Record-breaking dry weather has Southeast Fire Centre on high alert
The Southeast Fire Centre is asking the public to remain on guard when venturing into the outdoors as drier than normal condition continue across the most of the province. This warning comes days after the Fire Centre issued an Open Burning ban in the region. “We still allow campfires but it’s important for the public to be...
June heat wave expected to shatter 50-year-old records
The West Kootenay is in for a June heat wave not seen for the past 50 years says Fire Weather ForecasterJesse Ellis of the Southeast Fire Centre. Ellis said the heat wave that started Thursday is due to a push of mid to upper flows coming from the United States. “Beginning today we’ve got an area of high pressure building...
Open burning restricted in Southeast Fire Centre
Effective at noon Pacific Time on Wednesday, June 24, Category 2 open fires will be prohibited in the Southeast Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. This prohibition will remain in place until the public is otherwise notified. The Category 3 open burning prohibition that was put in...
Greening Up: The Future Starts Today
“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” – Pope John Paul II “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin “How did it get so late so soon?” – Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Right target, wrong timeline. The decision by the leaders of the G7 to emphasize “a decarbonization of the global economy over the course of...
Taking it to the streets: HEU stages rally against privatization of hospital laundry services
By Zaynab Mohammed, The Nelson Daily A crowd of more than 50 people marched down Baker Street in support Hospital Employee Union laundry workers at Kootenay Lake Hospital Saturday morning in Nelson. The march, which paraded through the Nelson downtown core, concluded at City Hall Courtyard where friends and family joined the...
Environmental groups line up to cheer government's decision that Jumbo Project 'not substantially started'
Jumbo Glacier Resorts Ltd has been dealt a huge blow Thursday after the Environment Ministry said the project cannot proceed with unless a new certificate is obtained. The announcement made by Environment Minister Mary Polak has determined that the Jumbo Glacier Resort project has not been substantially started. "I determined...
Prices of Nelson craft brew beers up this summer due to new government regulations
As things heat up and the prime beer drinking season of the year arrives, locals could see higher prices for their favourite local craft beers – as brewers say new liquor regulations by the province are raising prices for their products at private liquor stores. The Victoria Times Colonist reports that the B.C. Liquor...
Jury finds Kelowna man guilty in death of Jennifer Cusworth
The man charged in the death of a L.V. Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth has been convicted of manslaugther in a Kamloops court Tuesday. News outlets are reporting a jury found Neil Snelson guilty of manslaughter in the death Nelson's Jennifer Cusworth more than two decades ago. The jury reached its verdict shortly after 9 ...
RCMP report happy ending to search for missing Blewett man
A missing Blewett man has been found said Cpl. Michael Stefani of the Nelson RCMP Wednesday (June 17). Stefani said in a media release that 42-year-old was located Tuesday evening in the west of Copper Mountain Forrest Service Road in Blewett. "At approximately 2020 hours (Tuesday) June 16th, Nelson Search and Rescue called...
Fisheries biologists explain to local anglers moves to restore Kootenay Lake fishery
Even Game six of the Stanley Cup Playoffs could not stop more than 120 anglers from leaving their televisions to fill the Balfour Community Hall in Balfour Monday to listen to answers on how Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) biologists plan to address the recovery of the Kootenay Lake fishery. “We are...
