Bill Metcalfe

2 months ago | nelsonstar.com | Bill Metcalfe

The City of Nelson's proposed budget for 2025 includes the addition of two police officer positions, money to plan a new fire hall, upgrades to the waterfront pathway, and opening the public library on Sundays. The budget would mean an 8.1 per cent tax increase for residents, or $165 per year for an average single-family home. The increase for businesses is 10.5 per cent, or $693 for a Class 6 commercial property with an assessed value of $1 million.

2 months ago | thenorthernview.com | Bill Metcalfe

The Kootenay Lake ferry strike is causing considerable financial damage to businesses and workers, according to an East Shore Chamber of Commerce survey. The report describes supply chain disruptions, a decrease in customers, and loss of work in tourism, retail, trades and professional services. This resulted in cancelled or delayed business activities, reduced operating hours, staff layoffs and financial losses, some of which exceed $10,000. On Nov.

2 months ago | boundarycreektimes.com | Bill Metcalfe

Kaslo Village Council has decided to decline a proposal by QP Developments to build a strata RV campsite at a  property on the Kaslo River. This does not mean that council will not consider a new version of the proposal in the future, Mayor Suzan Hewitt told the Nelson Star. "I didn't hear members of council say 'no' to this development. But just not in the form that was originally presented," she said.

2 months ago | interior-news.com | Bill Metcalfe

WorkSafeBC has fined the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure $783,068.26 for unsafe practices related to traffic control at last summer's Shambhala Music Festival near Salmo. The ministry however, does not agree with WorkSafeBC's analysis of the incident and is considering requesting a review of the decision. The Shambhala Music Festival is an  annual electronic music festival held on a farm with upwards of 20,000 attendees.

2 months ago | boundarycreektimes.com | Bill Metcalfe

About 10 years ago, Christopher Newton started acting strangely. Newton, then 23 years old, began speaking unusually loud and wandering at night, according to his mother Christine Moore. One day Newton called her and said he was in the middle of a field and he was carrying the cross of Jesus, which he said was too heavy. He was scared, and sent her a video of his hands. "Mom, can't you see the nail holes in my hands?" Moore thought her son had started taking drugs.