Smoke in the air coming from south of the border
There’s smoke in the air. So it must be fire season in the Southeast Fire region. However, the smoke is not from fires within the region said Southeast Fire information officer Karlie Shaughnessy Monday. “The general hazing of smoke is blowing in from wildfires in the United States,” Shaughnessy explained. “Right now there’s a lot […]
BC teacher includes Boundary in protest marathon across the province
North Vancouver primary teacher Ian Cunliffe spent the past weekend running through the Boundary as part of his 22 Marathons Against Bill 22 campaign across B.C. He is running the width of the province over 22 days as a public protest against Bill 22, which was recently introduced in the provincial legislature in response to […]
RCMP release stats following 2012 Shambhala Music Festival
As in past years, police were out in full force during the 2012 Shambhala Music Festival hosted annually on a 200-plus acre private property site just off of Highway 3, south of Salmo. And anytime there’s a strong police presence at an event attracting more than 10,000 people there’s bound to be a few driving […]
UPDATED: Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance granted Last Offer Vote, strike averted for now
Employers at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance in Castlegar and Slocan Park have been granted a Last Offer Vote under the BC Labour Code according to a United Steelworkers Local 1-405 release Monday. “Employer’s have the ability to apply for such a vote only once during any set of negotiations,” said Jeff Bromley, Financial Secretary […]
Nelson Police kept busy last week in Heritage City
A B & E, domestic dispute and a male arrested in Lakeside Park for breaching conditions kept Nelson Police busy last week. Friday (August 17), at 44-year-old was in the wrong place at the wrong time as police arrested the man in Lakeside Park for breaching his conditions on a recognizance of release regarding a […]
Nelson Forestry offices in mix as BCGEU stages one-day strike
The regional Ministry of Forests offices north of Nelson will be behind picket lines Monday as 50 B.C. Government workers join fellow members in job action. “BCGEU members are striking for a fair and reasonable collective agreement,” said the union website. “This is the third BCGEU job action this summer in support of the union’s […]
Osprey Ferry crews put to test after woman jumps overboard
The woman that jumped off the Osprey Ferry into Kootenay Lake last week is resting comfortably in Calgary the husband told The Nelson Daily Thursday from the Alberta City. The incident happened Wednesday (August 8) during the 6:10 p.m. run from Balfour to the Kootenay Bay terminal. The woman was traveling with her daughter and […]
Firefighters end up in physical altercation after responding to call last night
Police are recommending assault charges against a Castlegar man after he allegedly assaulted Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rempel last night. Rempel says he answered a call just before 9 p.m., in which a resident (whose name will not be released until/unless the Crown files formal charges) had a fire that was too large to be legal. […]
Tales & Legends of the Mountain Kingdom: The Red Roof Church
We actually have three iconic buildings in Rossland, and while I was writing about the courthouse and Bank of Montreal building, I was thinking the whole time about the other building that we see in all kinds of postcards and local artwork: the red roofed church on First Avenue. This is a pretty cool church, if I do say so...
Crews make quick work of two local wildfires — Five Mile Creek and Above Syringa
Crews made quick work of two fires in the West Kootenay — Five Mile Creek and Above Syringa — that started Sunday according to the Southeast Fire Centre. Both fires are now in the mop-up stages after fire crews, with the aid of helicopters, fully contained the blazes Wednesday. Thirteen firefighters working on the ground […]
