To The Editor: School District 8 Kootenay Lake does not own the Central school building that houses Wildflower school, or the land that it sits on. A legal document, verified by a Nelson lawyer, and dated June 28, 1902, stipulates that the Province of British Columbia gave The Corporation of the City of Nelson “to have and ...

To The Editor: The report came out last week that in 2019 Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions went up. Again. Canada has failed in all its commitments to reduce emissions. As long as emissions are going up we haven’t even started. These are the crucial last years to back away from global disaster, and Canada is still going the...

To The Editor: Wildflower School is a thriving multi-age school from Kindergarten to Grade 9 that operates within the public system. It is a program of choice, focused on innovative and social-emotional learning that has served the Nelson community for nearly 20 years. Unfortunately, SD8 senior staff does not recognize the ...

During the pandemic, many of us have spent several months at home. To pass the time, we have started tackling projects that have been on our to-do lists for months, even years. For me, that meant cleaning out our spare rooms, which led to unearthing a number of treasures, including a sweater I thought I’d given away. Pulling...

It has been five years since the Provincial Health Officer declared a public health emergency in response to the significant rise in opioid-related overdose deaths reported in B.C. Since then, more than 7,000 family members, friends, coworkers, teammates, neighbours and friends have been lost to overdose. Thousands more have...

To The Editor: On Tuesday, Nelson City Council will make a decision whether the 300-block of Victoria Street will become a parking lot for buses, a transit exchange. I’m opposed to this. Many of the people most directly affected by this decision (home- and property-owners, businesses, service providers) have expressed frustration...

To The Editor: Open letter to Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development I am deeply distressed with the decisions your government has made and is continuing to make on old growth logging in BC. Fairy Creek is currently the contentious area, but other areas have and will...

During this pandemic, many Canadians have reported seeing and hearing more wildlife in their neighbourhoods. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) says coyotes in residential areas have received heightened awareness in recent weeks. NCC’s senior conservation biologist Dan Kraus says we are spotting and hearing these animals...

To The Editor: I applaud local MLAs, Tom Shypitka and Doug Clovechok, for standing up to the Provincial government regarding recent restrictions on restaurants. You can be sure that I will doing the same in Ottawa. There is absolutely no reason under the sun why our region should be treated the same, with regards to lockdowns,...

Addiction is a complex health condition that can devastate people, families, and communities and Interior Health is working to address these challenges as the understanding of mental illnesses and substance use disorders continues to evolve. To step up and face addiction issues head on for people who experience mental health...