Nearly 70 per cent of damages to underground gas lines in 2023 belong to ground disturbers without a BC 1 Call ticket With April being Safe Digging Month, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) and BC 1 Call are teaming up to ask residents and contractors to click or call BC 1 Call before they dig, excavate […]

To The Editor: Dear Mayor Morrison: The situation with drugs and homelessness in our street seems out of hand. As the temperature is getting warmer, we are seeing more and more drugs addicts and homeless people moving to Nelson. During my regular day in Nelson I am in contact with individuals committing crimes in our […]

In another step toward the City of Nelson’s wildfire mitigation efforts, Nelson Fire & Rescue Services (NFRS), with the support of the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), successfully completed a prescribed burn on April 2nd of the area surrounding the Highway 6/3A interchange in the city.  This controlled burn, part of a broader wildfire risk reduction […]

Food waste could be on the endangered list in the Heritage city. The FoodCycler is set to be unleashed on the rest of Nelson outside of the neighbourhood of Fairview, after the majority of residents in the pilot program stepped up for the waste diversion technology. Around 76 per cent of people in the northwest […]

There won’t be a rush to cram the Heritage city full of houses after a zoning bylaw amendment approved an increase to maximum densities allowed, says the City’s director of Development Services. Sebastien Arcand said the recently approved allowances could spawn some incremental or slow changes to some of the new residential builds coming up […]

An infusion of $1.2 million from the Province is expected to bolster local manufacturing in the Kootenay region. Through the B.C. Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF), the Province is investing over $1 million in three projects in the region to grow local businesses and create new jobs. In Harrop, the Harrop-Procter Community Cooperative will receive up […]

Patients looking for a family physician or a nurse practitioner will be better supported, as the Province provides an update on the work already underway and introduces new digital tools for providers to improve and speed up the connection process. “Last year we made a commitment to better connect people with primary care providers, and […]

Nathan Cullen, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, has released the following statement in response to the April 2024 snowpack bulletin: “The latest snow survey and water supply bulletin from the River Forecast Centre indicates we may be facing drought conditions in B.C. once again this year. “The April survey shows that the overall […]

Trail RCMP said that on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at 2:57 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District officer responded to a report of a single vehicle accident on Highway 3, near the Nancy Green Junction, in Rossland. RCMP said the officer attended the scene and located the man and his crashed vehicle. “The man […]

The Nelson Police Department, in conjunction with the Salmo RCMP, are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Aza Tobias Hanbury. Hanbury is currently wanted in relation to numerous files from multiple jurisdictions for offences including Flight from Police, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime and Obstruct Police. Hanbury is 6’1”, approximately 185 pounds, medium build, […]