Municipal News

The Nelson & Area Wildfire Risk Reduction Committee is inviting residents and visitors in the Kootenays to take part in a family-friendly Wildfire Awareness Party at Lakeside Park on Thursday, July 10, from 2 to 6 p.m.

Resident on the Duhamel Water System in Electoral Area F are being move to Stage 2 water conservations measures effective immediately.

There’s been an increase in dumping in Nelson, which the City warns is not only illegal, but unhelpful and costly. 

Despite Mayor Janice Morrison's opposition, council has passed the first three readings of an amendment to its Official Community Plan to change the land use designation for the City-owned Front Street property located beside the Nelson and District Community Complex. 

Nelson’s Victoria Street Transit Exchange will open on Monday, June 30.

In 2009, Wait’s on Nelson’s set out a tin to collect spare change for donations - today, the simple gesture funds about 12 meals a day. But as the need grows, so does the urgency for donations.  

Property taxes in Nelson are due on Tuesday, July 2. 

The Regional District of Central Kootenay will not donate the parcel of land at 824 Front Street to the City of Nelson for a proposed affordable housing development.

Nelson Police Department say electric dirt bikes are not street legal, following an increase in their popularity - more specifically, the Surron and Talaria brand bikes – among youth. 

A boil water notice has been issued for the Duhamel Creek Water System in the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Electoral Area F, effective immediately.  

Tuesday’s vehicle fire in Nelson’s downtown core was the result of a mechanical failure in the engine. 

Residents on the Woodland Heights Water System near Taghum have moved to Stage 2 Water Conservation Measures effective immediately.