By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Wet and heavy snow has been blanketing the West Kootenay area for almost one day and the message being sent by Mother Nature is clear: stay off the roads. A snowfall warning is in effect for the city and area, bringing with it up to 10 centimetres of snow with graver ramifications than...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily With the bylaw to add Nelson Search and Rescue to the regional district array of financial services now complete, the future of the North Shore Hall is also up for discussion Tuesday. The question of whether to allow NSAR to use the hall as its base of operation could be answered tonight...

By The Nelson Daily Sports Harry “Red” Wassick strutted onto to the red carpet beaming from ear to ear. Jess Seaby, assisted by Nelson Firefighter Jack Chambers, was also present. And so were many other players or family representatives from every decade since the Civic Centre was built back in November of 1935 as fans...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The design of the multi-purpose gymnasium addition to the Nelson and District Community Complex is now moving into the design phase. The regional district board of directors approved the input phase for the design of the facility to be added on to the east side of the NDCC. Once the design...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Consistent funding has been secured for Nelson Search and Rescue (NSR) as the society has officially become a regional district service, the board of directors decided Thursday. The Regional District of Central Kootenay directors voted in favour of creating bylaw for Nelson, Salmo and...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Operating without a lease on their Civic Centre gymnasium space since 2007, Glacier Gymnastics Club came to council Monday night to press them for a commitment to the “largest sport” in Nelson. Although they could not receive a firm indication from council Monday at the committee of the ...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily With the vote on Nelson Search and Rescue becoming part of the regional district service pending, the future of the North Shore Hall is also up for discussion. That question could be answered next week as the regional district prepares to present a plan on the future operation of the hall,...

The Nelson Daily staffThe road to an Official Community Plan could be in the future of Regional District of Central Kootenay electoral Area E.With the results of a land use survey showing a greater number of people who supported the development of an OCP for the area (43 per cent versus 37 per cent who were undecided or needed...

By Greg Alexis, BC Hydro With sustained cold temperatures province-wide, there is currently a very high demand for electricity. On Monday night, the hourly peak demand – 9,877 megawatts – for BC Hydro was recorded between 5 and 6 p.m., representing an increase of more than 1,900 megawatts over the peak a week earlier. Efficiency...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily An eight-inch dump of snow ground buses to a halt in Nelson and created numerous fender benders across the city while Old Man Winter paid the region an unexpected visit Monday. Treacherous road conditions caused Nelson Transit in-town bus service to be suspended Monday morning. The North...