By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily There are major challenges facing the 2011 Senior Games before it comes to the West Kootenay region, but they are challenges that could see the region prosper, says the president of the Games committee. Pat Metge said with the Waneta Dam expansion project in Trail, all of the construction […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The one question BC Timber Sales forgot in their due diligence to allow logging on Perry Ridge was to ask the Sinixt Nation what they thought of issuing a timber sale licence for the parcel of land. As of Tuesday, the Sinixt have sent a message to BC Timber Sales, notifying the Crown...

There’s just something about ski towns… People who live in them love to get dressed up, put on a costume and get out and party like a… (Insert preferred party style here). Be it dressing up as your favorite trail at Red (picture southern and northern belles, beer bellies, war eagles, Dougs, Captain Jacks and marmots), taking...

Interior Health is being anything but vague in dispelling a rumour that Trail’s critical care units are slated for closure. The rumour, disseminated at least in part by email, indicated that the new heliport at Trail’s hospital will allow IH to transport critical care patients to larger centres, thus closing the critical care units now […]

Thursday saw RCMP execute two search warrants, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of marijuana plants and the arrest of two local men. The first warrant, executed in Thrums, saw police seize 582 mature plants as well as associated growing equipment, and 45-year-old homeowner Ca Senh Voong was arrested and has been charged with production […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The plans are now in the bag for carbon neutrality in three regional districts, 28 municipalities and several First Nations. The Carbon Neutral Kootenays (CNK) project completed phase one of the work of detailing carbon neutral action plans for the Regional Districts of Central Kootenay, East Kootenay and Kootenay […]

 I think most of us, even in the New Millennium, would find the combination of Christmas and sex toys a startling one … but Passion Party consultant Tina McIntosh said we might be really missing out if we dismiss the idea out of hand. McIntosh even has catalogues featuring holiday gift packages and combinations of […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyA “resource-intensive” investigation by the RCMP in the West Kootenay/Boundary region in the last four months has resulted in 21 people being charged with 43 drug trafficking offences. Members of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment plain clothes General Investigation Section embarked...

 So you've looked at some of the warning signs I talked about last week and now you're pretty sure you have a virus. Now what? The most important message I want to get across is that you have to DO SOMETHING. I frequently get told, "I don't have any data to protect, so I'm not worried."   This is a terrible misconception for...

The war on pesticides is ramping up again in Rossland and council will once again have the opportunity to enact some type of pesticide ban bylaw at their next council meeting on November 8th.   Just shy of nine months ago, following a presentation to council by the Canadian Cancer Society and Prevent Cancer Now, city staff ...