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FIRE
DESTROYS NELSON BUSINESSES
AIRING TODAY, FRIDAY JUNE
30 ON GLOBAL TV - A
stubborn fire played havoc for firefighters Thursday evening.
Video
of fire
Updated
2:07 AM Friday July 30 - The call came in around 6:20PM and heavy
smoke covered the down town area. As it got dark you could then see
the flames through the heavy smoke. Flames were coming out of the
building 6 hours after it started. By 2am the Nelson Fire Department
had a good handle on the situation and was able to get hydro back to
most of the 400 block of Baker and Vernon street. The Hume hotel
which is directly behind the fire is still evacuated due to the
close proximity of the fire. The Building housed 3 businesses one of
which is the Red Fish Grill restaurant were the fire may have
started.
MORE
INFO: FIRE DESTROYS
FIRE IN DOWNTOWN NELSON
6:30PM July 29, 2010 - Fire crews are currently battling a fire in
the 400 block of Baker Street in Nelson. At the time these
photos were taken the fire was contained to the rear of the Red Fish
Grill restaurant.
Smoke &
steam can be scene from miles around but no flames were visible.
Firefighters are expected to be on the scene for several hours. The
400 block Bakers street and the alley directly behind the restaurant
could be closed until the fire is brought under control.
SOUTH
EAST FIRE CENTRE: FIRE INFORMATION
To date, the Southeast Fire Centre has
had 111 fires, which have burned 222 hectares. Of these fires, 44
were person caused and the rest were caused by lightning.
WATER QUALITY NOTICE
RESCINDED
Taghum
Beach
Effective
immediately the Swim Advisory for recreational users of Taghum Beach
has been removed.
July 29, 2010 - 12PM -The Regional
District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) collects water samples on a
weekly basis at Taghum Beach. Beach water is analyzed for fecal
coliform bacteria. Samples taken this week indicate that bacteria
levels are once again within acceptable limits.
Alberta gas shortage spreads to BC
CBC.ca Calgary and other places east of the Rockies hit empty
last week, and the drought has spread to the BC communities of
Nelson, Creston, Trail and several ...
New Response
Teams Enhance Care for High Acuity Patients - IHA
Teams
will start operating initially in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap and
Kootenay Boundary this fall, with the conversion of the current Ad
Hoc Kamloops-based model and Trail-based Critical Care Transport
Team model to HART. A Cranbrook-based team will commence operations
in early 2011.
Collisions
continue to keep police busy
July 26, 2010 - Monday afternoon
continued to follow Fridays lead with yet another fatal motor
vehicle collision. This most recent event occurred just after 4:00
p.m. on Hwy 23 South, 11 kilometers north of the Shelter Bay ferry
terminal.
LV REUNION FOR CLASSES 77 TO 82 IN NELSON BC THIS WEEKEND!
LVR Reunion for classes 1977 to 1982 are happening in Nelson the
August long weekend. If you graduated during these years please join
them for a
fun filled weekend. More info...LV
REUNION
Fire south of
Nelson
July 27, 2010 -4:10PM There are reports
of a brush fire near the end of Silver King Road, south of Nelson.
Nelson Fire Crews are responding and the Forest Service has been
notified. We will update as information becomes available.
UPDATE JULY 28 -
The fire was quickly extinguished shortly after it started by a
lightning strike.
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HST CAUSES B.C. CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE TO PLUMMET New
reports out today show that since the HST was implemented on July 1,
British Columbians have become increasingly concerned about making
ends meet, the New Democrats say.
Slain boy's family blasts BC Health Ministry
CBC.ca Fulton was stabbed to death by Kimberly Noyes, 43, who
lived in his neighbourhood in Grand Forks, BC The boy's body was
found in her home two days after he ...
Cranbrook mayor seeks solution to problem deer
CBC.ca Officials in Cranbrook, BC, have met with government
biologists in an attempt to find a solution to aggressive deer
plaguing the city. ...
Protect B.C.'s
Flathead River Valley
July 26, 2010 - MONDAY ON GLOBAL
video
- UNESCO is recommending
protection for a pristine swath of wilderness in southeastern B.C.
STORY:
Flathead
Hit and Run in Cranbrook ---
On Sunday a female was struck by
a vehicle that drove onto the sidewalk in the 100 block of 14th
Avenue South. The vehicle left the scene before the police arrived.
The woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to the East Kootenay
Regional Hospital for treatment. Police are asking for the public’s
assistance in locating the vehicle that left the scene. The vehicle
is a blue 1995 Dodge Caravan with the B.C. licence plate 343 RCF.
