News
- February 2, 2015Greg Schlosser knows firsthand the utility of an automatic defibrillator. On October 2 last year, the popular catering manager at the Hume Hotel was setting up for a banquet when he collapsed in cardiac arrest.
- October 7, 2014We're so proud of our Captain Tipple, who has received a commendation from the Nelson Police Department. In the words of Deputy Chief Constable Paul Burkart:
- August 31, 2014Our boys (Mark Arnold, Dory Craft, Jay Arjun and Scott Robertson) came in second out of 16 teams, behind Nelson Fire Rescue.
- July 12, 2014The Nelson Star - An accident involving a horse trailer kept a section of Highway 3A/6 closed for about two hours on Friday.
- June 23, 2014The Nelson Daily - A local 63-year-old man has died after the truck he was driving plunged into the Slocan River Monday afternoon near Winlaw.
- June 10, 2014The Nelson Daily - Local RCMP are hailing a South Slocan resident as a hero after saving an elderly man from drowning in the Slocan Pools area of the Kootenay River near Shoreacres Tuesday (June 10) morning.
- May 28, 2014The Nelson Daily - Kootenay Insurance Services staged one big thank you Wednesday to the many Emergency Responders in Nelson during the First Annual Community Appreciation Day.
- May 28, 2014Nelson Star - Jeanette Makortoff was driving home from work on January 13, 2012 when a large car coming from the opposite direction crossed the centre line and hit her head-on.
- May 26, 2014Nelson Star - A 35-year-old Nelson man was killed in a logging accident early Monday morning.
- April 25, 2014Nelson Star - Nelson Police Department has released some of the details surrounding the arrest of a man who is allegedly responsible for Friday's armed robbery at the Nelson and District Credit Union.
- January 31, 2014Nelson Star - The cause of a fire late Friday afternoon in Crescent Valley that destroyed a home and injured its owner remains unknown.
- December 3, 2013The Nelson Daily - The 8th Annual Miracle Marathon is coming to Nelson Saturday (December 7) and Nelson Fire Chief Simon Grypma wants to make it the best ever event.
- September 20, 2013CASTLEGAR – Effective at noon on Friday, Sept. 20, the open burning prohibition in the Southeast Fire Centre will be rescinded, due to a decreased risk of wildfires.
- September 15, 2013The Nelson Daily - Police confirm one person has died following a fatal two-car head-on collision Sunday afternoon on Highway 3A west of Nelson in the Beasley area.
- August 16, 2013The Nelson Daily - A powerful new firefighting tool that can protect structures throughout the region in the event of wildfire was unveiled Thursday by the Regional District of Central Kootenay.
- August 7, 2013Nelson Daily - Two local volunteers were recently honoured by the Nelson Police Board in ceremony.
- July 15, 2013The Nelson Daily - FortisBC has commenced a full-scale investigation into a Saturday morning fire at the Corra Linn Dam generating plant, located on the Kootenay River west of Nelson.
- July 10, 2013The bulk of the funds for this project were received from the Columbia Basin Trust. The expected completion date is the fall of 2013.
- July 3, 2013Global News - As temperatures soar across British Columbia, the Ministry of Forests is taking another step to protect against wildfires.
- June 5, 2013Nelson Daily - The signs on both sides of the Beasley bluffs, 12 kilometers west of Nelson on Highway 3A, were errected to give warning to drivers of unexpected icy conditions on the four-kilometer section.
- June 2, 2013The Nelson Daily - Friday morning at approximately 11 a.m. emergency crews from the Tarrys, Beasley, Castlegar and Crescent Valley Volunteer Fire Departments as well as RCMP and BC Ambulance responded to a two-vehicle accident minutes from Mount Sentinel High School.
- May 18, 2013Nelson Star - Beasley, the Kootenay River community between Taghum and Bonnington, is named for Harry Exeter Beasley (1863-1943), in the 1890s the superintendent of the CPR’s Kootenay branches, and by 1904 the company’s Vancouver superintendent.
- May 5, 2013The Nelson Daily - Some of the public may have thought there was a fire incident Saturday morning at the Chahko Mika Mall.
