Bridge deck construction begins Monday
Construction of the Baker Street bridge deck will start on Monday, Oct. 17 after the concrete walls were completed last week.These walls will support the bridge deck. Restoration of two-way traffic is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 1. The Baker Street bridge is the bridge over Cottonwood Creek at the foot of Baker Street. It...
CBT recommits to Community Initiatives Funding
With a minimum sum of $30,000 per community, the board of Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) has confirmed its recommitment to the Community Initiatives and the Affected Areas Programs (CIP/AAP) for the next five years.“As we finish the third year of a three-year agreement, we look to the next five years of supporting Basin communities...
Forum planned on the local currency revolution
One of the world's leading authorities on local currency will show Nelsonites this month how “Kootenay Cash” can have economic, lifestyle and long-term benefits to businesses and residents.Micheal Linton will be part of a public forum Saturday, Oct. 30 at the Capital Theatre (7 p.m.) on the local currency revolution. Linton...
Two out of three areas vote yes in library referenda
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Two out of three areas voted in favour of entering into service for the Nelson Municipal Library as the referenda came down in the regional district Saturday night. Both Regional District of Central Kootenay southern Area H and Area F unofficially voted ‘yes’ for the Nelson Library financial...
RCMP release name of women killed near Crescent Valley
By The Nelson Daily StaffRCMP have released the name of an elderly women killed in a collision near Crescent Valley Thursday afternoon.Mabel Hadikin, 84, died at the scene when her small import car was struck by a gravel truck near on Highway 6 near Osachoff Road.RCMP said Hadikin, from the local area, failed to yield as she...
Barr slams the door as Leafs fall to Spokane Braves 2-0
By The Nelson Daily SportsRight now the Nelson Leafs (See full story in The Nelson Daily Sports Section) can't score.Which in hockey is a real bad thing. Just ask the Vancouver Canucks.Garrett Barr stopped all 15 shots as the Spokane Braves skated away with a 2-0 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory Saturday ...
Growing population and climate
Andy Soos, Environmental News NetworkChanges in population growth and composition, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years.The research, appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was conducted by an international team of...
RDCK calls for return of long form census
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The long arm of the regional district board has given its support to the return of the long form of Census Canada, over two months after the federal government moved to replace it with a voluntary survey next year. Nelson director on the Regional District of Central Kootenay board, John ...
Coun. Stacey weighs in on warrant-less entry for grow ops
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Like a bad weed, the topic of ferreting out grow operations in the city and circumventing the court warrant system grew out of the last city council meeting. Coun. Marg Stacey felt the wording of “illegal activities” in the recently adopted Fire Regulation and Prevention Bylaw could open...
SD8 board blasts Province on inadequate reporting software
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The tools the Province has given Kootenay Lake School District No. 8 to handle student information has come under the gun. A letter has been sent by SD8’s board of trustees to the Ministry of Education requesting something be done about the archaic nature of the system, the British Columbia...
