EcoSociety challenges basin to car-free commute
The gauntlet is being dropped again, but on a wider scale this year.The 2011 National Commuter Challenge Week is June 5-11, but this year the challenge has been extended from Nelson throughout the Kootenay region. Nelson had the best participation in Canada last year, and — with grants from Columbia Basin Trust and Osprey...
New beginnings and edible, medicinal plants highlight the week
Inspiration for New Beginnings and Transformation by Dr. Rosalyn Grady@ 525 Josephine St., Wednesday, June 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. By donation. Pathways School will be hosting an evening of song, prayer and inspiration with Dr. Rosalyn Grady, sharing teachings, inspiration and practices from the Council of Indigenous Grandmothers....
Nelson Fire Rescue named 2010-2011 Bill Grindlay Department of the Year
As if the good work Nelson Fire Rescue was doing in the city wasn’t enough, the department is even setting an example to departments across Canada.This year Nelson Fire Rescue was chosen as the winner of the 2010-2011 Bill Grindlay Department of the Year Award — given to the department in the province that has shown outstanding...
Downtown market adds a wrinkle and a circle
The weekday mix of local produce, plants, prepared foods, crafts, and art is back.The West Kootenay EcoSociety will open the Downtown Nelson Local Market on Wednesday, June 15 in the 400 block of Baker St. for the second year. The market will run each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the end of September with the ...
Completing the circle with compost pickup at Cottonwood
Beginning tomorrow (Saturday), a new program is in place with local farmers, where individuals can bring their fruit and veggie compostable scraps and the farmers will take this material back to the farm and use in their on-farm compost. It's a great way for individuals to really recycle their valuable organic material and ...
Childcare advisory council calls for City council cooperation
The shortage of childcare spaces in Nelson is not going to be solved any time soon.But to help address the problem and lessen its impact, Val Mayes of the Nelson Early Childhood Advisory Council and Dorothy Kaytor — regional Early Years coordinator — called on City council Monday night to help in solving the problem. There ...
Council to tackle problem of idling on the job
City council could be making a plan to stop City workers from idling while on the job.An idle free policy for City-owned vehicles is being considered at the behest of the corporate climate action coordinator, Fiona Galbraith, in an effort to help reduce the amount of carbon emissions City operations produces. Although City ...
Rising CEO pay: Could it fuel social unrest?
BNN (Business News Network) has taken on the thorny topic of soaring CEO pay in Canada.Two former CEOs joined CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan for a discussion about CEO pay and came to agreement on three important points: Executive compensation has gotten out of line; workers at the bottom and middle of the income...
Kootenay schools win Sony prizes for sharing environmental action stories
This spring two West Kootenay schools — six schools province-wide — have won Sony recording equipment for their participation in Science World British Columbia’s BC Green Games.Two schools from Kootenay Lake school district – LV Rogers Secondary and Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary – will be taking home new Sony equipment ...
Clearing the air over a vital project
If the air seemed cleaner in the city of Nelson over the last few months, you would be right.There was a decrease in greenhouse gases emitted by some corporate City operations in 2010, according to a report prepared by the City’s corporate climate action coordinator. Fiona Galbraith said the decrease was attributable to a...
