Kutenai Landing forms cornerstone of waterfront: draft plan
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe realization of Kutenai Landing and the waterfront development that Kamloops' developer Mike Rink has battled with for five years is one of the cornerstones of the draft Sustainable Waterfront and Downtown Master Plan, set to be revealed in an open house next week.The waterfront central...
Unstable storm snow complicates matters in West Kootenay backcountry
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyWith new snow bonding poorly to old surfaces and further snow, warmer temperatures and strong winds due to arrive this week, the recipe for unstable storm snow conditions are brewing in the West Kootenay backcountry.As a result, the danger of an avalanche in the West Kootenay backcountry ...
Draft plan for waterfront, downtown to go public in open house
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe City's draft plan proposed to tie the waterfront to the downtown and regulate its development will be revealed to the public next week in an open house now that the public input process is nearing completion.Providing up to 1,100 new units of residential housing in the downtown, along...
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 ...
