More Education at your fingertips

Posted on 09. Feb, 2012 by Bradley in Arts, Community, News

Press Release:   If you are a high school learner seeking collaboration and community engagement, and you’ve got a passion for exploring things through conversation and action, then check out the Workshops at SelfDesign High! Workshop(s) groups usually meet 2 to 3 hours a week for 12-14 weeks at SelfDesign’s Nelson Learning Centre, and all [...]

NPD seize $40,000 of cocaine

Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

On Monday, Dec. 19, a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant was executed on a residence in Nelson, BC. A substantial amount of cocaine, worth an estimated $40,000 on the street, was seized as well as steroids, marijuana, and a large sum of Canadian currency.

Beware the ‘Jamaican lottery’ phone scam

Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

Nelson Rural RCMP wish to warn the public of a recently reported phone scam where a Nelson area resident was the victimized and defrauded thousands of dollars.

An elderly female from Taghum first received a phone call in late August 2011 from Jamaica. She was advised that she had won the “Winners Circle International” for 5.5 million dollars. The women recalled entering a contest through a magazine subscription and thought this must have been the what she had won.

Video: The eviction of Occupy Nelson

Posted on 02. Dec, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

Yesterday city workers dismantled the Occupy Nelson camp in front of city hall amid passive opposition from the campers who had been there since the middle of October.

While there was no violence, it wasn’t a peaceful event. Watch how it went down.

Occupy Nelson evicted

Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

The tents and teepee that marked the Occupy Nelson presence in front of Nelson’s city hall are gone, removed by city workers enforcing council’s decision to evict the campers who had been there since mid-October.

Kevin Cormack, city manager, made the decision to remove the camp on Thursday afternoon.

Count down to eviction for Occupy Nelson

Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

After a month and a half in front of city hall, the City of Nelson gave the Occupy Nelson group an eviction notice but members of the group say they will still be there once 4 p.m. rolls around.

Come back to this post in the afternoon for updates from the camp.

RDCK won’t compost, incinerate at new waste transfer site

Posted on 21. Nov, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

PRESS RELEASE from the RDCK The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Central Resource Recovery Committee has recommended that the Board ask staff to pursue opportunities to formally restrict the types of waste management activities that can be undertaken at the proposed future Nelson Transfer Station site. The direction comes in response to public concerns regarding future site development [...]

Kootenay business’ growing with communications technology

Posted on 21. Nov, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

Communications technology, or “Telecomm,” has provided Kootenay based businesses with better, faster and more efficient methods of running their business successfully. With technology changing by the second, keeping up with the latest and greatest has become a full time job for a large staff all on its own.

City to release dye into Kootenay River

Posted on 17. Nov, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

The City of Nelson Utilities Department will conduct a dye test on the Waste Water Treatment Plant effluent to evaluate the location of the effluent plume in the Kootenay River and also to help establish appropriate river sampling locations for receiving environment monitoring.

Stay off the streets

Posted on 16. Nov, 2011 by Chris Shepherd in News

The Nelson Police Department has sent out a press release, asking people to stay off the streets tonight if they can.

Conditions are slippery and the police have received reports of accidents at various locations around Nelson. City sanding trucks are on duty but the press release says they may have trouble staying on top of the heavy snowfall expected to fall.