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From one technician with a vision, to a trusted name in Nelson
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (373+ words) Published 6: 00 pm Sunday, May 17, 2026 For owner Micah Pilipishen, building a plumbing and HVAC company was just a dream. "At the start, it was just me, my truck and a plan to expand," he says. He founded the company with a…...
Cruise passenger isolating in Victoria tests positive for hantavirus
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (361+ words) Published 5: 25 pm Saturday, May 16, 2026 Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said one of the four people who were in quarantine in the Island Health region has tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus, after a cruise ship was struck…...
Kalein Hospice Centre Society donates $4, 200 to summer camp program
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (168+ words) Published 4: 00 pm Friday, May 15, 2026 By Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Kutenai Art Therapy accepts a cheque for $4, 200 from Kalein Hospice Centre Society to help it subsidize summer youth art camps. (Submitted) Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) is grateful to receive a…...
CHECK THIS OUT: From pages to playoffs at the Reading Link Challenge Finale
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (397+ words) Published 12: 00 pm Friday, May 15, 2026 The South Nelson Humming Bears, who won the Reading Link Challenge Finale. L-R: Liam Major, Luca Smetzer, Clara Beckmann, Emmy Grant and Holly Poirier. The group (Submitted) Growing up, I was the kind of kid who…...
Teachers, families protest School District 8 plan to replace Aboriginal Education staff
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1278+ words) Published 5: 30 am Friday, May 15, 2026 Families with Indigenous children in School District 8 are calling for a pause on plans to replace teachers in the Aboriginal Education program with Indigenous support workers. They include Skye-Lea Farr (middle left, next to her daughter…...
City of Nelson reveals new plans for future Anderson Creek flooding mitigation
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (744+ words) Published 2: 50 pm Thursday, May 14, 2026 A debris rack at a culvert at Ninth and Elwyn Streets in Fairview. New plans to mitigate the danger of a debris flood include an additional rack upstream from this existing one. (Tyler Harper/Nelson Star)…...
Nearly 200 Kootenay drivers fail to Slow Down and Move Over
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (224+ words) Published 5: 40 am Thursday, May 14, 2026 This damaged, black Chevrolet police SUV had its emergency lights on at roadside when it was hit by a driver who failed to Slow Down and Move Over. (RCMP file) According to the BC RCMP, almost…...
November trial scheduled for Montrose man charged with wife's murder
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (268+ words) Published 2: 00 pm Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Donald James Danchella's trial is set to begin Nov. 9, 2026, at Rossland Law Courts before a B. C. Supreme Court judge and jury, according to the BC Prosecution Service. (Times file) A Montrose man charged with first-degree murder in…...
BLANK CANVAS: Novelist Deryn Collier on Nancy Drew and self belief
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (233+ words) Published 12: 00 pm Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Deryn Collier is a Nelson-based novelist. (Julie Kerr) Meet Deryn Collier, a Kootenay-based author whose work is rooted in a lifelong love of storytelling and the pull of a good mystery. What began as an early…...
New Columbia Basin Trust endowment created to support food banks
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (249+ words) Published 10: 47 am Tuesday, May 12, 2026 By Nelson Star Staff The Cranbrook Foodbank Society is among Basin organizations that will benefit from a new endowment created by Columbia Basin Trust to provide reliable, ongoing funding for local food-access services. (Submitted) Columbia Basin…...