by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Monday July 05 2021
Communities across B.C. relied on the program, and the program was cancelled with no advance notice from the province.
Despite an emphasis on climate action strategies and projects across B.C. the province has elected to drop one of the main municipal climate action program sources of funding.
The province has discontinued the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP), a provincial climate action program that provided municipal government with funds to further their climate goals (as long cities reported their emissions and reported on how they used the funds).
by Timothy Schafer on Thursday May 13 2021
Called the Five Mile Creek, Anderson Creek and Selous Creek Source Protection Plan, the 80-page document details the extent the city and its stakeholder partners mainly BC Parks will be willing to go to protect the city’s watersheds City of Nelson report
Less snow will be available for runoff and summer water consumption is expected to increase in the future as the city braces itself and its watersheds for climate change fallout, according to a new watershed plan.
Called the Five Mile Creek, Anderson Creek and Selous Creek Source Protection Plan, the 80-page document details the extent the city and its stakeholder partners mainly BC Parks will be willing to go to protect the city’s watersheds.
by Timothy Schafer on Thursday May 06 2021
With most events like the Canada Day celebrations in Nelson cancelled, the COVID-19 stranglehold on tourism continued its stifling ways into 2021. The Nelson Daily photo
Devastating.
That’s the word that summarizes the last year in the tourism sector in the region, according to Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism (NKLT) executive director Dianne Ducs.
COVID-19 ran rampant through the human population throughout much of 2020, and with it was squelched a good portion of the region’s economy in the tourism sector, she explained to city council in an annual update on tourism.
That stranglehold on tourism continued its stifling ways into 2021 and the region like the majority of the country is still in the throes of a lockdown, she said.
by Timothy Schafer on Sunday May 02 2021
A federal government pilot program aimed at increasing immigration into rural and northern areas is entering its second year in the West Kootenay. Submitted
Despite the growing struggle for locals to find work in economic-restricted COVID-19 times, a federal government pilot program aimed at increasing immigration into rural and northern areas is entering its second year in the West Kootenay.
Called the Rural and North Immigration Pilot program (RNIP), the program launched May 11 in the West Kootenay region, noted Erin Rooney and Andrea Wilkey from Community Futures Central Kootenay (CFCK) in Nelson.
The West Kootenay region comprised of Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Rossland and surrounding rural areas was designated as an “area of opportunity” that could benefit from the RNIP and a partnership with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC).
by Timothy Schafer on Friday April 09 2021
City council passed the first three readings and adoption on the amendment to waive fees for setting up outdoor patios.
New strides are being made to help the hard hit food service industry in Nelson.
In response to new provincial restrictions prohibiting indoor dining in all restaurants, pubs and bars, the city has moved ahead with the approval of an amendment to the Fees and Charges Bylaw to encourage additional outdoor seating in the downtown.
Despite the indoor prohibition due to rising COVID-19 infection rate figures restaurant operators can still offer outdoor seating under the new province-wide restrictions, as research shows that being outdoors reduces the risk of virus transmission.