Dear Editor, You can find various chemical and biological hazards throughout our beautiful community. From the naturally occurring environmental hazards that are prevalent in our area such as Radon gas, to the manmade chemicals that are used in many ways throughout society, we are all exposed to a wide variety of hazards throughout our day. […]

Dear Editor; To the free citizens of Kootenay West, I owe you thanks. From family and friends to the thousands who made their voice clear on the election ballot, thank you. I chose to step forward to represent you and the support I received was amazing. The calls, e-mails and talks on the street were […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily 

Johnsons Landing residents who lost their homes last summer in a massive slide received another crushing blow Wednesday at a private meeting with Emergency Management BC.

 Province officials told five of the affected landowners it will not  buy their land and return it to the Crown, according to Johnsons […]

By The Nelson Daily Staff The diving community in Lethbridge remains in a state of shock after a close friend perished while on an outing in Kootenay Lake Saturday (May 18). The accident happened during a group dive near the submerged MV Anscombe Ferry, located just off shore in Kootenay Lake 10 kilometers south of […]

The City of Trail is offering more specific numbers regarding its plans to expand city boundaries to include the Columbia River Valley (encompassing the airport and Waneta Dam) almost all the way to the U.S Border (see attached map). Mayor Dieter Bogs said the city was approached by RDKB Area A business owners (the Waneta […]

The following is a press release issued jointly by the City of Trail and Teck Cominco: The City of Trail will be moving forward with the boundary extension referral process which may result in the city extending its boundaries into Electoral Area A; including land from the city’s existing southern boundary through to the Columbia […]

The Nelson Fire Department night shift was kept busy Wednesday and into Thursday, responding to two fires call-outs in a span of five hours. The first call came in shortly before 9 p.m. from the Kootenay Lake Hospital, prompting the department to send out a crew of even firefighters and two engines to deal with […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died after a motor vehicle incident near Trail on May 3.   He was Frederick Wilkinson, aged 52, of Cornwall, Ont.  Wilkinson was the driver and sole occupant of a commercial semi- trailer unit which lost its brakes, went out of control and […]

Travel advisories for the Kootenay Pass and Paulson Summit on Highway 3 have been lifted according to the Drive BC Website. The recent storm over the Southern Interior lowered the freezing level causing snow of accumulate at higher elevations and Drive BC to issue the advisories to the public. Kootenay Pass Twitter messages said, “no […]

A group of local residents is using three Facebook pages, an online petition, and several hard copy petitions to try to pressure the City of Castlegar to ban pesticide use in city parks and play areas. Elise Bourgeois, a mother of three who lives right next to Millennium Park, said she opposes any kind of […]