Glacier Howser project forging onward
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by staff in Environment, West Kootenay
One year after they were asked to go back to the drawing board and do more research, proponents of the controversial Glacier-Howser power project have submitted their findings to B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO). The environmental assessment process for the project was suspended last September by the EAO after it was decided that the proponent, [...]
Survey shows highest migration to Nelson in decade
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by staff in Nelson
Nelson’s annual New Resident Survey for 2010 shows migration to the West Kootenay city is at its highest point in a decade, largely attracting Western Canadians. About 263 families, representing 585 new people moved to Nelson from various parts of the province, the country and the world between May 31, 2009 and May 31, 2010, [...]
No mail on sick days, postal workers claim
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by staff in Politics
There’s no mail on sick days, or so says the union representing letter carriers in the province – a claim that has BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko asking questions. Letter carriers in British Columbia have filed a significant number of grievances against Canada Post because their routes were left un-covered for as long as [...]
No jail time for man who killed Steeger
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by staff in Crime, Fernie
The man who ran down Travis Steeger and then fled the scene of the accident will not see the inside of a jail cell for his crime. In Cranbrook Provincial Court on Thursday Judge Elaine Ferbey handed Adam Lund a nine-month conditional sentence to be served in the community. Lund hit Steeger, a 19-year-old Ymir [...]
Steeger’s mother gives emotional statement
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by staff in Crime, Fernie
Travis Steeger’s mother took the stand and read a tear-filled statement about the impact of her son’s death in a hit-and-run accident in 2009. Steeger, a resident of Ymir and a rising star in the world of free skiing, died in Fernie in 2009 at the age of 19 after he was hit by a [...]
Grand Forks RCMP uncover illegal dynamite in two separate raids
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by staff in Crime, Grand Forks
After finding two illegal caches of dynamite during two separate raids last week, Grand Forks RCMP are now trying to determine the source of the explosives. While carrying out a search of a home in Greenwood last Thursday, police allegedly found the first cache of dynamite along with a grenade, a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, two [...]
BC Arts Council chair resigns
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by staff in Arts
Less than a year after taking on her post, the chair of the BC Arts Council resigned last week, citing budget cuts and government interference as her main reasons. In her letter of resignation to Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Kevin Krueger, former chairperson Jane Danzo said it recently became clear the the [...]
Petition starts up to save Christina Lake grow op bears
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by staff in Crime, Grand Forks
When Doreen McCrindle heard the large group of black bears allegedly found “guarding” a Christina Lake marijuana grow op could be exterminated by the BC Ministry of Environment, she felt obligated to act. “I felt in my heart and mind that the B.C. government was looking at the cheapest way out,” McCrindle told The Globe [...]
Town of Golden takes aim at noxious weeds
Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by staff in Environment, Golden
A new program launched in Golden by the Town of Golden and Wildsight aims to rid the community of invasive, noxious weed species for good. Weeds like the common tansy, orange hawkweed, and spotted knapweed are widespread throughout the Golden area and are “invasive species,” in that they are non-native and adversely affect habitats they [...]
RCMP need help finding missing man
Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Grand Forks
The RCMP in Grand Forks are asking for help from the public in finding a man who went missing from the Grand Forks Hospital. Owen Kiernan Rooney, 24, was last seen at the hospital on Saturday, Aug. 14. Police say Rooney, who is originally from Australia, left his backpack in front of the hospital at [...]
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