On Sept. 1, FortisBC will be applying to the BC Utilities Commission for permission to install so-called “smart meters” on all its customers’ electric meters. This is a switch BC Hydro customers elsewhere in the province are going through now, with all houses and businesses in its service area expected to have the new meters […]

The luck of the Irish had nothing to do with this. During the June annual meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities held in Halifax, Nelson Mayor John Dooley was re-elected to his fourth term on the organization’s board of directors. The FCM represents the interests of its 2,000 member municipalities — including Canada’s major […]

An eight-metre tall bronze sculpture of a blue heron, created by internationally-recognized artist Jock Hildebrand, will soon have a home in Nelson. The City had the opportunity to have the sculpture donated by the developer that commissioned it, in exchange for a tax receipt. “I think Heron’s Landing will be a perfect fit for Nelson, […]

The RCMP got their man, David Wesley Bobbitt, Wednesday thanks to an alert orchardist just south of Oliver. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said Bobbitt, 35, was trying to set up camp on the orchardist’s property when the owner approached the Penticton man and asked him to leave. “Following the conversation between the two, the […]

As a kick-off to my long weekend staycation (which for me means staying at home being a home-body), my dad and I decided to go on a road trip from Rossland, to Creston, and then over to Nelson. The Salmo-Creston-Nelson part of this route now has an actual name, as evidenced by the signs I […]

There’s still time to submit your harmonized sales tax (HST) referendum vote – but as far as how one should vote, now that’s a more complicated path to tread (ballots my be in the mail or returned in to a Service BC office by Friday, August 5).  It is my opinion that there are only […]

The hot winds of summer are blowing the annual Flightfest into Nelson this weekend. The Nelson Pilots Association will be hosting the annual event, as well as the Airport Appreciation Day on Saturday. This aviation event attracts both locals and folks flying in from across BC, Alberta the US — last year’s furthest participants flew […]

Team Wilderness Traverse.com was clearly the cream of the crop at the 2011 Raid the North Extreme.The Canadian/New Zealand squad (team captain Bob Miller and Jakob Van Dorp of Ontario and Sarah Fairmaid and Gordon Blythen of New Zealand) dominated the field to capture bragging rights when the race finished Sunday in Trail.Team...

Another phone scam is ringing in the ears of Nelsonites — this one with cyber twist. A computer and telephone fraud scam is currently plaguing the Nelson area, with fraudsters posing as company representatives cold calling people to tell them that — for example — their computer is running slow or has viruses. They then […]

Each year tens of thousands of western toadlets, each not more than the size of a dime, get squashed as they attempt the treacherous migration from the shoreline of Summit Lake to upland habitat across Highway 6, south of Nakusp. But for six hours over two days this summer, you can help them migrate safely. […]