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...
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...
