Updated: As at 4pm, Silas Maccreadie has been located. The Nelson Police Department would like to thank the community for their assistance. ____________ The Nelson Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance to help find 25-year old, Silas Maccreadie. Mr. Maccreadie  was last seen on May 3rd 2024 at 10 p.m. in Nelson's downtown...

The Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) has given out over $2.8 million to fund energy efficiency upgrades on affordable rental housing buildings across the region. CBT officials said the projects will benefit 371 individual units across 23 buildings in 11 communities. “There are so many reasons this work is important, including helping...

Kootenay Lake School District 8 (SD8) will not be changing its teaching certificate requirements for newly hired teachers on call (TTOCs), unlike Rocky Mountain School District 6 (SD6). SD6 announced this week that it will be dropping the teaching certificate requirements for newly hired TTOCs to help address a TTOC...

Early voting on the referendum on curbside collection of garbage, recyclables and compost for Area H, F and J residents is now open, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) wants to hear from you. The referendum was identified by the RDCK board as one strategic opportunity to help...

Emily Mask, Climate Program Coordinator with the City of Nelson, said that a new survey gathering feedback on the City of Nelson’s organic waste diversion pilot program has received 400 positive responses. In October 2023, the City of Nelson launched the three-year pilot program, which has seen 709 FoodCycler appliances...

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has no plans to follow suit with the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League and go independent. The VIJHL announced today that they will no longer operate under the sanctioning of Hockey Canada and BC Hockey. The British Columbia Hockey Conference which consists of the KIJHL...