Nelson Star

LETTER: Lower residential speed limit benefits communities

From reader Gord McLean

  • Aug 12, 2021

New Nelson homelessness service receives $278k from province

The Co-ordinated Access Hub opened in June

  • Aug 12, 2021

Unvaccinated young adults driving COVID-19 surge in Nelson: Interior Health

Over 50 per cent of new cases are among people ages 20 to 40

1 person at Nelson senior care home dies as city sets new COVID-19 record with 74 cases

Cases are also spiking in Castlegar, Creston and the Arrow Lakes

  • Aug 11, 2021

Aerial ignitions planned at the Lower Arrow Lake wildfires

Planned burns will take place Aug. 12 or 13

  • Aug 11, 2021

LETTER: Horse poop on the beach

From reader Debbie Bayoff

  • Aug 11, 2021

LETTER: Life before vaccines

From reader Alannah Anderson

  • Aug 11, 2021

Mission RCMP’s serious crime unit investigating early-morning explosion at restaurant

SCU working with RCMP's explosive disposal unit; vehicle set on fire in Matsqui shortly after blast

  • Aug 11, 2021

Positive COVID-19 tests at Nelson’s rec and youth centres

Both organizations have contacted anyone who may have been exposed

  • Aug 11, 2021

VIDEO: Wednesday Roundup

Tyler Harper and Bill Metcalfe talk about local news so you don't have to read it

  • Aug 11, 2021

West Kootenay renter warns of online scams

Rosemary Phillips wasn't taken in, but she wants other renters to be on their guard

  • Aug 11, 2021

B.C.’s review into Police Act pushed back by nearly a year, to April 2022

A committee will make recommendations on changing the 25-year-old legislation

Masks required in all city-owned buildings in Nelson

Move prompted by increased COVID-19 numbers

  • Aug 10, 2021

Nelson officially opens new bike route

The goal is to make it easier for families to cycle, not just expert cyclists

Virtual workshops offered to Kootenay musicians

The events focus on the business side of music

  • Aug 10, 2021

Evacuation order for Fauquier lifted, two Lower Arrow Lake fires merge

Rain pauses West Kootenay fires, but more hot weather forecast

Memorial dedicated to Nelson’s Victoria Cross recipient at aviation museum

Ceremony for pilot Lt. Robert Gray attracts military top brass, high-level diplomats

  • Aug 9, 2021

Unemployment rate drops for Kootenay region

The Kootenay unemployment rate is 5.8 per cent

  • Aug 9, 2021

VIDEO: Alexandar Bacon highlights Nelson International Mural Festival

The Toronto artist has two pieces in this year's event