Long-time Nelsonite and legendary environmental and cannabis advocate Dustin “Wren” Cantwell has passed away. He had been diagnosed with ALS a number of years ago.

In 2023, Kootenay Morning’s Stephanie Myers spoke with Dustin about how and why he came to Nelson in the early 90s, what made him stay, his environmental activism and the start of the Holy Smoke Culture Shop with Paul DeFelise and Alan Middlemiss.