Nelson News

A Selkirk Paving dump truck lost control while travelling on Gyro Park Road in Nelson on May 25.

In the shadow of four deaths last weekend, scores of climbers took advantage of the last window of good weather of the season to resume their attempts to reach the top of Mount Everest, with a Canadian-led group making the summit Friday morning, along with another group that carried a Canadian Olympic medal.

John joined the Gazette as editor in September 2011. His 45-year newspaper career has taken him from Nelson, B.C., to California, Alberta, Manitoba and back to Alberta.

Red Deer ceramicist Trudy Golley was so determined to make her artistic career fly that she earned more selling her clay creations out of her parents' basement than many of her friends made at so-called 'real' jobs.

As Charmaine Bayntun and Rhonda Yanko sit in the kitchen of their late parents' home in North Burnaby, the stories practically come pouring out.

Jay-Z says he supports President Obama's stance on same-sex marriage and says that, "[It] is no different than discriminating against blacks.

Cold Specks' music is steeped in the musical traditions of the Deep South with Al Spx citing American folklorist Alan Lomax's field recordings and Memphis r&b singer James Carr as major influences on her sound.

George Coleman, a former Nelson city councillor and Regional District of Central Kootenay chair who wired Kootenay Lake hospital and once competed in a transatlantic air race, has died at 85.

Randy Hawes, the MLA for Abbotsford-Mission in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, was right to introduce a resolution this week expressing approval for teachers and parents who are continuing to provide extracurricular activities for students in B.C. schools, notwithstanding a decree to the contrary by the B.C. Teachers' Federation.

Calgary, Alberta CANADA, May 03, 2012 /FSC/ - Jadela Oil Corp. , announces the filing of its audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, the corresponding Management's Discussion and Analysis dated April 30, 2012, and its disclosure and reports relating to reserves data and other oil and gas information as ... (more)

"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt , updated for 2012.