Regional News

NDP leadership hopeful Brian Topp stops in Nelson to drum up support for March convention

by Bruce Fuhr on Sunday October 30 2011

NDP leadership hopeful Brian Topp answers questions from local media during a stop Sunday in Nelson. — Bruce Fuhr photo

There’s not much Brian Topp can’t handle — not even emergency dental surgery at 3 a.m.

Which is why the president of the New Democrat Party of Canada wants to switch chairs around the party table to become the new leader.

Topp, a few days after successful stint in the dental chair, stopped in Nelson Sunday as part of a cross country tour to drum up support for his NDP leadership bid.

Identity of plane crash victim confirmed

by Contributor on Friday October 28 2011

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the person who died as the result of a plane crash in Richmond on Oct. 27.

The deceased is Luc Fortin, aged 44, of North Vancouver. He is believed to have been the pilot of the Northern Thunderbird Air aircraft that crashed while attempting to return to Vancouver International Airport after leaving for a flight to Kelowna.

Massive illegal dumping site in Ymir visible from space; now removed

by Contributor on Friday October 28 2011

Compliance and Enforcement staff removed almost 240 tons(529,000 lbs.) of illegally-dumped garbage from Crown land near Oscar Creek earlier this month with help from local volunteers and businesses.

Clean-up involved using a special, long-reach backhoe that could reach 19 metres (65 feet) downhill to remove the waste - everything from old cars, appliances, furniture, yard waste, household garbage to animal carcasses.

Illegal dumping has occurred at this site for over 30 years and was so extreme, it could be seen on a Google Earth map.

Plane crashes into truck near BCIT

by Contributor on Thursday October 27 2011

At approx 4:15 p.m. Richmond RCMP received a report of a plane crash near BCIT. 

A small passenger plane crashed on the northbound lanes of Russ Baker & struck a car containing two people. 

The plane burst into flames upon impact however Richmond Fire Rescue & YVR’s Emergency Response was on scene within moments to extinguish the flames.  Seven passengers were on board as well as two crew members. 

B.C. School Sports hits Mount Sentinel athlete with side out

by The Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday October 27 2011

Myles Christman is caught between a rock and a hard place. — Bruce Fuhr photo

By Bruce Fuhr
The Nelson Daily Sports

There’s a player cruising the gymnasium at Mount Sentinel High School in South Slocan that has become the latest poster boy with what is wrong in B.C. School Sports.

His name is Myles Christman.

The 16-year-old setter for the varsity boy’s squad at Mount Sentinel has been declared ineligible to play volleyball for the Wildcats, without explanation by B.C. High School Sports Eligibility Officer Don Wallace.

Going online: regional district moves to create greater presence through social media

by Timothy Schafer on Thursday October 27 2011

There’s nothing like tweeting your own horn.

A social media policy that includes “tweeting” emergency information on Twitter will be employed by the regional district on a six month trial basis as the local government body tries to improve its lagging online presence.

Proposal opens trails to all users - can motorized traffic co-exist with bikes?

by Mona Mattei on Thursday October 27 2011

Section of the Trans Canada Trail near Fisherman's Creek where George Longden met a motorbike on a collision course; Photo, George Longden
In what they hope will become an international tourism attraction for the future, the Grand Forks All-Terrain-Vehicle (ATV) Club has linked up with the West Kootenay ATV Club to develop a world-class multi-user trail system spanning from Creston in the Rockies to the Okanagan.
 
Dubbed the South Kootenay Trail System, the trails would be open 365 days a year to mountain bikers, hikers, horses, ATVs, off road motorcycles and snowmobiles.

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