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Timothy Schafer

Timothy Schafer


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With around 30 years in journalism - from reporter to daily newspaper managing editor, and photojournalist to online news website developer - Timothy Schafer has attacked a keyboard throughout major changes within the traditional print newsroom to the modern, nearly virtual, online newsroom.

Now he works full-time as the Castanet Nelson editor and writer, covering the West Kootenay from his laptop in Nelson.
Latest Articles from Timothy Schafer
Nelson Italian-Canadian Society annual sausage fundraiser steps up to BBQ

Nelson Italian-Canadian Society annual sausage fundraiser steps up to BBQ

May 18, 2025 / 9:08 am

Even though the weather this month has been somewhat unpredictable, there will soon be enough endless days of beautiful summer weather. “As we enter the...

Leafs’ Crawford joins ACHA’s Oswego State Lakers

Leafs’ Crawford joins ACHA’s Oswego State Lakers

May 18, 2025 / 7:10 am

Carsyn Crawford of the KIJHL’s Nelson Leafs will play for Oswego State Lakers, based in Oswego, N.Y., in the American Collegiate Hockey Association...

KIJHL to partner with South-Central Interior Distance Education School

KIJHL to partner with South-Central Interior Distance Education School

May 17, 2025 / 2:05 pm

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is creating an educational partnership with the South-Central Interior Distance Education School...

Leafs’ Burgeson to play for ACHA’s Saginaw Valley State

Leafs’ Burgeson to play for ACHA’s Saginaw Valley State

May 17, 2025 / 1:10 pm

The Leafs’ loss is the Cardinals’ gain. Memfis Burgeson of the Nelson Leafs will play for the Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals in the...

Confidence, career and clips to be created in new video storytelling mentorship program

Confidence, career and clips to be created in new video storytelling mentorship program

May 17, 2025 / 11:08 am

For those creative young people who are curious about video production and passionate about making a difference in the community, Community Futures Central...

Owner of former Holy Smoke and recent applicant for cannabis patio forced to put site on market

Owner of former Holy Smoke and recent applicant for cannabis patio forced to put site on market

May 16, 2025 / 11:19 am

Nelson is not open for business if you are a cannabis entrepreneur, says the downtown business owner who applied for a permit to operate a cannabis consumption...

Nelson’s L.V. Rogers Secondary School gets new principal for next school year

Nelson’s L.V. Rogers Secondary School gets new principal for next school year

May 16, 2025 / 9:13 am

Ian Cooper was named the new principal of Nelson’s biggest high school. Cooper will not only serve as the new principal of L.V. Rogers Secondary School in...

Interior Health issues alert for Nelson area for toxic drug supply

Interior Health issues alert for Nelson area for toxic drug supply

May 16, 2025 / 6:07 am

A toxic drug alert was issued for Nelson on Thursday, one day after the B.C. Coroner’s Service released its deaths due to toxic drugs report. Although...

Castlegar RCMP disrupt vehicle break-in, in progress by bear

Castlegar RCMP disrupt vehicle break-in, in progress by bear

May 16, 2025 / 4:08 am

Call it reverse Goldilocks’ syndrome. On Wednesday evening Castlegar RCMP were alerted to a suspect attempting to steal a pickup truck located in the 1400...

Joint resource committee at RDCK defeats motion to refuse ostrich carcasses

Joint resource committee at RDCK defeats motion to refuse ostrich carcasses

May 15, 2025 / 11:44 am

A defeated motion to seek a legal opinion on whether the regional district has the authority to refuse a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) order to bury...

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