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...
April heralds water, sewer increases
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyIt’s official: water and sewer rates are going up. City council continued with their long-range plan to use a steady and calculated stream of increasing tax levies to replace its aging and crumbling infrastructure. No debate was necessary Monday night at City Hall to hit Nelson taxpayers ...
Changes to Traffic Bylaw will affect Nelson neighbourhoods
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyPeople will no longer be able to park in front of, nor within one metre of, a public or private stairway in a residential zone — and they’ll have to clear their sidewalks of snow within one day after a snowfall. City council passed three amendments to the Traffic Bylaw Monday night — one ...
Public process to begin on Nelson Landing
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyCouncil paused before a Red Sands storm Monday night at City Hall, but the squall never materialized. A brief break in their regular council meeting appeared to gird City council for the work of debating the land use amendment on the latest waterfront development proposal (Nelson Landing)...
Council avoids public input on parking rate doubling
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyDollar signs trumped community consensus as City council succumbed to the lure of greater revenue and doubled the rate of downtown parking meters. A motion was passed Monday night in the regular council meeting at City Hall — forgoing vetting a parking meter hike through a public meeting ...
Alberta skiers escape B.C. avalanche
A size 3.5 Yoho National Park avalanche Saturday nearly claimed the lives of two Calgary backcountry skiers, Revelstoke RCMP report.While hiking up to ski near the Emerald Lake slide path in the park Saturday, the two men crossed over the slide path to continue up the trail. That’s when the slide released and buried the two...
The story of soil
There are two permaculture events led by Rob Avis of Verge Permaculture that Mountain Waters Retreats in Nelson is sponsoring this weekend. The following is the second of two articles highlighting the need and giving insight into permaculture.By Rob Avis, Verge PermacultureWhat is the difference between soil and dirt?Soil is...
O’Driscoll's Milk War opens FLIKS Festival
FLIKS (Film Lovers In the KootneayS) opens the Canadian FLIKS Festival on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. with one of three films in the festival produced by local filmmakers.Milk War, a documentary produced by former Nelsonite and theatre personality Declan O’Driscoll, tells the story of dairy farmer Michael Schmidt whose small...
