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UPDATED: Fraser Institute pegs L.V. Rogers as top local high school

UPDATED: Fraser Institute pegs L.V. Rogers as top local high school

According to the Fraser Institute, L.V. Rogers was the leading secondary school in the Kootenay Lake district last year.
Irish Ambassador visits Nelson

Irish Ambassador visits Nelson

There's an unusual name on the attendance list for the B.C. Association of Police Boards conference taking place this weekend at the Prestige Lakeside Resort.
Model builder brought history alive

Model builder brought history alive

Bert Learmonth, a meticulous model builder who created astonishingly detailed replicas of Kootenay Lake sternwheelers and other lost forms of local transportation, has died at 85.
Is Hertz hitting his stride?

Is Hertz hitting his stride?

Even when he’s on top, Jamie Hertz can’t seem to catch a break.
Vandals attempt to justify deeds

Vandals attempt to justify deeds

The owner of A&W is baffled by vandalism at his Railway Street restaurant last week that saw garbage strewn around the parking lot.
Kerr fence not a sign of any progress

Kerr fence not a sign of any progress

A fence has gone up around the burnt out Kerr Apartments, but fire chief Simon Grypma says that’s not a sign the demolition needed for a fire investigation is about to begin.
Inside the Nelson Cafe

Inside the Nelson Cafe

First in a new series: History Detective
Bonnington trailer fire reveals grow-op

Bonnington trailer fire reveals grow-op

A trailer that burned in Bonnington on Tuesday night was the site of a grow-op, RCMP confirm. No one was home when the fire broke out on Whitelock Road.
Hampton Gray monument survived tsunami

Hampton Gray monument survived tsunami

The monument in Onagawa, Japan to Nelson’s Lt. Robert Hampton Gray was toppled from its pedestal by March’s earthquake and tsunami, but survived, photos from the Canadian Defence Attache in Tokyo show.
Meadow Creek Cedar hands out mass pink slips

Meadow Creek Cedar hands out mass pink slips

Troubled Lardeau Valley mill lays off workforce, leaving small community searching for answers and looking at ways to salvage major blow to an already fragile local economy