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RCMP are seen here making arrests May 17 near Argenta, B.C., north of Nelson. A group had been camped out protesting a logging company’s plans for the area. Photo: Louis Bockner

RCMP make arrests at logging protest north of Nelson

Last Stand West Kootenay was camped out on a road near Argenta

RCMP are seen here making arrests May 17 near Argenta, B.C., north of Nelson. A group had been camped out protesting a logging company’s plans for the area. Photo: Louis Bockner
Dr. Albert de Villiers, former chief medical health officer for the Interior Health Authority. Photo: Submitted

Interior Health’s former top doctor to go on trial in January 2023

Dr. Albert de Villiers is charged with sex crimes against a child

Dr. Albert de Villiers, former chief medical health officer for the Interior Health Authority. Photo: Submitted
Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital closed to non-essential visitors due to COVID-19

Interior Health has not said how many cases are active at the hospital

Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Cathy Scott-May stands in front of Bonnington Regional Park, which is in poor repair. Scott-May is concerned history may repeat itself at the nearby Campbell Field. Photo: Tyler Harper

A tale of two parks: As field between Nelson and Castlegar languishes, plans for a nearby rec facility questioned

Bonnington Regional Park sits in disrepair just 7 km near the proposed Campbell Field site

Cathy Scott-May stands in front of Bonnington Regional Park, which is in poor repair. Scott-May is concerned history may repeat itself at the nearby Campbell Field. Photo: Tyler Harper
Dr. Shelina Musaji of West Kootenay People for Racial Justice. Photo: Mike Graeme

Nelson group ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Police Act recommendations

The West Kootenay People for Racial Justice, Nelson’s police chief and mayor respond to the report

Dr. Shelina Musaji of West Kootenay People for Racial Justice. Photo: Mike Graeme
A Glacier Gymnastics athlete competes in April. Local sports groups say they want representation at Recreation Commission No. 5, where funding and management decisions are made for the city and regional district’s facilities in Nelson. Photo: Tyler Harper

Nelson Sports Council wants voice heard at Recreation Commission

The council says the user groups it represents should have a seat at the table

A Glacier Gymnastics athlete competes in April. Local sports groups say they want representation at Recreation Commission No. 5, where funding and management decisions are made for the city and regional district’s facilities in Nelson. Photo: Tyler Harper
Nelson’s Thor Smestad (third from the left) is seen here at a tree planting ceremony April 18 at a school in the Brazilian community of Alter do Chão. Smestad and his partners have been working with the Indigenous Borari to replant trees at a local tourism destination. Smestad is joined here by (L-R) the local Chief Neca Borari, his tree-planting partner Diêgo Figueiredo de Siqueira Simplício, three students and two professors. Photo: Submitted

On a beach in the Amazon, a Nelson man is helping restore the rainforest

Thor Smestad and his team are fixing what tourists have ruined in Brazil

Nelson’s Thor Smestad (third from the left) is seen here at a tree planting ceremony April 18 at a school in the Brazilian community of Alter do Chão. Smestad and his partners have been working with the Indigenous Borari to replant trees at a local tourism destination. Smestad is joined here by (L-R) the local Chief Neca Borari, his tree-planting partner Diêgo Figueiredo de Siqueira Simplício, three students and two professors. Photo: Submitted
Nelson’s Charlie Bunce, age 95, is seen here doing volunteer work for the Nelson Electric Tramway Society. The average age of the West Kootenay population is slightly older than it was in 2016, according to the latest Census. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

2021 Census: Age of West Kootenay residents older than provincial, national averages

Creston has the region’s oldest residents, while Nelson has its youngest

Nelson’s Charlie Bunce, age 95, is seen here doing volunteer work for the Nelson Electric Tramway Society. The average age of the West Kootenay population is slightly older than it was in 2016, according to the latest Census. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Waiting for buses that never arrive has become a daily inconvenience for Slocan Valley commuters. Photo: BC Transit

West Kootenay bus routes face driver shortages

Cancelled service in the Slocan Valley has become routine

Waiting for buses that never arrive has become a daily inconvenience for Slocan Valley commuters. Photo: BC Transit
Kim Irving is one of the organizers of Run Like A Mother. The Nelson race takes place May 7. Photo: Tyler Harper

Get ready to Run Like A Mother: Nelson’s first race in five years kicks off May 7

Runners can compete in 5, 10 and 21-kilometre distances

Kim Irving is one of the organizers of Run Like A Mother. The Nelson race takes place May 7. Photo: Tyler Harper
Dr. Albert de Villiers, former chief medical health officer for the Interior Health Authority. Photo: Submitted

