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Three days have been set aside next year for the trial of a man accused of sexually propositioning women from a van.

The Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skatepark Society kicked off its fundraising campaignlast week with events at the Nelson and District Youth Centre and Spiritbar.

BC Southern Interior Conservative candidate Stephen Hill is apologizing for statements he made at a trade forum in Nelson in February, including ones that referred to “the presence of the unwashed” and washing with bleach.

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall says she’s delighted Adrian Dix is the NDP’s new leader, but doesn’t expect anything in return for backing his campaign.

Conservative Stephen Hill says he accepts that the knives will likely be out for him during Tuesday’s federal all-candidates forum in Nelson.

A Nelson resident has been named the new president and CEO of Selkirk College. Angus Graeme, who has been filling the post on an interim basis since December, officially assumed the permanent position on Friday.

A local man now in Onagawa, Japan says rebuilding the tsunami-ravaged town seems such a distant possibility, relocation may be “the only sensible strategy,” for displaced residents.

Eleventh in Greg Nesteroff's series of West Kootenay-related lists.

A local church group is planning to launch a national petition, asking the Canadian government to cut down on its bottle water use.

Kootenay Christian Fellowship will miss Friday’s deadline to buy the old Savoy Hotel for low-cost housing, but isn’t giving up.