Sam Van Schie

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Shelley Adams and Jim Wheeler were invited to compete in the World Cycling Tour in South Africa after finishing high in their respective categories at the Axel Merkx Grand Fondo in Penticton.

Two Nelson cyclists offered spots in World Cycling Tour

Jim Wheeler and Shelly Adams qualified for worlds during the Granfondo Axel Merckx in Penticton

Shelley Adams and Jim Wheeler were invited to compete in the World Cycling Tour in South Africa after finishing high in their respective categories at the Axel Merkx Grand Fondo in Penticton.
The tailings pond during the height of the emergency earlier this month.

Salmo tailing pond repairs total more than $800,000

The bulk of the emergency funds were spent on reconstruction of the failed part of the dam and monitoring costs

The tailings pond during the height of the emergency earlier this month.
Teck Trail signing bonuses could mean millions of dollars injected into the regional economy.

Teck bonuses fuel local economy

Several million dollars could be injected into the regional economy after Teck Trail Operations handed signing bonuses to 1,300 employees.

Teck Trail signing bonuses could mean millions of dollars injected into the regional economy.
Local bistro Bibo allows diners to bring their own bottle.

New wine laws arrive in Nelson

At least a few Nelson restaurants are embracing a change in BC liquor laws to allow patrons to bring their own bottle of wine to dinner.

Local bistro Bibo allows diners to bring their own bottle.
Consul General Liu Fei (third from the left) talks with local Chinese historian Claus Schunke during her lunch in Nelson.

Nelson receives greetings from China

Representatives from the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver visited Nelson on Friday to meet with local dignitaries and Chinese residents.

Consul General Liu Fei (third from the left) talks with local Chinese historian Claus Schunke during her lunch in Nelson.
Members of the Nelson Electronic Tramway Society are working to raise a flooded section of track to get the streetcar running again.

Help get Nelson’s streetcar running

Volunteers and financial contributions needed to help rebuild a flooded section of track

Members of the Nelson Electronic Tramway Society are working to raise a flooded section of track to get the streetcar running again.
Two victims are still unaccounted for in the landslide that devastated Johnsons Landing last week.

Red Cross collecting for Johnsons Landing evacuees

The Canadian Red Cross is collecting donations to help those affected by the landslide in Johnsons Landing.

Two victims are still unaccounted for in the landslide that devastated Johnsons Landing last week.
Amy Stewart, owner of John Ward Fine Coffee, accepts $5 in Columbia Community Dollars from Letty Bartels, a Transition Nelson board member and owner of Otter Books. The local currency went into circulation Wednesday and can now be purchased at face value from non-profit groups and spent at businesses that have the Community Dollars logo displayed in their windows.

Community dollars go into circulation in Nelson

Local currency can be purchased from non-profits and spent at participating businesses.

Amy Stewart, owner of John Ward Fine Coffee, accepts $5 in Columbia Community Dollars from Letty Bartels, a Transition Nelson board member and owner of Otter Books. The local currency went into circulation Wednesday and can now be purchased at face value from non-profit groups and spent at businesses that have the Community Dollars logo displayed in their windows.
Kyle McInnis paddles an inflatable dinghy through the intersection at Hall and Baker streets.

UPDATED: Sudden rain storm floods Nelson streets

Streets of Nelson briefly flooded during sudden storm

Kyle McInnis paddles an inflatable dinghy through the intersection at Hall and Baker streets.
Deconstructing Dinner host Jon Steinman, interviews a farmer in New York state last month for a forthcoming television mini-series based on his popular radio series. He needs to raise $60,000 to make the television series possible.

Taking food issues to television

Deconstructing Dinner needs to raise $60,000 to produce a tv mini-series

Deconstructing Dinner host Jon Steinman, interviews a farmer in New York state last month for a forthcoming television mini-series based on his popular radio series. He needs to raise $60,000 to make the television series possible.
The self-proclaimed “geezer gang,” from left, Jim Terral, Mike Gilfillan, Keith Wiley and Tim Nixon are the ones travelling in the Kootenay to Kitimat Caravan.

