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New Denver, Kaslo host traditional May Days celebrations
by Nelson Daily staff on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 5:29pm

For the general public that forgot to book a campsite or hotel room or just don't want a lot of driving in the Victoria Day long weekend, check out May Day celebrations in Kaslo or New Denver...

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Nelson Council Plans to Scrap Heritage Commission
by Bill Metcalfe on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 7:00pm

 

The City of Nelson decided on May 7 to dissolve its volunteer Heritage Commission. This change would see the commission’s policy function given to the Cultural...

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Cottonwood Community Market kicks open doors Saturday
by Nelson Daily staff on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 5:23pm

The Garden Festival started the market scene last week on Baker Street.

Saturday, the market season kicks into high gear with the opening of the Cottonwood Falls Community Market from 9:30 t0 3 p.m. at the Cottonwood Falls Park in Nelson.

 “As our climate and our future become more uncertain, a strong local agriculture network is essential for sustaining our long-term...
Anyone with bats urged to report to Kootenay Community Bat Project
by Nelson Daily staff on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 4:30pm

The successful Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) is gearing up for another year of identifying local bat species, providing educational programs and workshops, and assisting landowners with bat issues.

Of the 16 species of bats in B.C., half of them are considered vulnerable or threatened and an additional species, the little brown myotis, has recently been assessed for federal...

Sports Headlines

Bombers break up the Storm, blast Kimberley 58-10 to defend Kootenay Zone Rugby title
by Bruce Fuhr on Wednesday May 16 2012

The L.V. Rogers Bombers once again make it look easy in defending its Kootenay High School Rugby Zone title with a convincing 58-10 victory over the Selkirk Storm from Kimberley Wednesday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch.

However, the joy of victory quickly turned sour as the Bombers lost a few more key players from an already depleted lineup.

“It was a good game for us but...
Kaslo's Kathryn Haegedorn, Trail's Erin McLeod and Mckayla Yuris off to BC Hockey Female Under 18 evaluation camp
by Nelson Daily Sports on Wednesday May 16 2012

A quartet of Kootenay players have earned a trip to Salmon Arm this weekend to compete at the BC Hockey Female Under 18 evaluation camp.

Trail's Erin McLeod and Mckayla Yuris, Daley Oddy of Cranbrook and Kaslo's Kathryn Haegedorn join 47 others hopeful looking to catch the eye of evaluators at the third of four stops on the U18 trail....
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Help make a difference by attending 11th annual ALS Walk

by Nelson Daily staff on 15 May 2012
Help make a difference by attending 11th annual ALS Walk

Looking to get some exercise . . . with a friend or two?

Slot Sunday, June 3 on the calendar for the 11th West Kootenay Walk for ALS.

This fun filled community event is slated for Lakeside Rotary Park in Nelson at 1 p.m. Registration goes at 11:30 a.m.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neuromuscular disease that affects the person’s motor neurons that carry messages to the muscles. When these muscles fail to receive messages, they lose strength, atrophy and die, leaving the person immobilized.

Second annual Oxygen Art Market is just around the corner

by Contributor on 15 May 2012
Second annual Oxygen Art Market is just around the corner

The market was such as success in 2011, organizers are ready to do it all over again at the Oxygen Art Market May 25-27.

The Art Market has quickly become an important fundraiser for the Oxygen Art Centre.

The event, attracting an estimated 700 attendees, was developed in response to a greater need for fundraising to keep the Oxygen’s doors open.

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Regional News

Atamanenko Concerned About Proposed Changes to Meat Inspection Regulations

by Contributor on 16 May 2012
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Atamanenko Concerned About Proposed Changes to Meat Inspection Regulations

New Democrat MP, Alex Atamanenko (BC southern Interior) is appalled by the reckless changes to Meat Inspection Regulations (MIR) being proposed by the Conservative government that will leave Canadians wondering if the meat they buy is actually safe. Private inspectors, who may not be qualified, would now be able to inspect meat.  Worse, these changes to meat inspection rules also change what meat is acceptable – meaning already-dead meat and crippled animals’ meat will be okay for processing for Canadians’ tables.

DriveBC now offering webcam views of Kootenay Lake ferries

by Contributor on 16 May 2012
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Cameras show the lineup at the Balfour Ferry Terminal.

The first of 30 new webcams to be installed this year on the DriveBC network are now live, giving motorists a real-time view of traffic queues, weather and road conditions at the Kootenay Lake ferry terminals.

DriveBC web cameras are now live at:

* The Balfour ferry terminal, 35 km east of Nelson, looking north toward Highway 3A: http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/303.html

Provincial & National

No excuse for further Liberal HST stalling

by Harvey Oberfeld on 16 May 2012
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No excuse for further Liberal HST stalling
The BC Liberals and their friends in the corporate and media communities, have tried to sell the public on their supposed “business” abilities…unlike those “socialists” on the other side.

And yet, after the voters ordered them to get rid of the HST, they are incapable of  returning for a full NINETEEN MONTHS to a provincial sales tax regime that was in effect in this province for probably more than 50 years.

COMMENT: TRIUMF Lab helps make case for electoral finance reform

by Dermod Travis on 15 May 2012
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COMMENT: TRIUMF Lab helps make case for electoral finance reform

Who would ever have thought that a single political donor could have disclosed so much about the sorry state of affairs surrounding money and politics in B.C.

In what they now call a “learning experience,” TRIUMF – Canada's nuclear physics laboratory located at the University of British Columbia – finally acknowledged last week that it wasn't the most prudent of moves to make $3,370 in political donations to the B.C. Liberal party over the past three years.

International

Bush, aides convicted of Iraq war crimes in absentia by Malaysia

by Wikinews on 16 May 2012
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Bush, aides convicted of Iraq war crimes in absentia by Malaysia

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former President of the United States George W. Bush and seven prominent former colleagues guilty of war crimes.