Premier Christy Clark has fulfilled one of the campaign promises made during her race for the B.C. Liberal leadership, announcing Tuesday that parking is now free in all BC provincial parks. The parking meters are coming out and parking will be free, effective immediately, so that British Columbia’s parks are even more welcoming...

Workable solutions are being sought between the school district and the parents of students who want more French immersion spots opened up.Currently there are 86 people on the waiting list for the upcoming school year but there are only 60 spots open in two Grade 6 classrooms, predicating the need for a third class. For the...

At the end of an epic winter, the Backcountry Skiing Canada Expose Yourself competition judges have awarded some amazing prizes to several deserving winners. Judges for this season’s comp were David Lussier of Summit Mountain Guides, Keri Medig, professional photographer, and Andrew Creighton, backcountryskiingcanada.com...

There were buses filling up parking lots.There were parades of students frequenting sidewalks and restaurants throughout the Heritage City.Despite being down a little in entrants, the 25th annual Festival Nelson proved to be another overwhelming success as nearly 1,000 kids from 35 schools from all over Western Canada and...

Avalanches continue to be a real threat as the danger rises to considerable this weekend in the West Kootenay backcountry.Several loose snow avalanches up to size 1.5 were reported during sunny periods over the past week, the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Peter Marshall reported. One size 2.5 slab avalanche was reported on an...

An American woman who helped get breast milk for a terminally ill baby in Nelson journeyed Thursday to the Heritage city to meet the family that has since inspired her to start a global helping foundation.Katie Shutt traveled from Dallas, Tex., to Nelson to meet Camara Cassin and her 20-month-old baby, the Vancouver Province...

Ripping around in the bush and harming Crown land on an ORV (Off-road Vehicle) might seem like recreation to some people, but in B.C. it is a crime. As the weather improves and camping season starts to get underway, more people will head out to responsibly enjoy the forests and range lands for recreational purposes. Unfortunately,...

What a great day for a ride.More than 60 riders ventured south of the 49th parallet on Good Friday for the Syds Fun Ride for Muscular Dystrophy.The ride to participants 175 miles across the Canada/USA Border and back. There was also at Canadian trek that took riders to Kaslo.The ride raised more than $2000 for Muscular...

The Garden at the end of the World @ Threads Guild Building, Appledale, Tuesday, May 17, 7 p.m.  The Garden at the end of the World “is a film that is both a documentary and a travelogue of a journey through a ruined land. It is stark in its contrasts of the impacts of war with the everyday lives of people trying to create ...

By Hoda Ghamrawy, CFUWThe Nelson Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women recently had a visit from Jeannette Mergens the regional director of BC East.  She spoke of the importance of the Nelson chapter in the betterment of the lives of women and girls through advocacy work and through education. British Columbia...