To The Editor: In recent weeks there has been a gathering of homeless people behind the Nelson Leafs Recycling Centre near Cottonwood Falls Park.  This has resulted in a dangerous and unsightly mess consisting of garbage, used needles and human waste.  Management of the Recycling Centre has taken this matter most seriously ...

To the Editor: Kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) are a member of the salmonidae family. They are the non-anadromous form of the sockeye salmon, meaning they do not migrate from the ocean to rivers. Instead they live out their entire lives in freshwater lakes like Kootenay Lake. A healthy abundance of kokanee has always been a...

To The Editor:   Hello Nelson Mayor/Council:   In 1994 I sent Nelson's Mayor (Dave Elliot) and council information from Guelph, Ontario, Canada's first city to have organic waste pickup to compost at a city run compost site.   I hoped the city and regional politicians would realize the importance of preventing methane release...

To The Editor: Dear Premier Horgan, As a former BC NDP member, I don't get the direction your Party has been taking. A couple of days ago, peaceful land defenders were removed by the RCMP – many militarized – on the Argenta-Johnsons Landing face in a way that was heavy handed, uncalled for and illegal. According to people who...

To The Editor: The Granite Pointe Board Of Directors is clarifying a misunderstanding regarding the well-being of three known heron nests on the 102-year-old golf course’s property. “Granite Pointe and its board have for many years aimed to protect the course’s environmental, recreational, and historical values,” says BOD...

To The Editor: The devastation in Ukraine by Russia, obliterating apartment buildings/housing, schools, hospitals, train stations, etc., shows that Putin is determined to continue on the genocide path. Should the NATO countries continue the sanctions for some time (even after the war ends) until appropriate compensation is ...

To The Editor: Dear Board members: RE: Open Letter to the Community At its April 27, 2022 public meeting, Nelson & District Recreation Commission received your open letter of April 13, 2022. Following discussion on the open letter, Nelson & District Recreation Commission (“the Commission”) wanted to acknowledge receipt...

To The Editor: Open letter to the Community Hello. We the Nelson Regional Sports council —  a volunteer board advocating for sport in our community — are submitting this information to the community as a whole via news outlets and directly to the Recreation 5 commission set up by RDCK (Regional District of Central Kootenay)...

To The Editor: As I watch the deconstruction of the former Mount Saint Francis Hospital, while recalling the “stories of former staff of the long-term care facility and the families of those who were cared for or died there”- Lee Reid’s book, Stories of Mount St. Francis Hospital 1950-2005, I sorrowfully...

To the citizens of Kootenay Boundary, Everyone in our region has been stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years. We have all been subjected to a barrage of information, advice, and instructions; always evolving and sometimes conflicting. We write to explain our perspectives as Family Practitioners (Family...