Five Basin-based ideas are being awarded $10,000 each for their innovative approaches to addressing Basin issues. The projects have strong potential to improve social, economic or environmental well-being in the Columbia Basin, and are being awarded the money by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) as part of the province-wide BC Ideascompetition. “These ideas demonstrate innovation, impact […]

I don’t see how a person as afflicted with ADD as myself could help but adore Christmas – all those twinkly lights and sparkly ornaments and bows and ribbons and bells, oh my! I hear other people’s angst about the increasingly commercial aspect of the holiday, but that’s never troubled me over much. Seems to […]

Part 1: Organized Crime and how police are keeping Nelson safe With seemingly more violent crimes like stabbings and ever-larger drug busts and cross-border seizures happening in the Queen City over the past year, The Nelson Daily was wondering, is organized crime present in Nelson and is it increasing? Nelson Police Department police chief Wayne […]

Just when the experts were beginning to write off Team Whitewater/Red Mountain, the West Kootenays rallied back. Team Whitewater/Red Mountain is off to the next round in in Powder Magazine’s “Ski Town Throw Down” contest after edging out Whitefish, Montana 3492-3176 in two days of voting that ended Thursday. Leading 2724 to 2566 late Thursday […]

Bring the whole family to downtown Rossland on December 1st, 2012 for our 19th Annual Rekindle The Spirit of Christmas. Come visit the brightest little ski town in the Kootenays and get in the Yuletide spirit! Peruse the boutique shops for that special something on your Christmas list, as downtown businesses will be open with...

A special report on "Open Meetings" issued by the BC ombudsperson in September spurred Coun. Kathy Moore to raise a number of problems at Monday's regular meeting with the way she feels council has historically handled in camera (closed) meetings. "It's really good, it's worth reading," Moore said about the report, Open...

A bylaw to rezone Curtis Nichols' property on Black Bear Drive from R1-Residential to C2-Commercial split council down the middle, and even created procedural confusion as the amendment was (just barely) adopted.Previous reports give greater detail on the proposal and the strong opposition mounted by a few of Nichols'...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily A packed house at the Nelson Rod and Gun Club greeted provincial and local officials at the second Columbia River Treaty Review information meeting Tuesday night. “And we’re especially pleased to see so many young people here,” said Kathy Eichenberger, leading the review process. Eichenberger is based in Victoria. […]

An accident this morning on Eldorado Street at Bay Avenue took the life of a 71-year-old Trail woman, Diane Latondress, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “At approximately 10:30 a.m., Trail RCMP, along with Fire and Ambulance, responded to a motor vehicle collision on Eldorado St. at Bay Avenue,” he said. “A minivan was proceeding […]

Patrick Cayen, a firefighter who lived in Rossland from 1980 to 1989, has been charged in Sarnia, Ont., with 28 counts of sexual assault. The charges laid against Cayen on Nov. 22 include 11 counts of sexual interference and four counts of invitation of touching for a sexual purpose, charges that only apply when victims are...