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Despite moving up to 1,511 hectares, the largest wildfire burning in the West Kootenay has been removed from the "out-of-control" designation by the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) and is now considered "being held." Located on the western edge of the Southeast Fire Centre re...
The arrest of a youth in Nelson is being investigated after the young person was seriously injured while in custody. In a press release Wednesday, the Independent Investigations Office of BC said they're investigating the arrest of the youth that occurred in the evening of Aug. 11. A Nelson Po...
A brown lawn does not mean a dead lawn. Dormancy is a natural response to summer heat and drought, and most established lawns will recover when cooler weather and rain return. And with stage two water restrictions now in effect, the City of Nelson is encouraging residents to embrace brown gra...
Smoke is worsening air quality in Nelson as the city has climbed back into the top 10 worst air quality centres in Canada (at ninth) but is behind the regional district which is the seventh worst in the nation. The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) was seventh worst with a 143 air qual...
An area restriction put in place just over one week ago for the region of the Mount Rollins wildfire in the western edge of the Valhalla Range has ended, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS). This wildfire is still estimated to be 236 hectares and is located in the area 55 kilometres nor...
Talk about a smoking gun. What appeared to be a man pointing a gun at another person in downtown Nelson turned out to be a lighter, according to a Nelson Police Department report. The NPD received the report of a man pointing what appeared to be a handgun at another person - in the early...
Three of the four Valhalla Range out-of-control wildfires that were left to burn are now considered "being held," according to a B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) update. The wildfires are now "projected, based on fuel and weather conditions and resource availability, to remain withi...
Where there's smoke there's a controlled substance. After Nelson Police Department (NPD) officers observed smoke coming from a alley way it turned into an arrest for a controlled substance. In the early evening of Aug. 4, NPD officers were conducting patrols in the area of Anderson Street, and...
The BC Conservation Officer Service (COS) announced in a Facebook post on Friday that they have killed a second grizzly bear in Nelson. This bear is the mother of the yearling grizzly killed by the COS in the Nelson area on Wednesday, as well as two other yearlings that they say have been "cap...
An internationally-acclaimed pianist, composer and producer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will bring his music to Silverton in September. Gabriel Palatchi, known for his powerful and original fusion of Latin jazz, tango, funk, world music, Middle Eastern influences and electronic sounds, will ...
