Agencies renew collaboration on Columbia River issues
Columbia Basin Trust and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council have renewed their agreement to collaborate on projects that promote an understanding and appreciation of the international Columbia River Basin.Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council) chair, Bruce Measure, and CBT board of directors chair, Garry...
Icelandic geothermal energy to be harnessed and sold
By Andy Soos, ENNIceland’s largest energy company is considering construction of the world’s longest underwater electric cable so the nation can sell its vast geothermal and volcanic energy to the European market. By the end of the year, state-owned energy company, Landsvirkjun, will complete a study of building a sub-sea...
This is the time of the great quickening, and the quickening just got quicker
By Spectral Star WizardA major earthquake took place on March 11 and Japan's landmass is reported to have moved eight feet (2.4 metres), according to reports issued by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. The Earth is said to have shifted by four inches or 10 centimetres on its axis, as well. This ...
New poultry abattoir signals revival of small farm in West Kootenay
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyFor many people who suffered the loss of farm status when the meat regulations were introduced in BC in 2004, the recent announcement of a certified mobile poultry abattoir operating this year in the West Kootenay could be their saving grace. Slocan Valley residents Judi Morton and Alex...
Gauntlet drops for Earth Hour Challenge
Millions of people from more than 92 countries around the world — including thousands of people from the West Kootenay — will turn out their lights for Earth Hour.The City of Nelson and Nelson Hydro will arrange to shut off almost all lighting at City-owned facilities and buildings, as well as Baker Street decorative lighting,...
Sinixt question on existence to be answered by City council
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyA decision should be made this month on whether City council and its municipal government acknowledge the historical existence of the Sinixt Nation on city soil. According to the action item list delivered to City council March 7 by City staff, the City of Nelson is currently consulting...
The end of honeybees?
By Andy Soos, ENN The mysterious collapse of honey bee colonies is becoming a global phenomenon. Declines in managed bee colonies, seen increasingly in Europe and the US in the past decade, are also now being observed in China and Japan and there are the first signs of African collapses from Egypt, according to the report...
What glaciers in the Columbia Basin tell us about snowpack
How does snowpack respond to climate change—right here in the Columbia Basin?How do glaciers fit in? And what about the future of powder?
In the coming weeks, you can learn some snowpack science and watch a short film during SOS: Save Our Snowpack, an evening that brings you a double shot of awareness — stopping in Nelson...
People stock up on potassium iodide as nuclear scare nears in BC
The Canadian Press British Columbians spooked by ongoing explosions at Japan's quake-damaged nuclear plants are making a run on pharmacies, hoping to boost immunity to any potential radiation drift. But the provincial government, health officials and pharmacists themselves are encouraging people to stand down from stockpiling...
Two gravel pits unearth concern as residents, director call for public meetings
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyA regional district director is preparing “to go to the mattresses” as he gathers public ammunition in the fight for information on two proposed gravel pits for the Slocan Valley. Area H Regional District of Central Kootenay director Walter Popoff is not the Godfather but he has epitomized...
