Council advised by auditor to watch the cash
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyBig brother is watching you, or at least, City council is. New risk-based audit standards are coming into effect — arising out of the uncertainty created by the Enron scandal in 2001, the biggest audit failure in history — that are turning people in the seat of power into watchdogs. The...
City could hold line to zero per cent increase on property taxes
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyA zero per cent rise in property taxes is one of the options City council is flirting with as they head into the final throes of budget deliberations. With Nelson property owners already facing three potential hikes in rates from the City’s corner — including water (nine per cent), sewer ...
Funding levels still down for Nelson arts groups
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyEven though the BC Arts Council board approved $5.7 million in grants to 280 artists and arts organizations in communities across BC this week, funding to several major Nelson arts organizations is still below 2008 levels. Five Nelson arts organizations are well below the amount they received...
Burning and cutting begins in Art Gibbon Park
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyFuel mitigation work has commenced in Rosemont’s Art Gibbon Park as of Monday, said the Nelson Fire Rescue’s deputy chief. Bob Slade said the fuel mitigation includes burning in the park. “The park may have to be closed to the general public during this time period,” he said. However, any...
NISOD awards Selkirk staff for excellence
The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) has recognized Selkirk College faculty and staff for their teaching and leadership excellence. Since 1978, NISOD has been dedicated to the professional development of faculty, administrators and staff; and to the continued improvement of teaching and...
A Line in the Red Sands
By Michael JessenProsperity today means nothing if it undermines the conditions on which prosperity tomorrow depends. – Tim Jackson Sustainability is not an ornament to hang on a policy tree in the future. Sustainability is about our capacity to endure and our commitment to living in balance within the ecological limits of ...
Three men die in avalanche near Golden
Three men have died after being caught in human triggered avalanche in the Hope River-Mount Gerald area on Saturday afternoon near Golden.A group of four men — two fathers, ages 48 and 50 years with their sons in their 20s, all four from Halkirk, AB — were operating snowmobiles in the Hope River back country area located off...
Second Perrier Road development nears approval
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyA vacant lot in Rosemont could soon house eight multi-residential units after City council passed first and second reading on the rezoning amendment this week. A land use regulation amendment to the Official Community Plan for 2001 Perrier Rd. moved into a position on third reading as it ...
RDCK looks to include carbon neutral aspects into budget
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyAction will be taken this year on the regional district’s 10-point plan to reduce corporate greenhouse gas emissions by 12 per cent in the Central Kootenay area. According to one Select Committee member working on the Carbon Neutral Kootenay’s project, which of the 10 points they will...
City goes public with budget on Feb. 22
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyNow is your chance to dig behind the numbers as the City of Nelson prepares to crack open the books before they are written down in ink as the next fiscal budget. Two 2011 budget open house sessions will be held at the Nelson Municipal Library on Tuesday, Feb. 22. It’s a chance to give the...