Film
Cameraman now Directing and Producing local film
"Argenta:
A Community"
is a film about the remote
community of Argenta, British Columbia from the 1950's to the
1980's, when the counter-culture flourished, and its effect on the
present.
Director/Producer Peter Schramm filming
the location of the original Quaker Meeting House in Argenta, BC.
Directing
and Producing local film
SOUTHERN INTERIOR TO GET HELICOPTER AMBULANCE PILOT
KAMLOOPS BC – Health Services
Minister Kevin Falcon launched an eight-week pilot project for a
dedicated helicopter air ambulance that will transport critically
ill or injured patients in the southern Interior.
Nelson BC was the hottest
spot in the province Sunday! The hot spot
in BC at 35.3°C
NAKUSP STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM GREEN MECHANICAL
UPGRADE
NAKUSP – Students at Nakusp Secondary will
benefit from cleaner air and more efficient heating, thanks to a
$403000 investment from the Province and school ...
NEW STORAGE AND RELOCATIONS COMPANY MOVES INTO NELSON, BC
July 25, 2010 –
A new company has moved into
south-central British Columbia and is ready to take care of all your
relocation needs, whether you’re going across town or around the
world.
B.C. woman not criminally responsible for killing 12-year-old
autistic boy
TMTV for Global TV & CBC TV Friday, July 23
Kimberley Noyes, heading into the
Rossland Court house
Photo Credit: TMTV News
TMTV
Video on Global TV
TMTV
video on CBC TV
Kimberly
Noyes, the 43-year-old Rossland woman accused of killing a
12-year-old autistic boy, has been found not criminally responsible
in B.C. Supreme Court.
not criminally responsible
Three dead in head-on collision near
Revelstoke, B.C.
Global Saskatoon Three people are
dead and two others are in critical condition following a
head-on collision east of Revelstoke. Around 12:30p.m. on
Friday, ...
SWIMMING AT
TAGHUM BEACH NOT RECOMMENDED
- WATER QUALITY NOTICE-TAGHUM BEACH Issued: July 23, 2010 The
Regional District Central Kootenay (RDCK) has issued a SWIM
ADVISORY for recreational users of Taghum Beach. Beach Water
Quality is POOR -Swimming is not recommended due to bacterial
counts that exceed Health Canada guidelines.
FATE OF ACCUSED MURDERER KIMBERLEY
NOYES TODAY Friday July 23, 2010
The verdict and sentence is to be handed down today. Her
lawyer, Deanne Gaffar, told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan
Wednesday that Noyes can't be held criminally responsible for the
death of John Fulton... STORY:
Murder trial
ends
VIDEO:
VIDEO
OF KIMBERLEY NOYES GOING INTO COURT EARLIER THIS MONTH
Kokanee Beer
has a new twist
Kokanee announced the
Glacier Seal Cap™ Tuesday, which contains the first significant
innovation in beer bottle caps since the twist off in 1984.
An old way of life hidden in British Columbia
Chicago Tribune
About 6000 Doukhobors settled here, near the communities of
Castlegar and Grand Forks, in the early 1900s and established dozens
of tiny villages where they ...
Flathead Still Under Threat from Clear-Cut Logging and Quarrying
World Heritage Committee
to Release Flathead Valley Report July 22 - Impending
clear-cut logging, mining, expanded road access and trophy hunting
all threaten B.C.’s Flathead River Valley and will impact the
adjoining Waterton-Glacier World Heritage Site, conservation groups
said today.
Murder trial
ends in Rossland, B.C.
The Canadian Press July 21, 2010 - Her
lawyer, Deanne Gaffar, told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan
Wednesday that Noyes can't be held criminally responsible for the
death of John Fulton on Aug. 13, 2009.
VIDEO
OF KIMBERLEY NOYES GOING INTO COURT
B.C. woman who killed boy, 12, was psychotic,
court hears
Vancouver Sun
The 43-year-old woman is accused of killing her neighbour, John
Fulton, by stabbing him in the neck with a kitchen knife in her
Grand Forks, BC, ...
Cell Phone Tower
Safety Negotiated with Telus
TMTV/BCTV
AIRING Wednesday July 21 on Global TV
TMTV Photo
©-
TMTV
VIDEO ON GLOBAL
Over the last few days, some of those
opposed to the cell tower transmission in New Denver, such as the
Parent Children's Association (consisting of 61 parents), some
residents and the Valhalla Committee for Environmental Health, have
learned that their lengthy campaign has borne some success. Safety
Negotiated with Telus
Car
Hopping - New name, old crime Revlestoke BC July 21, 2010
- A crime prevention tip that police have been preaching for years,
"lock it or lose it", has again come to the forefront in Revelstoke.
