The RDCK’s three sub-regional Resource Recovery services have a combined annual expenditure of roughly $6 million. In recent years the cost of delivering these services have risen as fuel and contract prices have increased and new services have been added to Resource Recovery programming. During the same period required work...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Public composting, the removal of the waste transfer station from Nelson’s waterfront and cost savings are the big changes touted in the draft Resource Recovery Plan, released Thursday by the RDCK board of directors. Although it now goes to the community for review and comment — and further...

Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Speaker Series Endowment has exceeded its target of $200,000, thanks to the generosity and support of community members, organizations and companies. Selkirk President Marilyn Luscombe made the public announcement at the Irving K. Barber Mir lecture featuring David Suzuki on September ...

Charlie, a Chimpanzee in a South African zoo who became addicted to cigarettes, has died at the age of 52, exceeding the average lifespan of a captive chimpanzee by twelve years. After a video of Charlie puffing on cigarettes discarded by visitors appeared on the Internet, the animal and the zoo gained international attention...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily An alleged move to reduce police presence on Kootenay Lake in the shore-side village of Kaslo is not sitting well with the municipality’s mayor. Greg Lay said he was “disappointed” with the alleged decision by the region’s RCMP police force to reduce full-time operation of the police boat...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily On Oct. 16 residents of regional district areas E, F and southern H will vote on whether they want to contribute to the Nelson Municipal Library through local taxation. Three separate referenda will be held with each electoral area making its own decision. A ‘Yes’ vote will mean rural...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The heated debate over allowing a limited and once-only period for the burning of woody waste materials from Nelson backyards has been doused. The ‘yeas’ won out over the ‘nays’ in City council chambers as the wheels of municipal government nearly ground to a halt over the issue. When the...

Financing problems on a Kamloops project continue to plague the developer of Nelson’s Kutenai Landing.One buyer on the Mission Hill project in Kamloops has filed suit in BC Supreme Court to get money back from New Future Building Group — operated by Kutenai Landing developer Mike Rink — while another project supplier has filed...

 Amidst heightened security precautions the 2010 Commonwealth Games officially begins today in New Delhi, India. The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event which is held every four years since 1930 between the athletes of members of the Commonwealth of Nations. For the first time this event ...

A $10,000 provincial grant will determine the feasibility of construction of a new domestic water supply for the village of New Denver. The study is expected to review the existing aquifer information in the area. Also to be included in the study, funded by the Province’s Infrastructure Planning Grant program, will be the...