BREAKING NEWS: Wildfire on Fife Road
A wildfire that may have started from a burning structure is being contained on Fife Road in Christina Lake this evening. Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department, the Southeast Fire Centre and the Grand Forks Fire Rescue have been fighting back the estimated 1 hectacre fire since about 5 p.m. this afternoon, Monday, Aug. 27. “The […]
BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter to visit West Kootenay in September
BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter is visiting Nelson and Castlegar September 12-13 to present her findings re improving seniors’ care in BC, with special reference to the West Kootenay area. Those organizing the visit to the area have scheduled events both Nelson & Castlegar at different times of the day in the hope that as many […]
Cougar enters Trail home, attacks resident
A cougar entered a Trail home through an open door Saturday evening and attacked a female resident inside, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton ” (At about) 8:30 p.m., Trail & Greater District RCMP received a report of a cougar attack on Glen Drive in the Sunningdale subdivision of Trail,” he said. “A woman was […]
Alcohol common denominator in NPD calls
Alcohol continues to be the common denominator for Nelson City Police call during the past weekend. Officers responded to a handful of calls where alcohol was involved, including two parties that cost owners fines of $150 for violation of noise bylaw. Man falls suffers gash to head after fall on dock Friday (August 24) Nelson […]
Ex-Leaf named assistant captain with Trail Smoke Eaters
The Nelson Daily has learned that former Nelson Leaf winger Adam Wheeldon has been named one of the assistant captains of the Trail Smoke Eaters for the 2012-13 B.C. Hockey League season. Wheeldon, entering his second campaign in the Silver City, is joined by Tyler Berkholtz as two of the three assistant captains on the […]
Drawing the Line: arbitrary green space or agricultural potential?
Brenda Trenholme contested Happy Valley's zoning at council two weeks ago, in particular the five acre limit on subdivision size. The limit is a means to fulfill the Official Community Plan (OCP) objective to preserve agriculturally viable land, but council granted Trenholme permission to proceed with the OCP amendment process,...
COMMENT: Too much Happy Valley farm … or too little imagination?
Recent comments by Coun. Cary Fisher and Coun. Jill Spearn—regarding Brenda Trenholme's appeal to subdivide her Happy Valley property—taste like a slice of logical swiss cheese on a slab of imagination tofu. And you'll need a pinch of salt for the cracker too. Sure, sure, everyone's in favour of local agriculture. Just not ...
City to sell a strip of Second Ave to avoid encroaching garage
Council has started the process to sell a strip of city boulevard to the owner of 1958 Second Ave after what some on council call a "mistake" that led to the recent construction of an encroaching garage. "Public representation" regarding this sale has been set for Sept. 4. Two years ago, homeowner Matthew Titheridge received...
Screaming into the wind or a cynical shift in the balance of power? Council debates the proposed federal riding changes
Rossland's council has passed a motion to send a letter and a representative to the Oct. 3 Provincial Commission hearing in Castlegar to express "discontent" and oppose the proposal for large changes to the BC Southern Interior riding. The new "South Okanagan-West Kootenay" riding would no longer include Nelson, Harrop-Proctor,...
Membership at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance reject final offer, remain in legal strike position
Employees at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance in Castlegar and Slocan Park soundly rejected a last offer vote and now are once again in a legal strike position. Workers voted 76 percent not to accept the final offer proposed by Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance. “This result qualifies our position that the most important issue […]
