Nelson Star

LETTER: MLA Anderson, locking your door is not the answer

From reader David Beringer

  • Sep 21, 2021

Courageous Conversations: Community education offered on overdose crisis

Virtual event runs Sept. 22 and 29, to discuss substance use, harm reduction, reducing stigma

  • Sep 20, 2021

In the works for nearly a decade, doors finally open at Nelson’s Herridge Place

Renters will starting moving into the affordable housing development next month

Nelson Leafs split games to open preseason

The Leafs played a home-and-away with Beaver Valley

  • Sep 20, 2021

Greenwood council dissolves land agreement for tiny race track

Council's decision was a formality in an ongoing disagreement over liability insurance

  • Sep 17, 2021

Kaslo begins Official Community Plan review

The document provides a blueprint for growth and development over the next two decades

  • Sep 17, 2021

Kootenay Swim Club hires alumni has new head coach

Niallan Collier is returning to lead the club

  • Sep 17, 2021

Nelson fire department cleans up urban wildfire fuel on city property

Work will be done near Mountain Lakes, at the Mountain Station water intake, and in Art Gibbon Park

New officer joins Nelson Police Department

Const. Kristen Young was sworn in on Sept. 7

  • Sep 17, 2021

Creston commits to 100% renewable energy by 2050

'Creston is setting the path forward for other rural communities like theirs to live healthier, safer, and cleaner lives.'

  • Sep 16, 2021

Kootenay-Columbia candidates discuss economic and social issues in online forum

The Nelson-based event was attended by about 60 people

LETTER: Where are the homes middle class seniors can afford?

From reader Evelyn Kristiansen

  • Sep 16, 2021

VIDEO: Nelson’s Bigby Place holds 10-hour marathon fundraiser

Participants spent the day on a stationary bike to pay for a trip to Operation Trackshoes

BC Parks creates shaded fuel breaks in forests next to Nelson

The work is part of extensive wildfire fuel mitigation underway

COLUMN: Voting to end the overdose crisis

Amber Streukens writes about each party's commitment to ending the overdose crisis

  • Sep 15, 2021

Former Grand Forks fire chief resolves lawsuit against city

The lawsuit was scheduled to go before the Supreme Court of BC this fall

  • Sep 15, 2021

Homicide team investigating case of Langley woman missing for weeks

40-year-old Langley mother was last seen Aug. 28

  • Sep 15, 2021

Kaslo council: Money for library, water system, youth

All the news from the Aug. 24 meeting

  • Sep 15, 2021

LETTER: Indigenous community values and the COVID-19 vaccine

From readers Mary Ann Morris and Randy Janzen

  • Sep 15, 2021

LETTER: Understanding COVID-19 infection control policies

From reader Andrew Murray, MD

  • Sep 15, 2021