Bill Metcalfe

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Dixie Champ (left) with Dede Shave, both residents at Lake View Village in Nelson. A residential tenancy arbitrator has ruled that Golden Life Management’s rent increase on Champ’s apartment was illegal. The decision has implications for other residents, including Shave. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

B.C. senior wins dispute after landlord raises rent over legal limit

Decision involves seniors housing facilities

Dixie Champ (left) with Dede Shave, both residents at Lake View Village in Nelson. A residential tenancy arbitrator has ruled that Golden Life Management’s rent increase on Champ’s apartment was illegal. The decision has implications for other residents, including Shave. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Nelson’s street outreach team, L-R: Jeremy Kelly, Lyann Hunter and Ryall Giuliano. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

‘Our rapport is our power’: outreach workers discuss Nelson’s street population

‘It’s more than just an overdose crisis and a housing crisis’

Nelson’s street outreach team, L-R: Jeremy Kelly, Lyann Hunter and Ryall Giuliano. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
SAR volunteers receive instruction on the complexities of setting up a rope system for a high-angle rope rescue at a canyon in Kokanee Creek. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Kootenay search and rescue volunteers train at weekend workshops

Volunteers attended sessions on whitewater rescue, high-angle rope rescue, and more

SAR volunteers receive instruction on the complexities of setting up a rope system for a high-angle rope rescue at a canyon in Kokanee Creek. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
The Nelson cemetery. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Council votes in favour of natural burials at Nelson cemetery

But green burials are not yet being considered

The Nelson cemetery. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
An unidentified pilot landed his plane on Highway 6 on Monday. Photo: Markus Herzig

Pilot lands plane on Highway 6 after engine failure

No one injured in incident north of Salmo

An unidentified pilot landed his plane on Highway 6 on Monday. Photo: Markus Herzig
Earthquake damage in Marrakesh, Morocco. Photo: Doug Jones

‘It was terrifying’: B.C. resident recalls Morocco earthquake

Fiona Richards says the country needs tourist dollars to survive

Earthquake damage in Marrakesh, Morocco. Photo: Doug Jones
John Vaillant will speak on Sept. 14 and will appear as part of a four-writer panel on Sept. 15. Both events are at Nelson’s Capitol Theatre. Photo: John Sinal

‘They ran for their lives’: John Vaillant on lessons from Fort McMurray wildfire

Vaillant’s new book Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast is a wake-up call

John Vaillant will speak on Sept. 14 and will appear as part of a four-writer panel on Sept. 15. Both events are at Nelson’s Capitol Theatre. Photo: John Sinal
A dead fish on the shore of Kootenay Lake on July 25, 2023. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Government scientists can’t explain dead fish on Kootenay Lake shores

Bacteria, viruses, warm temperature and oxygen deficiency ruled out

A dead fish on the shore of Kootenay Lake on July 25, 2023. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Empire Coffee, part of The Adventure Hotel, was the scene of an incident in November 2020 during which Jeremy Undershute allegedly spat on an employee after yelling at staff about masks. File photo

Arguments close in COVID-19 spitting case against Nelson man

Jeremy Undershute was charged after an argument about wearing masks

Empire Coffee, part of The Adventure Hotel, was the scene of an incident in November 2020 during which Jeremy Undershute allegedly spat on an employee after yelling at staff about masks. File photo
The health and stability of the lake shore are crucial to the survival of kokanee salmon. Photo: Jim Bailey

B.C. hydro companies, feds accused of ignoring kokanee salmon in Kootenays

Groups say BC Hydro and FortisBC have violated Fisheries Act for decades

The health and stability of the lake shore are crucial to the survival of kokanee salmon. Photo: Jim Bailey
Nelson City Council has passed a bylaw banning drug use from city parks. File photo

Nelson council passes drug use ban in city parks

Council voted in favour despite Interior Health recommendation to wait for provincial legislation

Nelson City Council has passed a bylaw banning drug use from city parks. File photo
L-R: Provincial Anti-Racism Data Committee member Don Corrigal, Minister of Citizen Services Lisa Beare, Nelson-Creston MLA Brittny Anderson, and Mable Elmore, parliamentary secretary for anti-racism initiatives, at a meeting in Nelson on August 2. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

B.C. cabinet minister visits Nelson to promote anti-racism survey

Lisa Beare, Minister of Citizens’ Services, says the government is developing legislation

L-R: Provincial Anti-Racism Data Committee member Don Corrigal, Minister of Citizen Services Lisa Beare, Nelson-Creston MLA Brittny Anderson, and Mable Elmore, parliamentary secretary for anti-racism initiatives, at a meeting in Nelson on August 2. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Forest Eye, the database of old growth logging developed by Stand.earth, provides alerts on where such logging has taken place, names the timber company, and links to satellite imagery with time-lapse video showing the cut. Map: STAND.earth

Satellite imagery tracks logging of B.C. old-growth forests

Forest Eye also uses government data and time-lapse video to identify incursions into old growth

Forest Eye, the database of old growth logging developed by Stand.earth, provides alerts on where such logging has taken place, names the timber company, and links to satellite imagery with time-lapse video showing the cut. Map: STAND.earth
The Nelson Police Department has determined that no charges will be laid after Nelson Public Library staff reported threats connected with its drag story time event on March 11. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

No evidence of alleged threats to drag story time event in Nelson: police

Deputy police chief says there was insufficient evidence

The Nelson Police Department has determined that no charges will be laid after Nelson Public Library staff reported threats connected with its drag story time event on March 11. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Ron Bendle posted this image of his face in a Facebook post on Nov. 7, 2022, and alleged he was assaulted by a Nelson police officer. Photo: Facebook

B.C. man sues Nelson police and city, alleging assault and wrongful detention

Ron Bendle claims Sgt. Nate Holt used excessive force in a 2021 traffic stop

Ron Bendle posted this image of his face in a Facebook post on Nov. 7, 2022, and alleged he was assaulted by a Nelson police officer. Photo: Facebook
Tim Jay with the new memorial plaque at the Chinese section of the Nelson cemetery. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Nelson’s Chinese cemetery, once an expression of discrimination, now a source of pride

Tim Jay reflects on the experience of Chinese people in Nelson over his lifetime

Tim Jay with the new memorial plaque at the Chinese section of the Nelson cemetery. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Tim Jay with the new memorial plaque at the Chinese section of the Nelson cemetery. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Nelson’s Chinese cemetery, once an expression of discrimination, now a source of pride

Tim Jay reflects on the experience of Chinese people in Nelson over his lifetime

Tim Jay with the new memorial plaque at the Chinese section of the Nelson cemetery. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
The possibility of natural burials and green burials are the subjects of discussions at Nelson City Council. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

B.C. city ponders allowing natural burials in cemetery

Nelson city council has asked its staff to examine an existing bylaw

The possibility of natural burials and green burials are the subjects of discussions at Nelson City Council. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Nelson comes second only to Prince George in numbers of black bears killed by conservation officers in 2022. Photo: Pete Nuji/ Unsplash

Nelson’s bear deaths second highest in B.C. in 2022, report says

Prince George was first with 32, Castlegar third with 14

Nelson comes second only to Prince George in numbers of black bears killed by conservation officers in 2022. Photo: Pete Nuji/ Unsplash
Matt Perry (left) and Megan Beatty were both arrested at a logging protest in 2022 near Argenta. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

B.C. protesters arrested at logging site stuck in legal limbo

Attempts to treat civil injunctions as criminal matters becomes more common in environmental cases

Matt Perry (left) and Megan Beatty were both arrested at a logging protest in 2022 near Argenta. Photo: Bill Metcalfe