Trial of Interior Health’s former top doctor moved to Alberta’s supreme court

Dr. Albert de Villiers was charged with sex crimes against a child

Dr. Albert de Villiers, former chief medical health officer for the Interior Health Authority. Photo: Submitted
Adam DiBella addresses Nelson Leafs players during a training camp skate. DiBella has been named the team’s next head coach. Photo: Tyler Harper

Nelson Leafs name Adam DiBella as next head coach

DiBella has served as assistant coach for four seasons

Adam DiBella addresses Nelson Leafs players during a training camp skate. DiBella has been named the team’s next head coach. Photo: Tyler Harper
Aimee Beaulieu is seen here in an undated photo. Beaulieu was 19 when she and her infant twins died in a fire near Nelson in 1992. Police consider it an open homicide case, but have never made an arrest. Photo courtesy Theresa Koetsier

30 years later, Nelson’s Aimee Beaulieu murders remain unsolved

Police suspected homicide when Beaulieu and her twin babies were killed in a 1992 fire

Aimee Beaulieu is seen here in an undated photo. Beaulieu was 19 when she and her infant twins died in a fire near Nelson in 1992. Police consider it an open homicide case, but have never made an arrest. Photo courtesy Theresa Koetsier
Nelson’s Daryl Verville is a classic pianist and author. His father’s childhood in a residential school led to decades of trauma in the Verville family. Photo: Tyler Harper

Missing notes: The traumatic family history of Nelson classical pianist Daryl Verville

Verville’s father was violent and abusive. He also had a terrible secret

Nelson’s Daryl Verville is a classic pianist and author. His father’s childhood in a residential school led to decades of trauma in the Verville family. Photo: Tyler Harper
Alison Bloom’s Grade 9 class at Nelson’s Trafalgar Middle School have become entrepreneurs in training by making their own school merchandise. Photo: Tyler Harper

Trafalgar students learn the business with merch store

A unique program is teaching students how to be entrepreneurs

Alison Bloom’s Grade 9 class at Nelson’s Trafalgar Middle School have become entrepreneurs in training by making their own school merchandise. Photo: Tyler Harper
Jenny Robinson has retired after over a decade of serving as Nelson CARES’ executive director. She’s seen here at the opening of Hall Street Place in 2021. Photo: Tyler Harper

‘It’s so worth it’: Nelson CARES executive director Jenny Robinson retires

Robinson has helped bring multiple affordable housing developments to Nelson over the last decade

Jenny Robinson has retired after over a decade of serving as Nelson CARES’ executive director. She’s seen here at the opening of Hall Street Place in 2021. Photo: Tyler Harper
The Leafs struggled to score on Revelstoke Grizzlies goaltender Brandon Weare in Game 4 of the Teck Cup finals in Nelson. Photo: Bob Hall

Revelstoke Grizzlies outlast Nelson Leafs in triple-OT to win Game 4

Revelstoke leads the Teck Cup series 3-1

The Leafs struggled to score on Revelstoke Grizzlies goaltender Brandon Weare in Game 4 of the Teck Cup finals in Nelson. Photo: Bob Hall
The Nelson Leafs held on to win Game 3 on home ice Monday night in the Teck Cup against the Revelstoke Grizzlies. Photo: Bob Hall

Pow scores as Nelson Leafs beat Revelstoke Grizzlies 2-1 in Game 3 of Teck Cup

Revelstoke leads the KIJHL championship series 2-1

The Nelson Leafs held on to win Game 3 on home ice Monday night in the Teck Cup against the Revelstoke Grizzlies. Photo: Bob Hall
The Nelson Leafs dominated play throughout Game 6 but needed double overtime to beat the Kimberley Dynamiters. Photo: Tyler Harper

‘Pure joy’: Nelson Leafs win Game 6 in 2OT, advance to KIJHL championship

Liam Noble scored in the 2-1 win over the Kimberley Dynamiters

The Nelson Leafs dominated play throughout Game 6 but needed double overtime to beat the Kimberley Dynamiters. Photo: Tyler Harper
People in Nelson, B.C., protest COVID-19 mandates in January 2022. Photo: Tyler Harper

B.C. issued 2,335 COVID-19 tickets over 14 months, but not all ended in paid fines

How effective the tickets were is unclear

People in Nelson, B.C., protest COVID-19 mandates in January 2022. Photo: Tyler Harper