The construction of a bigger, better ferry for the Shelter Bay to Galena Bay crossing on Upper Arrow Lake is set to begin this year. The building contract for the new $26.5 million boat was awarded to WaterBridge Steel Inc. of Prince George who will be constructing the open-decked vessel in Nakusp. The boat will […]

Council has adopted a zoning amendment bylaw to give small lots outside the Infill Zone the same parcel coverage and floor area ratios as small lots within the Infill Zone. “Small lots” are defined as less than 550 square metres or 5920 square feet. No residents chose to speak at the public hearing held on Monday evening prior...

Council agreed on Monday evening to sell Tim Manke, owner of 2213 Fourth Ave, a roughly 16-inch by 100-foot strip of city boulevard so his lot will meet the minimum size required for subdivision. The strip runs along the western edge of his lot—the St. Paul side. In return, the city would receive a 3-metre wide snow storage...

Teck Trail Operations are busy: they're building a $210 million furnace to triple their electronics recycling capacity, a $125 million acid plant to replace two older ones, and have recently completed a $5.5 million "effluent spill reduction project" that modified 245 locations within their operations and significantly reduced...

We are moving into a very busy construction phase this week here in Rossland! Asphalt milling will take place on Thursday, on the North side of Columbia Ave from Spokane to Washington, and the along the South side from St. Paul to Spokane. We are expecting that the pedestrian crossing should be restored at Queen and Columbia...

Nelson City Council, normally quite an amiable group, descended into a tense stalemate Monday during a long discussion about the legalization and regulation of marijuana. The discussion included some acrimonious exchanges between Mayor John Dooley and Councillor Donna Macdonald.   Council was debating a motion that, if passed, would have had the mayor sign a […]

RCMP have released the identity of the 76-year-old man who died when his vehicled went into Slocan Lake last week (June 6) as George Edward Anderson of Slocan. Anderson drown after its suspected he drove his vehicle into the lake at the Slocan City Boat Launch. The B.C. Coroner’s Service and RCMP are continuing their […]

The BC Coroners Service announced Monday new dates for the inquest into the death of Sheilah Lorraine Sweatman. The dates are Nov. 19-23 at the Nelson courthouse. The inquest was originally scheduled to begin on Monday, June 4 but was postponed to ensure availability of all required witnesses, including counsel for parties with standing. The […]

[In response to a letter by Henry Van Der Molen, published in the Rossland Telegraph on 11 June 2011] Dear editor, We note that Mr. Van Der Molen is a contract sprayer with Supergreen Lawn and Tree Care, hardly an impartial by-stander, which explains his support for B.C.'s status quo. I am retired middle-level public servant...

To the editor, I have to say, the article by Ms. Daghofer and Ms. Sears (PhD) (I could not find her name in the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario's researchers list) was an interesting read. Apparently the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides is placing a blind faith in Health Canada's Pest management Regulatory...