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News Headlines from Nelson, BC

• How to survive an avalanche

  Boulder Mountain's Turbo Bowl in Revelstoke, B.C. is shown in this RCMP handout photo, which was taken hours after an avalanche struck on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

• Doukhobor heritage lives on in southeast British Columbia

  Tucked into the green valleys of southeast British Columbia, a handful of century-old brick houses are mute witness to an old way of life.

• Modern Green LVL Prefab in Canada

  It's been a great week for prefab enthusiasts -- with news from LivingHomes , KitHAUS , and Blu Homes -- but there's still more.

• Chair 5 construction under way at Vail Mountain

  The beginnings of Vail Mountain's brand new High Noon Lift were seen Wednesday morning as a helicopter hovered over the Sun Up and Sun Down Bowls to pour the concrete for the lift's base towers.

• BC police: Bears surrounded pot fields

  Police who uncovered two marijuana fields near the U.S.-Canada border had to tread carefully: 13 black bears were wandering around the crops.

• BC police: Bears surrounded pot fields

  Police who uncovered two marijuana fields near the U.S.-Canada border had to tread carefully: 13 black bears were wandering around the crops.

• Hope and Izu build on strong bond

  Twenty-one smiling faces greeted Hope councillors during the official welcoming ceremony for the youths of Hope's Japanese sister city, Izu.

• The curbside recycling debate - " what are others doing?

  Revelstoke council was presented four options for curbside recycling when it met last week as the Committee of the Whole The options, presented in a memo from Darren Komonoski, the operations manager for the department of public works, were as follows: 1. Using one truck to collect garbage and recycling on alternating weeks.

• Fire still burning at Encana well following blow out in northeastern B.C.

  "There was a drilling crew that was immediately evacuated from the site," said Howes.

• Rededication ceremony recognizes veterans' sacrifices

  During Thursday's rededication ceremony, Mayor Michael Harding described the three words inscribed on the Southside Memorial Arch -- "truth, duty and valour" -- as a "fitting tribute" to the city's First World War veterans.