Nelson Brewing releasing coffee stout to celebrate Christmas
There’s a special batch of Christmas cheer fermenting at the Nelson Brewing Company this month. Next week Nelson’s oldest craft brewery will release “Oso Negro Prince of Darkness Organic Coffee Stout”, a coffee-infused concoction to celebrate the season, and the company’s 25th anniversary of creating unique beers in the...
UPDATED: City CFO responds to CUPE 339 strike vote
A handful of newly unionized employees at the Nelson Youth Centre continue to be the major stumbling block to formulate an agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 339 and City of Nelson. Colin McClure, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Nelson said in a media release Thursday the main holdup is the...
FortisBC receives approval for electricity rate change
In a media release Wednesday, FortisBC announced the company has received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for an electricity rate change effective January 1, 2017. The rate customers pay is increasing by 2.76 per cent, which is approximately $3.65 more per month for the average residential...
This time, Local Governments talk to Feds on future of Columbia River Treaty
Local government representatives Mayor Deb Kozak and Mayor Karen Hamling met with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, federal officials and regional MPs in late November to emphasize the importance of working with local governments in the Columbia Basin before reaching decisions...
Paper pushes jet fuel trial back months
The work preparing volumes of evidence is pushing the start of the Lemon Creek fuel spill trial well into the new year. Lawyers for all the involved parties gathered by conference call before Judge Robert Brown in a Nelson courtroom Tuesday morning. The trial was also delayed back in November of this year as both crown and ...
November the mildest on record, but cold weather is coming
November’s mild weather is going to look pretty good next week as Mother Nature whips up some cooler weather for the region during the next week. Environment Canada forecasts temperatures as cold as minus 9 C with snow during the end of the week. That’s in stark contrast to November says Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecasterfor the...
Police seek public's assistance to locate missing man
The Elk Valley Regional RCMP is seeking the assistance of the public in their investigation of a missing person. On Saturday (December 3) , Jeremy Roy Scott Wellman was reported missing to the RCMP. The 32-year-old man was last seen at around 7 p.m. on Friday (December 2), when he went to get gas in Fernie, BC. Wellman is ...
Scammers are out trying to steal your money — know before you spend
It's December 1, meaning less than a month before Christmas Day. While shoppers are busy finding that perfect gift, so are scammers busy trying to steal away any, or all, of the happiness that goes with the festive season. The Better Business Bureau says Canadians typically spend in the range of 30 billion dollars over the ...
What Does the UN Have to Do With Nelson?
The West Kootenay Global Awareness Network (WKGAN) and The BC Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) met with community leaders in Nelson recently to discuss the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how our community is tackling them. In September of 2016, 193 nations signed the agreement, moving...
IIO says Castlegar/Slocan shooting investigations in final stage
Two long-standing investigations, the length of which have caused some outrage in the region, may finally be drawing to a close, according to Independent Investigations Office acting director of public engagement and policy Marten Youssef. Both investigations involve officer-involved fatal shootings, the first of Slocan...
