Fontaine began a regular schedule at Victorian Community Health Centre on June 16. […]

Since we are just starting to get into the season of cottonwood and increased dust and pollen because we’ve had such a cold and wet May, I thought this would be a good time to discuss minimizing the effects of allergens. The most common symptoms of environmental allergens are: itchy/watery eyes, runny/irritated nose, sneezing,...

Despite seeing its labour dispute with the government drag into another week, and appearing to be going nowhere, local teachers were joined by a large group of supporters at the Nelson and District Teachers’ Association “In Support of Public Education” rally Monday at the City Hall Courtyard. “We had a good turnout despite the inclement […]

The B.C. Teachers Federation has said  veteran mediator Vince Ready has turned down a request to try to settle British Columbia’s teachers strike. BCTF spokesman Rich Overgaard says Vince Ready did not have time in his schedule to mediate the dispute between educators and the government. The BCTF is meeting to discuss alternative options. Nelson […]

An intoxicated would-be thief had better re-think his career in crime after a homeowner got the better of him during an attempted break-and-enter Saturday morning in Nelson. The call was one of 50 received during a busy weekend by Nelson Police Department Dispatch. Nelson Police received break-and-enter call shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday (June 21) […]

Interior Health announced Friday the effective June 27, CT service in Nelson will expand to include 24/7 on-call emergency coverage.   “This expansion of diagnostic imaging service in Nelson is a testament to the community partners who made the purchase of the CT scanner possible,” said Norman Embree, Interior Health Board Chair in a media […]

What do you think a room full of 12 significant community leaders in the West Kootenays would be talking about? If you guessed the future of the region acquiring broadband infrastructure, you’d be right. On June 17, West Kootenay city officials including the mayors of Nelson, Trail and Kaslo as well as representatives for Trail, […]