CUPE 2262 members in Nelson still without a contract
Editor, The Nelson Daily Workers at the Nelson and District Community Complex (NDCC) continue to seek a fair and reasonable collective agreement as rotating strike action continues this week in Nelson. The goal of the job action, says CUPE 2262 president Leford Lafayette, is to put pressure on the Regional District while causing as little […]
When a vision becomes a reality
Personally, I believe this system is a good thing, especially for grade 12s. In a year we will be adults and will be forced to take our lives into our own hands and motivate ourselves, because nobody else will care. With the old system, we would be completely unprepared for life outside of high school, relying on teachers and...
IHA apologizes to Kaslo over process in ER changes
Interior Health Authority CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny apologized to Kaslo residents for the lack of community consultation in the reduction of emergency room hours at Victorian Community Health Centre. Several members of the newly formed seven member Negotiating Solutions Team met with Halpenny Monday (September 24), to discuss their concerns over the lack of community […]
No good news in NDCC labour dispute, information picket lines return Wednesday
“No picket line” Tuesday came and went without an agreement in the labour dispute between the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 workers at the Nelson and District Community Complex. “Regrettably, negotiations between the RDCK and our unionized employees at the NDCC remain at an impasse,” said Jim Gustafson, Chief Administration […]
Stanley Humphries evacuated after minor fire
Students at Stanley Humphreys Secondary School were briefly evacuated this morning after a fire in a washroom garbage can set off the school’s alarms. Fire Chief Gerry Rempel said he got that call at 11:54 a.m., and by the time he spoke to The Source at 12:21 p.m., students had been allowed back in the […]
Silvertips rock Kootenay Ice as Major Midget Hockey opens new season
Obviously not the start head coach Mario DiBella and the Kootenay Ice wanted. The North Island Silvertips got better as the games progressed as the Island rep stomped the Kootenay Ice 5-1 and 10-2 in B.C. Hockey Major Midget League action this past weekend at the NDCC Arena. The weekend series was the first games […]
Surveillance technology leads to arrest of three men near Sproule Creek marijuana grow-op
Three local men have been arrested for production and possession for purpose of trafficking marijuana after RCMP members attached to the Border Integrity Program took down the trio in possession of freshly harvested cannabis near an outdoor grow-op west of Nelson. In the late afternoon Friday, the Nelson Border Integrity unit staked out the grow-op […]
POLICE BEAT: Woman found with gunshot wound on Canning Road
A 17 year-old woman was found suffering from a gunshot wound on Canning Road in Grand Forks, Saturday, Sept. 22. The teen, who is not from Grand Forks, called 911 from her cell phone requesting an ambulance at 12:10 a.m. When the ambulance and Grand Forks RCMP arrived on scene, they found the woman lying […]
17-year-old girl shot near Grand Forks
Police are asking for the public’s help in investigating the shooting of a 17-year-old girl in Grand Forks. “On Sept. 22 (Saturday) at approximately 12:10 a.m., RCMP received a report of a 17-year-old female suffering from a gunshot wound,” he said. “She was lying on the roadway at Canning Road. The area where the young woman was […]
U.S. and Kaslo fires blamed for smoke in the region
Smoke from fires in Washington State and Kaslo combined with an inversion over the area treated residents in the West Kootenay with a less than typical start to the fall season. The result made for a hazy weekend in West Kootenay area. “There is an inversion over the area which is trapping smoke in the […]
