RDCK regional parks regulation bylaw
The regional district’s Regional Parks Regulation Bylaw is proposed for third reading and adoption at the Thursday, March 10 board of directors meeting in Nelson. The purpose of the bylaw is to provide a consistent set of rules and regulations for all designated regional parks, as well as provide a mechanism for enforcing the...
RDCK budget public process set to roll
The Regional District of Central Kootenay is holding the following meetings for the public to discuss the 2011 budget:Residents of the Town of Creston and Electoral Areas A, B and CMonday, March 14 at 10 a.m. (local time)• Creston Council Chambers, 238 - 10th Ave, Creston Residents of the City of Castlegar and Electoral Areas...
Vote passes on budget as first tax hit sinks in
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe final vote on the City’s 2011 budget came down Wednesday afternoon and the two per cent property tax rate hike was officially approved and written into bylaw by City council. Not much deliberation was necessary for council to put the final wraps on the two-month long budget process since...
Draft plan for waterfront, downtown in open house today
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe City's draft plan proposed to tie the waterfront to the downtown and regulate its development will be explained by City staff in an open house today in the Hume Hotel. What it contains Providing up to 1,100 new units of residential housing in the downtown, along the waterfront and in ...
Granite Pointe lands now open for new development
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyHave project, need developer. With the community’s approval tucked in their back pocket, the stage is set for Granite Pointe Golf Course’s mixed-use residential and commercial project proposed on lands in Rosemont. Now all they need is for someone to design, build, market and sell the idea....
Council prepares to hatch debate on chickens
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyChicken is back on the menu for City council as they prepare to discuss the keeping and nurturing of poultry within city limits next month. Coun. Kim Charlesworth asked City staff and council to pick up where they left off in the debate from December, 2009, when they tabled voting on the ...
Police prepare to break Perry Ridge protest camp
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyLogging on Perry Ridge begins this week but there could be trouble brewing as RCMP prepare to remove what was deemed to be an “illegal” protest in BC Supreme Court on Friday. An injunction order was upheld in BC Supreme Court in Nelson on Friday, March 4 that anyone “attending at or near ...
No joy in Nakusp, but still plenty of pride
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson DailyThere’s no joy today in Nakuspville. Or is there?Despite failing to make the top ten in the 2011 Kraft Hockeyville contest, there remains nothing but “pride” in the town of 1800.“(While) I’m a bit disappointed that we didn't make it farther in the end, (Kraft Hockeyville) brought the community out...
Ice climber escapes certain death in avalanche near Golden
An ice climber escaped certain death in an avalanche Monday afternoon near Golden, the region’s RCMP have reported.On Monday, March 7 at approximately 2 p.m., three ice climbers were climbing approximately five kilometres east of Golden off the Trans Canada Highway. A small avalanche was triggered and one of the climbers ...
Little deliberation by council on move to raise property taxes
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyPut another bullet in the chamber as the assault on taxpayer’s wallets in Nelson continues. A two per cent property tax increase is as good as a done deal as City council approved first, second and third reading of the Financial Plan Bylaw 3191 for the 2011 fiscal year on Monday night in ...
