Nakusp Hockeyville supporters gear up for March 8
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson DailyIt’s so close residents and Hockeyville supporters from Nakusp can taste it.On Tuesday, March 8 supporters from Nelson to Nakusp will be glued to their television sets or computers to watch the Kraft Hockeyville 2011 Top 10 show on CBC.“Nakusp is still a buzz with excitement and with the announcement...
Team BC rocks the Canada Games
Team BC finished third at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, bringing home 28 gold, 30 silver and 30 bronze medals, in their best winter games standings ever.The next Canada Winter Games will take place in Prince George in 2015. Held every two years, alternating between summer and winter, the Canada Games are a key event...
Comment: The King’s Speech Strikes a Chord
By Glyn HumphriesAgonyI watched the movie, “The King’s Speech” with more trepidation and fluttering heartbeats than I expected. While actor Colin Firth ably portrayed the pitiable nascent King George V1, I experienced aching echoes of images and agonies, reverberating back sixty years.Transmitting shattered words in pained ...
Spring break art immersion
Oxygen Art Centre’s third annual Kids Spring Break Art Camps are now open for registration. For two consecutive weeks — March 14–18 and March 21–25 — creative kids will be immersed in the artistic process through the exploration of several artistic disciplines.Taught by six professional artists, the camp will introduce kids...
Heavy snow blankets the summit passes
Heavy snow is affecting travel over Kootenay Pass and Paulson Summit, according to a weather alert released by Environment Canada Monday.Areas of heavy snow over the highway passes of the West Kootenay have affected two local mountain passes, including Highway 3's Allison Pass between Hope and Princeton, and the Highway 5...
Seven Basin non-profit organizations receive assistance from CBT
Nelson CARES was one of seven non-profit organizations located in the Columbia Basin that will be receiving assistance from Enterprising Non-Profits (enp) for social enterprise projects. Also receiving funding was the West Kootenay Women’s Association in Nelson and the South Kootenay Lake Community Services Society in Kootenay...
Sinixt application on Perry Ridge 'dismissed' in BC Supreme Court
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe Sinixt Nation’s judicial review application was dismissed in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver on Friday. The application — made by way of petition against the Province’s issuance of a timber sale licence on Perry Ridge — was dismissed “by way of oral reasons” by Judge J. Willcock on the ...
Blewett PAC asks for City support on playground project
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily With nearly 30 per cent of their enrolment coming from Nelson, the Blewett School parent advisory committee has asked City council for some funding towards a $77,118 community playground. With no money available from School District No. 8 (Kootenay lake) for the project, and the playground...
Some city groups could be deemed ineligible for CBT cash
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThree Nelson community groups are in danger of having their future Columbia Basin Trust applications ruled ineligible as they are found to be delinquent in the reporting and accounting for the money they received last year. Although the regional district — who delivers the CBT’s Community...
Sinixt Nation existence in Nelson questioned in council
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe notion of whether the Sinixt Nation ever existed on Nelson soil was questioned by one City councilor this week, at the same time casting doubt on the legitimacy of the City-owned Touchstones Nelson Museum permanent exhibit. When trying to agree on a First nation protocol — what City...
