Update:   The game at the Rossland Arena on Sunday night raised money for Dax, a baby with nueroblastoma.  Players for the two teams were chosen by lot -- names of all the volunteer players were picked from a hat to make up the "White" and "Black" teams.  And then they battled it out. The battle resulted in two injuries.  One...

Search and Rescue (SAR) teams from all over the southeast region of the province converged on the Slocan Valley for a weekend of training exercises from August 19 to 21. The SAREX (short for search and rescue exercise) was a huge success with over 65 volunteers in attendance from various teams from the southeast region of...

Twenty-eight riders and seven support people from RCMP and supporting enforcement agencies within South East District will embark on the 15 annual Cops for Kids Ride on Sept. 9 (this Friday). The 2016 Ride will take the team across the southeastern corner of B.C., to raise awareness and essential funds for children in medical,...

A lot has changed since Milt and Donna Goddard purchased a small cottage at 10-mile on the North Shore back in 1962. From travelling highway with fewer twists and turns to residences that have shot up to occupy the tinniest of spots on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake waterfront, the Goddard’s have seen it […]

The calendar on the wall says September. Which means the Nelson Road Kings Queen’s City Cruise is ready to kick off one of the biggest weekends of the year for the Heritage City. Next to Shambhala, the Nelson Road Kings Queen’s City Cruise car show is quite possibly the most economically impactful weekends for the city of...

Kootenay hunters preparing for the opening of deer hunting season in September are being asked to help fight the spread of a disease that’s killing the animals in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is calling on hunters to contribute the heads of their kills to a program...

The Kootenay Pride Parade celebrated its 20th anniversary with style and pomp on Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of people lined Baker Street in Nelson waving rainbow flags and clever signs to cheer on the parade, which is marking its 20th year since beginning in 1996. NDP MLA for Nelson-Creston Michelle Mungall was in attendance yet again, tossing […]

Nelson Fire Rescue firefighters spend most of the day mopping up after a containing a fire in a Baker Street building early Sunday morning. The call came in at 7:53 a.m. that smoke was showing from a downtown business at 444 Baker Street. Both on duty members responded immediately with all available off-duty members responding...

“Waiting for others to act is not a solution – it compounds the problem. Taking refuge in the status quo because others refuse to change is not an answer. It’s avoiding responsibility and being generationally selfish.” – quote from 2008 Throne Speech   Christy Clark’s new B.C. Climate Leadership plan is beyond bland. It is ...

A fire in the Slocan area has grown significantly today, but is not yet cause for concern, according to Southeast Fire Centre information officer Carlee Kachman. She said the day began with the fire at just 1.3 hectares, but the blaze has since grown to six hectares. “But it’s moving up the mountain toward the […]