Growing population and climate
Andy Soos, Environmental News NetworkChanges in population growth and composition, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years.The research, appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was conducted by an international team of...
RDCK calls for return of long form census
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The long arm of the regional district board has given its support to the return of the long form of Census Canada, over two months after the federal government moved to replace it with a voluntary survey next year. Nelson director on the Regional District of Central Kootenay board, John ...
Coun. Stacey weighs in on warrant-less entry for grow ops
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Like a bad weed, the topic of ferreting out grow operations in the city and circumventing the court warrant system grew out of the last city council meeting. Coun. Marg Stacey felt the wording of “illegal activities” in the recently adopted Fire Regulation and Prevention Bylaw could open...
SD8 board blasts Province on inadequate reporting software
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The tools the Province has given Kootenay Lake School District No. 8 to handle student information has come under the gun. A letter has been sent by SD8’s board of trustees to the Ministry of Education requesting something be done about the archaic nature of the system, the British Columbia...
Heed, Dooley agree on vigilance for RCMP contract talks
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The comment of Nelson’s mayor that the Province should tread carefully and wisely through the RCMP contract renegotiation process was echoed by the former BC solicitor general earlier this week. Both Mayor John Dooley last week and Kash Heed on Tuesday agreed the Province needs to be very...
Waterfront question raised by boat-access-only residents
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily There was a whole other area thrown into the process on the waterfront and downtown master plan workshop Thursday night. Ken Plautz raised the concerns of nearly 100 people that live across the water of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake — in boat access-only homes — that would be affected by...
City questioned on potential sale of waterfront Crown land
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The City’s right to sell off a piece of Crown land to a private developer was debated briefly Thursday night at the workshop on the waterfront and downtown master plan. The question was raised during the consultant’s presentation at the Prestige Lakeside Resort during the waterfront and ...
Which comes first, Nelson Landing or waterfront plan?
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily With the Saturday afternoon public meeting on waterfront project Nelson Landing less than one day away, the question of the cart heading down the road before the horse was raised Thursday night at the workshop on the waterfront and downtown master plans, but it was left unanswered. The...
Remaking the wheel on the city's waterfront
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nearly one decade ago Dan Gass was involved in the community-wide development of the city’s Official Community Plan and a waterfront visioning workshop. Nine years later, he has seen a number of like processes come and go, with the same result: no action by successive councils. On Thursday...
Red Sands debate goes on this Saturday
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Grains of sand continue to pour through the hourglass as the time narrows for Save the Red Sands Beach group to step up and, well, save the beach. This Saturday afternoon (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Prestige Lakeside Resort), the developer of Nelson Landing — which includes Red Sands Beach...
