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The Nelson Boxing Club has been named the best in B.C. L-R: Riel Martinez, Matt Brown, coach Jesse Pineiro, Jaxon Zaytsoff and Lola Brouillette are seen here in Salmon Arm on April 27 after receiving their awards. Photo: Submitted

Year of wins in and out of ring lead to Nelson Boxing Club named best in B.C.

The club also received awards for best youth boxer and a student-athlete honour

The Nelson Boxing Club has been named the best in B.C. L-R: Riel Martinez, Matt Brown, coach Jesse Pineiro, Jaxon Zaytsoff and Lola Brouillette are seen here in Salmon Arm on April 27 after receiving their awards. Photo: Submitted
James Baxter holds shore-spawning Kokanee fry in his hand. The West Kootenay’s low snowpack as well as annual Kootenay Lake’s levels dictated by power operations is impacting where Kokanee can spawn. Photo: Tyler Harper

MELTDOWN: West Kootenay wildlife rely on a disappearing snowpack

Snow is a means of survival for some species

James Baxter holds shore-spawning Kokanee fry in his hand. The West Kootenay’s low snowpack as well as annual Kootenay Lake’s levels dictated by power operations is impacting where Kokanee can spawn. Photo: Tyler Harper
Wally (left) and Levi Huser stand with Salmo Ski Hill in the background. The community hill was open only 14 days last season. Photo: Tyler Harper

MELTDOWN: West Kootenay ski hills struggled without reliable snow fall

The unpredictable winter played havoc with local recreation

Wally (left) and Levi Huser stand with Salmo Ski Hill in the background. The community hill was open only 14 days last season. Photo: Tyler Harper
Michael Guy looks on as his brother Stefan holds one of Michael’s children. Michael died of toxic drug poisoning in Nelson in June 2023. Photo courtesy Guy family

Before he died, Nelson’s Michael Guy relied on a now-closed support centre

Michael Guy was among a record number of people to die of drug poisonings in Nelson last year

Michael Guy looks on as his brother Stefan holds one of Michael’s children. Michael died of toxic drug poisoning in Nelson in June 2023. Photo courtesy Guy family
Palestinians wounded in an Israeli strike while waiting for humanitarian aid on the beach are treated in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Feb. 29. Photo: Mahmoud Essa/AP Photo

‘Debilitated by trauma’: Nelson aid worker returns from Israel-Hamas war

Paul Caney is a logistics co-ordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières

Palestinians wounded in an Israeli strike while waiting for humanitarian aid on the beach are treated in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Feb. 29. Photo: Mahmoud Essa/AP Photo
Interior Health has partnered four outreach liaisons in Nelson, Trail, Cranbrook and Williams Lake to work with local law enforcement related to mental health and substance use calls. File photo

Nelson police now paired with trained first responder for mental health calls

The Interior Health initiative is also being run in Trail

Interior Health has partnered four outreach liaisons in Nelson, Trail, Cranbrook and Williams Lake to work with local law enforcement related to mental health and substance use calls. File photo
Svein Tuft, one of Canada’s greatest cyclists, retired in 2019 after a 20-year career. He’s now living outside Nelson where he runs a touring business. Photo: Tyler Harper

Once a cycling champion, B.C.’s Svein Tuft has learned how to slow down

Tuft lives near Nelson where he’s swapped roads for gravel

Svein Tuft, one of Canada’s greatest cyclists, retired in 2019 after a 20-year career. He’s now living outside Nelson where he runs a touring business. Photo: Tyler Harper
Salmon Arm’s Joanne Wittstock holds a childhood photo of herself. Wittstock is the subject of a new TVO documentary series about people reconnecting with friends they knew in school. Photo courtesy TVO

B.C. trans woman looks for childhood friend in new documentary series

Joanne Wittstock is among the people looking to reconnect in the TVO show Yearbook

Salmon Arm’s Joanne Wittstock holds a childhood photo of herself. Wittstock is the subject of a new TVO documentary series about people reconnecting with friends they knew in school. Photo courtesy TVO
The BC Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favour of the Nelson Police Department in a case involving a woman who had reported sexual assault. File photo

UPDATE: Human rights complaint against B.C. police over sex assault report dismissed

Tribunal says filing about how Nelson police treated a trans woman won’t move forward

The BC Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favour of the Nelson Police Department in a case involving a woman who had reported sexual assault. File photo
Parts of the Hume Hotel in Nelson have been shut down by water damage after a guest tried, and failed, to fix what they said was a leaky sprinkler head in their suite’s washroom. Photo: Tyler Harper

Guest tries to fix sprinkler, ruins 2 suites and restaurant at B.C. hotel

General manager estimates repairs to cost more than $100,000

Parts of the Hume Hotel in Nelson have been shut down by water damage after a guest tried, and failed, to fix what they said was a leaky sprinkler head in their suite’s washroom. Photo: Tyler Harper
Nelson’s Zillah Shulman is going to receive a 3D-printed prosthetic to cover her right ear, which is under developed due to microtia. L-R: Barak, Zillah, Odessa and Milenia Shulman. Photo: Tyler Harper

