By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A one-year interim contract for fire service for 2011 for Ainsworth/Woodbury was agreed to last week by Kaslo village officials, the regional district and the Kaslo fire department. However, some information and public feedback is still needed in order to finalize a long-term fire protection...

By Rachel Lucas, Columbia Basin Trust The establishment of nine priorities will help the Columbia Basin Trust allocate resources to address Basin needs, says its president and CEO. Neil Muth said the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) has finalized its 2011-2015 Strategic Priorities, providing “overarching direction” for CBT in terms...

For the people who attended the recent 2010 Columbia Basin Trust Symposium, consider yourself engaged.And for those that didn’t, there is still a chance to delve into the topics of economic development, alternate energy, community engagement and building resilient organizations. Information presented at these sessions can be...

So the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan drama is about to come to a head Wednesday with the Harper government’s decision on whether or not to approve the takeover bid by Australia’s mega corporation BHP Billiton.  Most are predicting that Harper will cave under the pressure from Brad Wall, Saskatchewan Party premier and...

The Nelson Daily staffThe seeds of an agricultural plan have been sown for the region, with an eye towards improving the quantity and quality of agricultural production in the West Kootenay. The Regional District of Central Kootenay is creating an Area Agricultural Plan, conducting a planning process to research, develop...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The primary driver for the library referendum ‘yes’ vote in southern Area H was the pilot project the library ran for nearly one year in Winlaw, says the area’s director. Walter Popoff said the pilot project only ran for one year, but it whetted the appetite for people for permanent library...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The community of Procter will soon have a new fishing dock to call their own. In an effort to encourage fishing, the West Arm Outdoors Club — through the Regional District of Central Kootenay — has taken it upon themselves to create a wharf on the site of the old federal dock in Procter....

In the spring of 2010, two families — the O'Neills from Winlaw and the Doells from Rossland — went on a journey of connection to Nepal. These families each have teenage children who were born in Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world. The purpose of their two-month journey was to reconnect their children with their...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Building permits and construction values were down in the regional district municipalities in September, continuing a trend that has been endemic the entire year. There were only 83 building permits issued in the last month, down from 119 last year, and 644 issued for the year-to-date in...

By Suzanne Fournier, The Province U.S. border agents found more than $9 million worth of Ecstasy in “suspicious” backpacks stashed in the woods just south of the border at Grand Forks. Acting on a tip from a hiker, U.S. agents near the border-patrol station in Curlew, Wash., seized 140 kilograms of the popular designer drug...