In an effort to lessen the delicious options for food-seeking bears, volunteers are getting ready for the first annual food drive at Christina Lake. On Saturday, Oct. 1 volunteers will get together to pick fruit and vegetables at homes whose owners may not be able to harvest everything they have. The harvest will be distributed […]

Patients who took sleep tests in Kelowna between 2007 and 2011 may need to be re-tested or re-diagnosed, says Interior Health Authority (IHA) review released this week. Interior Health contacted 13 patients who underwent polysomnography testing at the Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Sleep Lab and will be reviewing a further 980 cases given potential concern […]

Dear editor,As world leaders grapple with another global economic downturn, the jobs agenda must be front and centre for all BC politicians, regardless of their political stripes or level of government.That’s especially true for municipal politicians, who have been meeting this week at the Union of BC Municipalities convention. ...

When you are talking noise in Nelson, you had better be careful. The City has updated a 28-year-old Noise Control Bylaw (No. 2026), laying out new provisions for what is considered too much noise, and where. Although Nelson had already had a bylaw dealing with noise, said Coun. Deb Kozak, it had to be updated […]

Although the man accused of killing former L.V. Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth admits he was at the same party as her almost 20 years ago, he denied involvement in her murder, the CBC’s Brady Strachan reported. Father of four Neil Snelson insisted in court Tuesday he was not part of the murder of 19-year-old Cusworth, […]

Police are saying the ”heroic” efforts of local Good Samaritans are the reason a 62-year-old Castlegar woman is alive today, after a dramatic car crash and river rescue in Robson last Sunday. “On Sept. 25, at (about) 10:30 a.m., Castlegar RCMP responded to a single vehicle roll-over on Broadwater Road at Horcoff Road in Robson,” […]

Ed. Note: Kyler Hilderman is a 10-year-old hockey fanatic and a player in the Castlegar Minor Hockey League whose enthusiasm for the game is so spectacular, it only seemed right that he should be our Source for Rebels updates. He provides all the information, statistics and perspectives, while editor Kyra Hoggan writes up Hilderman’s input […]

To the Editor: New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Alex Atamanenko is concerned about genetically modified (GM) foods. Great… But how does he explain the two NDP premiers who established the GM industry’s permanent presence in Western Canada? In all the media coverage of Atamanenko’s discussions on genetic modification, not one reporter has ever asked him […]

A lifestyle change was the biggest factor in the arrival of 559 new people to Nelson last year, according to the New Resident Survey released by Community Futures of Central Kootenay. Of the 238 responses to the annual Nelson Welcome Wagon survey — which concluded its data collection May 31 — 140 people cited a […]

This fall BC Parks and the BC Wildfire Management Branch plans to conduct a prescribed burn on 25 hectares in West Arm Provincial Park near Nelson to reduce wildfire hazard and to restore natural ecosystems in the park. As well, they will be doing a prescribed burn on 20 hectares in Syringa Provincial Park near […]