News - Nelson Star http://www.nelsonstar.com/news RSS Feed for News - Nelson Star en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT Seatbelt faux pas in Nelson nets possible drug charges http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208737521.html A routine traffic stop on May 18 led the Nelson Police Department to make a drug seizure from a local man. No slight to volunteers intended, Nelson firefighter says http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208683171.html The president of Nelson’s local firefighters union says a statue to commemorate fallen firefighters doesn't ignore volunteers. Kootenay Co-op Radio hosts block party bonanza http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208737251.html Kootenay Co-op Radio is hosting a block party this Saturday taking their biannual fundraising drive to the next level. Man steals donation jar from downtown Nelson store http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208738121.html An employee at a local store struggled with a man who tried to steal a donation jar. A Wish come true for Nelson’s Paige and her family http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208737931.html A local family is giving back to the organization that helped them during a medical crisis with their daughter last year. Nervous pedestrian unlawfully in Canada nabbed in Nelson http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208732101.html The Nelson Police Department discovered a man was unlawfully in Canada when nerves gave him away. Man dies while scuba diving on Kootenay Lake http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208741151.html A Lethbridge doctor died while scuba diving in Kootenay Lake on Saturday. Report on Johnsons Landing slide released http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208729321.html A new report on the Johnsons Landing landslide recommends restrictions on further development in the community Jumbo granted approval to build lifts and a small lodge http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208660861.html The Jumbo Glacier Resort in the East Kootenay has been given a green light to build lifts and a lodge. Fire levels squatter’s cabin in Nelson http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/208673361.html A squatter’s cabin in the forest just off south Sheppard Drive was levelled by fire in the wee hours of Thursday morning.