Local News

UPDATED: Power still out on Johnstone Rd. to Six Mile

A windstorm blew trees onto power lines overnight.

May 24, 2017 1:30 PM Read more >

Flooding likely in Nelson, city warns

Kootenay Lake could reach 2012 levels.

May 24, 2017 7:00 AM Read more >

One in three Canadian high school students have rode with drinking drivers, study reveals

Nearly one in five rode with a driver who’d been smoking pot

May 23, 2017 11:30 AM Read more >

Train ride into the unknown — a child’s life in the Slocan internment camp

Part two of George Doi’s account of his family’s forced move from Vancouver Island

May 21, 2017 12:01 PM Read more >

Public meeting hears Balfour water vote details

The referendum will take place June 17 with advance voting on June 7.

May 19, 2017 1:25 PM Read more >

Buzz off, bylaw!

Local group petitions city to scrap bee bylaw

May 19, 2017 8:00 AM Read more >

Nelson Chamber of Commerce asks for smoking and panhandling bylaws

An anti- smoking bylaw is expected to be debated by council in June.

May 18, 2017 4:00 PM Read more >

Parking stalls added, fees increased

City hopes to have 27 new stalls downtown by end of the month

May 16, 2017 3:00 PM Read more >

UPDATE: UBC economist says election result unlikely to shift after absentee ballots counted

Correction of BC Elections transcription error means neither NDP or BC Liberal likely to flip seats

May 12, 2017 8:03 AM Read more >

Lemon Creek class action suit can proceed, court says

The case is B.C.’s first-ever environmental class action lawsuit

May 11, 2017 12:01 PM Read more >