Call it a year of firsts. The city of Nelson welcomed its first female mayor in 2015 — one of many highlights of the year that was 2015 in the heritage city. And on Monday night at the City of Nelson’s annual reception at the Prestige Lakeside Inn — a year-in-review of the municipal milieu — Mayor Deb Kozak gave a Nelson...

The BC SPCA is encouraging British Columbians to voice their opinion on proposed changes that will remove the limit on how many wolves hunters can kill in the Peace Region and triple the number of grizzly bears that can be killed in the same area. B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations wants to...

As I mark my first anniversary as Board Chair of Interior Health, I’m looking back on the highlights and challenges of 2015. From wildfires that blazed through much of our region, to major investments in surgical care, and a change in leadership within our organization, it has been quite a year. We saw the departure of Dr. ...

A tax rise of over six per cent could hit Nelson taxpayers when the 2016 bill comes due, as city council grapples with the initial numbers in its deliberations on the next budget. Although the budget process will not be complete until late winter, city council is currently embroiled in dismantling all aspects of the budget,...

The world is watching to see what comes out of the Paris climate summit. Montana Burgess is the West Kootenay EcoSociety's Community Organizer. She's attending the Paris UN climate summit with the Climate Action Network delegation and is reporting back to the West Kootenays on developments at the negotiations and what they ...

The world is watching to see what comes out of the Paris climate summit. Montana Burgess is the West Kootenay EcoSociety's Community Organizer. She's attending the Paris UN climate summit with the Climate Action Network delegation and is reporting back to the West Kootenays on developments at the negotiations and what they ...

With only three panels left to sell and less than one week left in the pre-sales deadline, Nelson Hydro’s general manager has declared the city’s solar garden project a go. Alex Love said that 147 panels in the pre sales event have been sold — nearly 75 per cent of the total project — giving the city’s utility enough financial...

Public survey results supporting the institution of free wifi in Nelson’s public spaces and parks was echoed by city council Monday night. After initially rejecting the offer of Shaw’s Go Wifi service last month, city council did an about face during its regular meeting. Council had requested city staff to gather more information...

Although a decision on the Nelson Police Department board budget request had been scheduled for the end of the month, the deadline has passed and no word has come from the province. And there is no hint of when that decision will come, before the end of the year or early in the new year, said Mayor Deb Kozak, also the chair...

Comments and feedback are being sought on a proposed new Access Management Area in the Pend d'Oreille Valley in the Kootenay Boundary region as part of an update to the spring 2016 edition of the B.C. Hunting and Trapping Synopsis. The proposed change, under the Wildlife Act's motor vehicle prohibition regulation, would reduce...