Kootenay to Kitimat caravan hits the road

Caravan will deliver a proclamation of solidarity with the people on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline route.

The self-proclaimed “geezer gang,” from left, Jim Terral, Mike Gilfillan, Keith Wiley and Tim Nixon are the ones travelling in the Kootenay to Kitimat Caravan.
Bill Wells, a retired terrain stability specialist, looks over the landslide debris in Johnsons Landing.

Blocked creek likely caused Johnsons Landing landslide

Terrain stability specialist says water built up and pushed free a chunk of the mountain

Bill Wells, a retired terrain stability specialist, looks over the landslide debris in Johnsons Landing.
Above and below: Students celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Gordon Sargent primary program last month with an aboriginal themed ceremony.

Saying goodbye to Gordon Sargent

After 40 years of collaborative learning in multi-age classrooms, the Gordon Sargent school will no longer be recognized as its own program.

Above and below: Students celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Gordon Sargent primary program last month with an aboriginal themed ceremony.
Changes are coming to Nelson's Extra Foods parking lot as the Kootenay Co-op makes plans for their Nelson Commons project including a tailgate party Saturday, July 7.

Kootenay Co-op sets course for Nelson Commons

The Kootenay Co-op has plenty to celebrate this weekend.

Changes are coming to Nelson's Extra Foods parking lot as the Kootenay Co-op makes plans for their Nelson Commons project including a tailgate party Saturday, July 7.
Nelson's Lakeside Park playing fields are currently a swampy mess.

Drying trend should help the mess in the Nelson area

There’s not much the City of Nelson can do about the swampy mess at Lakeside Park.

Nelson's Lakeside Park playing fields are currently a swampy mess.
Blackberry Wood took the stage in Nelson at Friday's MarketFest.

MarketFest premieres in Nelson

Market goers took to Nelson's Baker Street on Friday night for the first MarketFest of the season.

Blackberry Wood took the stage in Nelson at Friday's MarketFest.
Canada Day at Nelson's Lakeside Park is always full of smiles.

The party will happen in Nelson

Rain or shine, Canada Day events will be going on all day Sunday at Lakeside Park.

Canada Day at Nelson's Lakeside Park is always full of smiles.
During her last month on the job, Kootenay Lake School District librarian Wendy West poses with a skeleton that teaches could borrow from the Curriculum Resource Centre in Nelson.

Kootenay Lake School District chops Nelson Resource Centre

Nelson district resource centre librarian talks about the elimination of the Kootenay Lake School District centre.

During her last month on the job, Kootenay Lake School District librarian Wendy West poses with a skeleton that teaches could borrow from the Curriculum Resource Centre in Nelson.
Klee Hunter, affordable housing manager for Nelson CARES society, shares her perspective on local homelessness, while Major Yvonne Burrows of the Salvation Army food bank (far left) and Katie Tabor of the Nelson Committee on Homelessness look on, during a presentation of the most recent Report Card on Homelessness for Nelson.

The state of homelessness in Nelson

Nelson Committee on Homelessness issues fourth annual report card

Klee Hunter, affordable housing manager for Nelson CARES society, shares her perspective on local homelessness, while Major Yvonne Burrows of the Salvation Army food bank (far left) and Katie Tabor of the Nelson Committee on Homelessness look on, during a presentation of the most recent Report Card on Homelessness for Nelson.
A group of young artists create a Jackson Pollock inspired splatter painting at 4Cats Art Studio. Their artwork will be sold in a silent auction at Grounded Coffee Shop on June 28, with the money going to the Kootenay Kids Society.

Kids raise money for kids in Nelson

Grounded Coffee House annual art sale set for this Thursday

A group of young artists create a Jackson Pollock inspired splatter painting at 4Cats Art Studio. Their artwork will be sold in a silent auction at Grounded Coffee Shop on June 28, with the money going to the Kootenay Kids Society.