By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyCity staff is recommending a two per cent increase in property taxes as City council girds itself for the final decision on whether to raise City taxes or not this week. On Monday night council will give their decision and first three readings to the Financial Plan Bylaw 3191 for the 2011...

A contract has been awarded to resurface a portion of Highway 95 south of Golden.A $1.5-million contract has been awarded to Okanagan Aggregates Ltd. to resurface approximately 5.5 kilometres of Highway 95, from Nicholson north to Golden. As part of this contract, there will also be local side road improvements. Work will...

Customers and stakeholders are invited to help shape B.C.'s clean energy future by sharing their ideas with BC Hydro.Twelve open houses at locations around the province start next week and continue through until mid-April, allowing the public to provide direct input on the future of electricity. The nearest meeting is in...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe power of the Community Heritage Commission could be curtailed in future development decisions concerning the waterfront and downtown core, according to the draft Sustainable Waterfront and Downtown Master Plan.The plan — compiled for release to the public March 9 (6-8 p.m.) at the Hume...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe realization of Kutenai Landing and the waterfront development that Kamloops' developer Mike Rink has battled with for five years is one of the cornerstones of the draft Sustainable Waterfront and Downtown Master Plan, set to be revealed in an open house next week.The waterfront central...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe City's draft plan proposed to tie the waterfront to the downtown and regulate its development will be revealed to the public next week in an open house now that the public input process is nearing completion.Providing up to 1,100 new units of residential housing in the downtown, along...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyOne week after a community group in Nelson announced they would be releasing a currency in spring in the city, a Columbia Basin-wide community currency will also be released in conjunction in several West Kootenay communities.In less than two months, Community Dollars will hit the streets...

Nelson CARES was one of seven non-profit organizations located in the Columbia Basin that will be receiving assistance from Enterprising Non-Profits (enp) for social enterprise projects. Also receiving funding was the West Kootenay Women’s Association in Nelson and the South Kootenay Lake Community Services Society in Kootenay...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe regional economy will be required to carry the local one in Nelson, City council told representatives of the Bank of Canada at a recent meeting in the Heritage City. Bank officials were in the city discussing the state of the nation’s economy, the provincial landscape, and how it related...

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...