Friends and family are rallying around the daughter of a former City of Nelson Hydro Department employee and Mountain Spirit Triathlon club member, Roger Fontaine. Katrina Fontaine, 26, has been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition affecting the collagen in her body called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily You wouldn’t drive in the winter without snow tires and you shouldn’t neglect a flu shot if you want to be safe. That’s the warning from Dr. Rob Parker, Medical Health Officer with Interior Health. “Our main concern is that people are getting sick unnecessarily,” said Parker,. “There is still...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily When Nelson resident Mary Ann McClelland heard she was going to have to wait a year for her double cataract surgery here she decided to go public. “The whole point wasn’t just for me,” said the 71-year-old senior. “There’s been a flurry of activity because of my story and that’s what I wanted...

For those wanting to bring in the New Year being a little crazy then simply head on down to Lakeside Park Wednesday, January 1, 2014 for the annual Polar Bear Dip. This year's event is sponsored by the Rhythm Ropers Skippers as a fundraiser. The 2014 Polar Bear Dip begins at 11 a.m. with registration. The horn sounds at High...

The following press release was issued by Richard Deane on the afternoon of Dec. 24: Teck Trail Operations is reporting an incident that resulted in a zinc release to an outfall to the Columbia River on Dec. 22. Based on an initial assessment, the release does not create any health or safety risk to people, fish or wildlife...

Dear Editor, For over 100 years Trail Operations has operated as a world class refinery and smelter in the West Kootenays of British Columbia. Our facility refines and recycles everything from metal concentrates to used batteries into metals and fertilizers that we all rely on. Over our 100-year history we have grown in...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily You may have laughed at all the little old ladies, but they put Nelson Creston on the top of the heap in the Sensible BC campaign to decriminalize  marijuana. After a 90-day campaign that ended December 3, 20 ridings  collected more than the ten percent of  registered voters’ signatures...

There's a new and exciting resource available to Aboriginal people throughout the region, according to Kris Taks, executive director of the Circle of Indigenous Nations Society “The Circle of Indigenous Nations Society (C.O.I.N.S) formed in September 2012 and formally registered as a non-profit society in March 2013,” Taks ...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Predictions for the climatic changes coming to the Kootenay region are grim, but an emerging partnership with an Austrian scientific research centre may help mountain residents prepare and adapt to the future. Three scientists from alp-S, a private consulting, research and development...

Non-profits and charities have a new way to raise money for causes that benefit society, as the B.C. government relaxes the rules around auctioning liquor. Following through on an earlier commitment, the B.C. government is allowing privately-donated liquor, such as a vintage bottle of wine or a rare bottle of scotch from an...