A 5.2 per cent urban rate increase for Nelson Hydro customers is coming to ensure the City maintains the utility’s capital reserves. City council has given the green light to Nelson Hydro to implement the annual general rate increase for the urban service area — approved by City council on Dec. 5 — in order […]

As of January 1, 2024, FortisBC Inc. (FortisBC) said in a media release Thursday that electricity customers will see a 6.74 per cent general rate increase as approved by the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC). For a residential customer with an average use of approximately 1,100 kilowatt hours per month of electricity, this equates to about […]

A clean bill of health has been issued for Kootenay Lake and nine other lakes in the region, says a local environmental group. The Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS) said that — as a result of sampling in late summer to fall — 10 waterbodies in the Central Kootenay region are still free of […]

On Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at 3 a.m., frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officers and Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue responded to a suspicious house fire that occurred in the 500 block of 16th Avenue, in Genelle, according to Trail RCMPP NCO/is Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. Wicentowich said the home owners were inside the home […]

Although it has not officially been approved, a proposed 6.2 per cent annual general rate increase for rural electrical service is likely on the way, says the City’s manager. Kevin Cormack said the rural rate application to be charged for city-owned Nelson Hydro rates is still before the B.C. Utilities Commission, when he was asked […]

BC Highway Patrol said that a Grand Forks woman was killed in an accident Sunday evening east of Greenwood. BC Highway Patrol said in a media release that Nelson and Midway RCMP responded to the collision involving a Chevrolet Tracker and a Subaru Outback on Highway 3. BC Highway Patrol said the initial investigation has […]

Kootenay Entrepreneurship and Simulation Showdown Event The Kootenay Entrepreneurship Program (KEP), a collaborative program offered by College of the Rockies, Selkirk College, and Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST), is thrilled to announce the upcoming Startup Showdown, a dynamic business simulation competition set to take place on February 3rd and 4th, 2024. The two-day […]

The City’s Pier Project is already receiving accolades despite it not being completed. On Thursday the City of Nelson was given the Award of Excellence from Canadian Architect Magazine for the Hall Street Pier project. Although the project is behind schedule and over budget, it is slated for completion in spring, 2024, intending to complete […]

The ship has been righted for cannabis retail operations in Nelson. There will be a reduction in the business licence fee that cannabis retail operations pay to the City of Nelson, after a request from cannabis retailers made in 2022 to reduce licence fees for “retail: recreational cannabis” was approved and adopted. The previous fee […]

Local couple, Taseyah Davies and Alexander Lamm have launched a storytelling digital program for children, StoryNest. “StoryNest is a sanctuary for young children ages three to nine and it’s filled with audio stories and songs that teach virtues like honesty, compassion, empathy,” says Davies. What makes the program stand apart is that the stories are […]