News
- 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– Effective at noon on Friday, Sept. 20, the open burning prohibition in the Southeast Fire Centre will be rescinded, due to a decreased risk of wildfires.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.