- April 24, 2013The Castlegar Source - With Spring here and summer just around the corner, the Nelson West Kootenay Traffic Services and Nelson Integrated Road Safety Unit would like to remind the motoring public of some very important vehicle safety features.
- February 15, 2013Nelson Star - A fire destroyed a home on Bedford Road Thursday afternoon – the third house fire to break out in the Nelson area in less than a month.
- February 14, 2013The Nelson Daily - A house sitter escaped serious injury when fire ripped through the Blewett home he was caring for Thursday afternoon.
- January 22, 2013Nelson Star - A Blewett family lost their home to fire Tuesday afternoon.
- January 13, 2013Nelson Star - A set of electronic signs on Highway 3A intended to warn motorists about slippery sections is now live.
- December 18, 2012Nelson Daily - Motorists driving a stretch of dangerous Highway 3A west of Nelson, known as the Beasley bluffs, will be thankful for new technology that will warn motorists of poor road conditions said Hugh Eberle, District Operations Manager for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
- December 16, 2012The Nelson Daily - Quick actions by a semi trailer driver averted what could have been a very serious accident on Highway 3A west of Nelson in the Bonnington area.
- November 30, 2012FortisBC has generously donated $5,000 to the Beasley Fire Department.
- November 13, 2012The Beasley Fire Department has received a US$2,500 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.
- October 4, 2012The Nelson Daily - Beasley Fire Department and Nelson Hydro made quick work of a potential dangerous incident Thursday afternoon 10 kilometers west of Nelson near Taghum Hall.
- August 9, 2012The Nelson Daily - Chris Carlson and Ronni Nickel of Babe's Automotive would like to thank all of our friends and neighbours who showed their support during this difficult time. An extra-special thanks goes out to the volunteer firefighters of Cresent Valley, Beasley and Tarrys for keeping the fire contained to the shop, saving our house as well as the neighbours' houses.
- August 4, 2012Nelson Star - Witnesses at the scene of a weekend drowning on Kootenay River told officials they lost sight of the 64-year-old male victim and the next time they saw him he was under deep water.
- July 20, 2012Nelson Star - Babe's Automotive was completely destroyed by fire Friday morning.
- July 17, 2012The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information to fire personnel regarding their safe conduct when working around metal shipping containers and other similar non-combustible buildings where flammable liquids or explosives are stored.
- June 24, 2012Nelson Star - A 72 year old man has drowned in flooded Goose Creek.
- June 4, 2012The Beasley Fire Department has completed the Selkirk College modified Fire Fighter Level One certification program.
- May 25, 2012BC Ambulance Service Unit Chief David Martin, 57, has died of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, after a decade-long battle with the disease.
- April 21, 2012Nelson Star - Police say a house that burned Saturday morning in Taghum had a grow-op in the basement.
- April 3, 2012Nelson Star - For the second time in under a week, a CP Rail train has derailed near Nelson.
- January 29, 2012Nelson Star - RCMP say a combination of factors likely resulted in the death of a Krestova man in a crash Thursday evening in the 3700 block of Pass Creek road.
- January 17, 2012The Nelson Daily - Slippery roads are the blame for at least two accidents Tuesday afternoon on Highway 3A west of Nelson.
- January 16, 2012The Castlegar Source - Police are asking for witnesses to come forward if they saw Friday night’s car accident on Hwy 3A near Thrums, according to RCMP Cpl. John Ferguson.
- August 23, 2011The Nelson Daily - A dramatic accident/rescue took place in Pass Creek over the weekend, after an ATV and its driver went over a steep embankment.
- August 22, 2011Squatters are believed to be the blame of a small fire that occurred in the early afternoon of Friday, August 19 west of Nelson near the CPR tracks.
- July 24, 2011Nelson Daily - Rescue members from Golden to Grand Forks and Smithers to Seattle, Wash., flocked to Nelson Saturday to pay tribute during a memorial service for Ymir resident Sheliah Sweatman.
- July 24, 2011Nelson Star - Search and rescue workers from around BC, along with the RCMP, BC ambulance paramedics, firefighters and other emergency responders gathered with family and members of the public to pay respect to Sheilah Sweatman on Saturday.