Students plead with Interior Health to save program
CKFR Minhas described Invermere
as a drug pipeline between BC and Alberta - with drugs like Cocaine,
Crystal Meth and Marijuana readily available.
Woman believed killing boy would bring return of
Christ
Canada.com
VIDEO
OF KIMBERLEY NOYES GOING INTO COURT
July 20, 2010 - A Grand Forks woman believed she had to kill a
12-year-old autistic boy to allow the ... On Monday, forensic
psychiatrist Dr. Roy O'Shaughnessy told BC Supreme ...
Accused in autistic boy's death woke and thought killing had been
a dream ... Winnipeg
Free Press July 19, 2010 - ROSSLAND, BC - A woman accused of
murdering her 12-year-old autistic neighbour awoke the morning after
he was killed and thought it had all been a dream, ...
Kootenay students plan return to Haiti
CBC
July 19, 2010 -
Some students and church leaders from B.C.'s West
Kootenay region who were evacuated from Haiti following the
earthquake in January are getting ready to return next month.
Bachman and Turner turn on the family crowd at
reunion show
Vancouver Sun The
comparisons between the seventh-annual Nakusp Music Fest and the
now-defunct ... Only the aroma of BC bud seemed oddly missing,
chased away by the ...
LIGHTNING
STRIKES! No storm warning issued, but many lighting
strikes hit the West & East Kootenays Sunday
VIDEO
OF LIGHTNING STRIKES NEAR NELSON BC JULY 18
8PM, July 18, 2010
- Lots of lighting strikes hit the mountains
north of Nelson. From a distance trees looked like candles as the
lighting hit the trees and started them on fire. No forest fires are
reported at this time, but as the storm passes and the days get
hotter again, the trees could smolder and start forest fires.
Promoter agrees to independent report on halted Gallowai Bul River
mine project
Vancouver Sun Ross Stanfield has
collected $239 million to develop Cranbrook property. But
preliminary findings reveal no active mining or drilling By David
Baines, ...
Uncovering B.C.'s best kept secret
Vancouver Sun
... Canada's last operating passenger stern-wheeler, the 1898 SS
Moyie, dry docked at Kaslo, to the intriguing railway museums in
Cranbrook and Revelstoke. ...
Accused in autistic boy's death not faking mental
illness ...
The Chronicle Journal The
Canadian Press ROSSLAND, BC - A woman on trial for the second-degree
murder of a 12-year-old BC boy is not faking her mental illness, ...
FOREST
FIRE NEAR NELSON UPDATE
JULY
16, 2010 - BC Forest Service firefighters assisted the City of
Nelson power line crews with a fire that ignited yesterday at
approximately 3pm as a result of tree falling on a power line about
1.5km up the Kokanee Creek forest service road. The fire grew to ½
hectare in size and was fought by three initial attack crews and was
quickly contained a few hours later. Today, two initial attack
firefighters are mopping up the fire. The fire did not threaten any
buildings or structures.
The buck stops here, says Grand Forks mayor
TheTyee.ca
Droves of delinquent white-tailed deer
are overtaking Grand Forks, B.C., and the city's mayor says it's
time to buck the trend.
buck stops here
Accused killer intended to sacrifice daughter
CBC.ca
Friday, July 16, 2010 (CBC) A forensic psychiatrist has
testified that a BC woman accused of killing a ... Lohrasbe
testified at the trial, which is being held in Rossland. ...
Forest fire east of
Nelson Thursday July 15, 2010 - 3:30PM A forest
fire is currently burning above Kokanee Creek campground. The fire
is approximately 2kl up the Kokanee Glacier road directly under the
power lines. Hi winds have been fanning the flames and thick smoke
can be scene from Highway 3A. BC Forest Service officials are now on
scene.
Woman rescued days after mountainside crash
TMTV
VIDEO ON GLOBAL
VIDEO THURSDAY JULY 15 @ 5:30 PM,
TMTV ON GLOBAL NATIONAL & TOP STORY @ 6PM
ON GLOBAL BC Betty Lyons was
headed east on Highway 3 on Monday when she lost control of her car
east of Castlegar, BC and plunged 60 metres down an embankment. ...
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Chris Gailus and the Global BC crew in the Chilcotin region.
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