ICBC cuts optional rates
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyLess frequent crashes have contributed to around $80 million being given back to residents in BC after the province's auto insurance company elected to cut its rates in response.ICBC announced it will take an average of three per cent off of its optional auto insurance premiums, in addition...
BCAA office in Nelson de-certifies
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe city’s BC Automobile Association office on Baker Street is out of the union business, according to the BCAA senior vice president.John Evans said the decision was allowed by the Labour Relations Board even though the union contested it.Although it has not been confirmed on the record ...
China: Yihuang self-immolation incident and the power of microblogging
By Oiwon LamChinese online public opinion has once again changed the course of an event, this time regarding a forced demolition and consequent self-immolation protest in Yihuang county, Jiangxi.On September 10, the Zhong family were confronted by 40 local police officers and urban administrators seeking to carry out the...
IFJ Condemns Deadly Attack on Journalists in Mexico
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the shooting attack on two young Mexican journalists in the city of Ciudad Juárez in which photojournalist Luis Carlos Santiago was killed and his colleague Carlos Sanchez seriously wounded. The two Journalists worked for the local newspaper, the Diario de...
Saving 'Face' on the 'Net
The Nelson Daily staff The Nelson Municipal Library just added a new book to its collection. Facebook is now part of the city’s library system, with the city-owned service creating a new page in celebration of International Literacy Month. Throughout the month of September, people of all ages are invited to join the Nelson ...
Sill pillar collapse temporarily closes MAX Mine
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Two weeks after a stop work order by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources temporarily shut down the MAX Molybdenum Mine in Trout Lake was lifted, the mine has been closed again. The molybdenum mine, located 120 kilometres north of Nelson on the tip of Trout Lake, was shut...
Alternate housing needs to be allowed in city says councilor
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily One way to create more affordable housing for people in Nelson would be to allow alternate housing structures to be built in the Heritage City, says one city councilor. Coun. Kim Charlesworth said the City could make the high cost of housing in Nelson affordable by embracing the growing ...
Waterfront planning process begins
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Development of the city’s waterfront plan is now underway. City of Nelson senior planner Dave Wahn confirmed the hiring of a consultant two weeks ago for the sustainable waterfront downtown master plan, part of the second phase of the City’s integrated community sustainability plan (ICSP)....
Referenda looms for library service
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Saying ‘No’ to the Oct. 16 Nelson Municipal Library referenda would mean a doubling in the cost of rural memberships, and prolonging an unworkable situation that will ultimately test the viability of continuing a municipal city service for rural residents, say two library proponents. Both...
Council does about face on bridge closure
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A group of Baker Street businesses have expressed displeasure with the City's decision to completely close the bridge at the end of the city’s main street while it is being replaced. In a meeting Thursday, Sept. 16, several businesses from the west end of Baker Street called city council...