B.C. girl to get new ear with help from SFU archeology team

Scans of Zillah Shulman’s left ear will be used to make a prosthetic

Nelson’s Zillah Shulman is going to receive a 3D-printed prosthetic to cover her right ear, which is under developed due to microtia. L-R: Barak, Zillah, Odessa and Milenia Shulman. Photo: Tyler Harper
Nelson’s Riel Martinez won his first provincial boxing title on Nov. 5, just eight days after his brother Elias passed away. Photo: Tyler Harper

Eight days after his brother’s death, Nelson’s Riel Martinez wins boxing title

Martinez’s older brother Elias passed away Oct. 28 shortly before the provincial championships

Nelson’s Riel Martinez won his first provincial boxing title on Nov. 5, just eight days after his brother Elias passed away. Photo: Tyler Harper
Nelson’s Nathan Small (centre back) poses for a picture with Team Hong Kong at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Kelowna. Small was asked to serve as the rink’s coach for the event. Photo courtesy Nathan Small

Team Hong Kong needed a coach. They turned to a B.C. curler

Nelson’s Nathan Small led Hong Kong to a bronze at the Pan Continental Curling Championship

Nelson’s Nathan Small (centre back) poses for a picture with Team Hong Kong at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Kelowna. Small was asked to serve as the rink’s coach for the event. Photo courtesy Nathan Small
Nelson’s Ieuan Gilmore was among the Canadians to serve in South Korea shortly after the war ended in 1953. Now 94 years old, Gilmore returned to South Korea in the summer as part of events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice. Photo: Tyler Harper

At the Korean DMZ, a Nelson veteran finds progress and forgotten lessons

Ieuan Gilmore served as a Canadian peacekeeper shortly after the Korean War

Nelson’s Ieuan Gilmore was among the Canadians to serve in South Korea shortly after the war ended in 1953. Now 94 years old, Gilmore returned to South Korea in the summer as part of events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice. Photo: Tyler Harper
Nelson is one of three B.C. communities along with two others in Alberta that are included in a study researching transportation scenarios during a potential wildfire evacuation. Photo: Google Maps

How best to evacuate B.C. communities from wildfires centre of unique study

The study is focused on three B.C. communities and two in Alberta

Nelson is one of three B.C. communities along with two others in Alberta that are included in a study researching transportation scenarios during a potential wildfire evacuation. Photo: Google Maps
Ico de Zwart stands near the water box that serves the community of Krestova, B.C., located between Nelson and Castlegar. De Zwart is among volunteers trying to get the system upgraded to remove a boil water notice in place since 1992. Photo: Tyler Harper

Glass half empty: Rural Kootenay water systems struggle to meet health standards

There are 28 boil water advisories in the Kootenays that have been in place since the 1990s

Ico de Zwart stands near the water box that serves the community of Krestova, B.C., located between Nelson and Castlegar. De Zwart is among volunteers trying to get the system upgraded to remove a boil water notice in place since 1992. Photo: Tyler Harper
Hugh Beedell prepares for a 6.7-kilometre lap at nearly 11 p.m. on Saturday in a forest near Nelson. Beedell was one of 51 runners competing in the Tombstone Turkey Trot, a backyard ultramarathon. Photo: Tyler Harper

In Nelson backyard ultramarathon, short laps add up to long hours

The Tombstone Turkey Trot was held for the first time in the forest near the city

Hugh Beedell prepares for a 6.7-kilometre lap at nearly 11 p.m. on Saturday in a forest near Nelson. Beedell was one of 51 runners competing in the Tombstone Turkey Trot, a backyard ultramarathon. Photo: Tyler Harper
A man wears a face mask that says “I Can’t Breathe” in Vancouver on June 19, 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests. B.C. police reforms that began in 2020 have been delayed by the public safety ministry. Photo: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

First reforms to B.C. Police Act delayed to spring 2024

The final set of proposals won’t be considered by MLAs until at least late 2026

A man wears a face mask that says “I Can’t Breathe” in Vancouver on June 19, 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests. B.C. police reforms that began in 2020 have been delayed by the public safety ministry. Photo: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Nelson-Creston MLA Brittny Anderson says she has received sexist criticism of how she looks in pictures. Photo courtesy Brittny Anderson

B.C. MLA speaks out against insults targeting her appearance

Brittny Anderson says she is tired of being criticized for how she looks in photos

Nelson-Creston MLA Brittny Anderson says she has received sexist criticism of how she looks in pictures. Photo courtesy Brittny Anderson
The roof of the Salmo Hotel caught fire Friday afternoon. Salmo RCMP say the fire is now out and no one was injured, although the building has sustained significant damage. Photo: Submitted

UPDATED: Fire destroys roof of Salmo Hotel

Response crews quickly put out the fire

The roof of the Salmo Hotel caught fire Friday afternoon. Salmo RCMP say the fire is now out and no one was injured, although the building has sustained significant damage. Photo: Submitted