A story of collapse and renewal: Award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk to embark on speaking tour of the Kootenays
In an upcoming speaker series, award-winning author and journalist, Andrew Nikiforuk will talk about the impact and evolutionary role that bark beetles play in the health of aging forests, and the critical lessons this tiny creature has to teach human society about natural cycles of collapse and renewal in all ecosystems....
Ed Natyshak faces another challenge as Nelson's Man in Motion medal bearer
Ed Natyshak has never met a challenge he couldn't overcome. Which is why the quadriplegic fitness guru was quick to accept being named Nelson's honourable medal bearer for Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour this April. Natyshak, a unanimous selection by the Nelson Sports Council, accepted the honour during a ceremony Thursday...
Cost of eating still high for B.C. families
The 2011 Cost of Eating in B.C. Report, released by the Dietitians of Canada – BC Region last week, showed no improvement for the average family. The Cost of Eating in B.C. has been published for over a decade to detail how much it costs for individuals and families in B.C. to access an adequate amount of food, to relate this...
LVR students rise to the top of the class
Two students from L.V. Rogers High School in Nelson have garnered some major honours. Students Mackenzie Carlstrom and Taryn Scarff are recipients of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award and an opportunity to be coached as a percussionist for the Dennis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra, respectively. Carlstrom earned the prestigious...
Two car accident halts traffic on Silica Street Saturday
At approximately 4 p.m. Saturday emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle accident at the corner of Silica and Cedar Streets in Nelson. A late model compact station wagon slid into the intersection and was hit broadside by a taxicab, knocking the grey station wagon into the snow bank. No one was seriously injured in the...
Highway crews busy repairing overhead sign damaged in crash
Road crews have been busy this week repairing the overhead directional sign on Highway 6/3A after a vehicle struck and severed the pole off its base Friday afternoon during a winter storm. The severed pole is on the city, or east, side of the highway. “We had an engineering consultant come out (Wednesday) and confirm what...
Teachers should learn from paramedics
BC teachers must realize they will get NOWHERE with the Liberal government and school employers without job action and a major fight. They should learn from the mistreatment and suffering of BC’s paramedics at the hands of their employers and an intransigent government under an expired contract since 2001. The paramedics’ ...
Bahraini ‘reformers’ in Washington, courtesy of American spinmeisters
By Justin Elliot in ProPublica. Earlier this month, a group of three young Bahrainis arrived in Washington to talk about reform in the small Persian Gulf nation, which has been rocked by Arab Spring protests for the last year. The delegation, including an NGO worker and a tech entrepreneur, both Western-educated, represented...
Learn how Selkirk College can put your child on the fast track to their career
If you are a parent in the process of helping your child plan his or her post-secondary education, there has been a recent report giving high praise to Canadian community colleges for their ability to effectively deliver programs and get people on the fast track to rewarding careers. The Hechinger Report, an American non-profit...
Canadians call for enquiry on alleged robocall election fraud
Over 20,000 Canadians have joined with online campaigning organization Leadnow.ca to call for a full and independent public inquiry into an alleged systematic voter deception phone campaign that targeted likely non-Conservative voters in key ridings during the May 2011 election. Since the campaign launched on Friday, 20,000...
