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 ...

As the mercury slowly rises, many Canadians are making springtime plans for their lawns, backyards, flower beds and gardens. While some people may be hearing about or going to try “No Mow” or “Slow Mow May,” the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging people to take the next step with a more lasting way to help nature is to ...

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...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada has just announced plans for the largest private land conservation project in Canada’s history. When complete, Boreal Wildlands will protect 1,450 square kilometres of boreal forest near Hearst in northern Ontario. The project will encompass an area twice the size of the city of Toronto. This...

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)...

I am a neurologist working in Nelson. I talked to a man this summer to review his Parkinson's disease. He was not doing well. Usually he did not have any history of depression but he was lacking his usual motivation. He lived in a remote area and had lived there on a small remote property with a stream running through it for...

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...

To The Editor: I am deeply saddened and extremely angry at what is happening in Ukraine. You may recall that when I was your Member of Parliament I participated in a diplomatic mission with Canada’s Foreign Affairs Committee (Google MP Stetski goes to Ukraine) to Ukraine, Latvia, Poland and Kazakhstan in 2017. The purpose...