by Kyra Hoggan on Wednesday December 29 2010
Police are reporting a truly bizarre interpretation of spending time with family over the holiday season, after arresting a mother and son in connection with a break-and-enter.
Nelson RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little said police were called to a break-and-enter in progress at about 2 a.m. Wednesday, in 1000 block of Cote Rd, Crescent Valley.
by Nelson Daily Editor on Wednesday December 22 2010
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily
The Waneta Dam expansion could create a legacy of skilled trades people for the West Kootenay region, says a Columbia Power spokesperson.
Audrey Repin said with a guaranteed policy in place to hire apprentices on the jobsite, many of the over 400 new job hires could become journeymen trades people when the project is completed in five years.
by Contributor on Wednesday December 22 2010
Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace will be opening its doors to the general public on a weekly basis starting January 2011 to increase awareness of the Centre and assure participation in events hosted by the Peace Café.
A display entitled 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe will be available for onlookers to view and Peace Studies student Celina Silva will be available to tour individuals around the grounds and the Mir house.
by Alex Atamanenko on Wednesday December 22 2010
One of the hallmarks of a democratic state is its commitment to free, public and political expression.
Indeed, no society can call itself truly democratic if it does not guarantee its citizens the inalienable rights to gather, communicate their opinion and demonstrate their support for or against any political position they wish.
If these assertions are true, Canada’s behavior during the G20 Summit held this summer in Toronto casts serious doubt on the current state of democracy in this country.
June 26 to 28, 2010 saw the largest mass arrests in Canada’s history.
by Nelson Daily Editor on Monday December 20 2010
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily
She has made no attempt in the past to conceal her “green” values at the City council table, now Nelson Coun. Kim Charlesworth has made official her decision to support the Green Party in the next provincial election.
Coun. Charlesworth said Monday she made the decision to join the party membership after studying the Green Party’s policies.
“I realized the Green Party’s values were in tune with my values,” she said.
by Nelson Daily Editor on Thursday December 16 2010
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily
To water meter or not to water meter, that has been the question in Nelson for years.
But it appears the answer to that question will inevitably be metering, as a regional charter to encourage water conservation illustrated that instituting water meters is the single most effective practice a municipality can undertake — accounting for a 25 per cent reduction in water usage.
by Alex Atamanenko on Wednesday December 15 2010
Food Banks Canada released its HungerCount 2010 survey in November. The report paints a grim picture of poverty in Canada and the continued growth in the need for services like food banks and other charitable food providers in our communities. This snapshot from thousands of hungry Canadians and from hundreds of food banks across the country should be required reading for all levels of government.
by Contributor on Wednesday December 15 2010
Aboriginal students at Selkirk College and College of the Rockies will find support and a place to gather once construction is complete on the colleges’ newly announced Aboriginal Gathering Places. The two spaces, valued together at nearly $2.5 million, will be built thanks in part to a $400,000 contribution from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).
by Nelson Daily Staff on Tuesday December 14 2010
In what amounts to, literally, a license to print money, a group of local economy advocates are about to launch a regional currency that will be in circulation throughout the Columbia Basin early next year.
It’s true: as early as next February, Columbia Community Dollars will be tradable online and in circulation as paper money in an initial six communities: Kimberley, Fernie, Cranbrook, Rossland, Valemount and Nelson. Other communities in the Columbia Basin are most welcome to participate.
But what will this new money look like — and how will it work?
by Nelson Daily Staff on Saturday December 11 2010
Open Miic for readers and writers at the Cup and Saucer Café in Silverton, every third Thursday of the month at 7 pm.
Even if you're not a writer, but simply love literature and poetry and want to share a favourite author with others, feel free to join us.
Ten minute time limit for each writer or reader. And not forgetting the Cup's Jam Night for musicians Thursday evenings, a popular event now past its 64th continuous week running.
Hosted by Art Joyce.
