Natural burials are now allowed in the city’s cemetery. City council has passed a motion on Oct. 10 during its regular monthly meeting for adoption of an amendment bylaw that would allow for natural burials in the City of Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery. Traditional burial practices often involve embalming, non-biodegradable caskets and concrete vaults, which […]

Interior Health is asking young artists to share their thoughts and experience in Interior Health’s second Tobacco and Vaping Poster Contest for a chance to win $150. Young people are the experts when it comes to understanding why youth use tobacco and vape, and how smoking/tobacco and vaping impacts them and their friends, family, school and community […]

The City is set to go into debt and borrow a sum of $4.2 million to support the Civic Centre upgrade project slated for 2024. Provincial approval has been given by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to allow for borrowing by the City for up to $4.2 million — borrowing included in the Five-Year Financial […]

Golden Knights amateur Scout Bruno Campese knew he would have the opportunity to experience a day with the Stanley Cup after the Vegas won the NHL Finals back in June. Sunday afternoon at the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena, the Nelson native returned to his hockey roots to celebrate the Stanley Cup with hockey […]

A conservation coalition is calling for the management of grizzly bears to put into the proper hands before the species is placed back into the cross hairs of endangerment. A group of 55 environmental and animal care organizations, conservationists, scientists and nature-based businesses signed a joint letter to the Province in opposition of a recently-released […]

And the bears came back, the very next day, as the saying goes. Removal of an adult female grizzly bear and her two yearling cubs from the urban confines of Nelson last week did not take. On Friday, provincial officials — including Ministry of Environment (MOE) conservation officers and Ministry of Forests (MOF) wildlife biologists […]

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has proudly introduced its newest team member, Ireland – a facility support dog working alongside Trail RCMP victim services. Despite her recent arrival in Trail, Ireland has already begun making a positive impact on victims and witnesses of crime or tragedy in the Kootenay Boundary area. Ireland’s journey to […]

RCMP said a 22-year-male from Edmonton was charged with excessive speeding after police clocked a vehicle going more than twice the posted speed limit on Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park on Sunday, October 8th. The vehicle was stopped as part of patrols by BC Highway Patrol from Cranbrook, who spent the Thanksgiving weekend patrolling […]

Sometimes you are up, sometimes you are down. Sometimes you are both. The Kootenay unemployment rate was higher in September than August — and compared to last year — but is still lower than the provincial and national rate of unemployment, going against a historical trend, according to Statistics Canada. At 5.3 per cent, the […]

Shelley-Anne Jorgensen always dreamed of being a preschool teacher. Nurturing the development of young children with compassion and patience always appealed to her. But to achieve her goals, she’d need formal training, as educating children is more than just playtime and crafts. Jorgensen graduated from the College of New Caledonia’s Early Childhood Educator (ECE) program […]