The Selkirk College Men's Hockey program will play their first exhibition games of the 2014-15 season this weekend in a home-and-home series against the BCHL’s Trail Smoke Eaters. The Selkirk Saints will host the Smokies on Friday night at the Castlegar and District Community Complex at 7:00 p.m. and the Smokies will welcome...

Haircut? Check. Toothbrush? Check. Winter jacket? Don’t have one, but where I’m going I had better get one soon. The Trail Smoke Eaters granted captain Adam Wheeldon his wish by trading the Nelson native to the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League this week for future considerations. The trade came as part of […]

Castlegar’s own Kootenay Jiu Jitsu Academy brought home a golden haul from the 2014 Western Canadian Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships in Pentiction on June 28- including winning first place overall in the Adult No-Gi Division. Led by coaches Ben Jolicoeur, Ken Postnikoff, and Brent McDonald, the academy took on approximately...

The Trail Allstars are 1-2 after Day three of the BC Little League 9-10 Baseball Championships. The Trail Allstars lost 11-1 to White Rock in five innings Monday at Andy Bilesky Park in the Silver City. Nelson's Noah Quinn drove home the only run for Trail with an RBI in the fourth inning. White Rock scoreed two in the first...

Coach Bill Park was pleased with the performances as swimmers from the Trail Regional Aquatic eXcellence (TRAX) competed in the Swim BC AA Long Course Provincial Championship Swim Meet held last month in Victoria. Park was impressed with all swimmers at the championships, including Kayla Fraserswam who achieved personal best times in all races. The […]

Veteran little league players are working toward the big goal of national competition, after the region’s little league all-star team was picked last night at Andy Bilesky Park. Twenty-one baseball players, aged 11-12, tried out for the team but only 12 were chosen, six of whom are veterans from last year's all-star team....

Trail Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce the City’s new Pickleball courts at Butler Park will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on June 21. The courts, recently converted from one of the park’s tennis courts, will accommodate the avid Pickleball players from the Region. “The Pickleball players...

Dam City Rollers continue their undefeated season with a win against the Killjoys after a May 31 bout. Dam City Rollers (Castlegar team) scored 358 against the Killjoys (Nelson team), who scored 276 during the game in the Trail arena. “We expected that it was going to be a challenge,” said Dam City Rollers team captain Kitty...

            This past weekend the Castlegar Aquanauts participated in their first competitive swim meet of the season in Nelson, BC. A total of 36 swimmers competed for the Aquanauts. Along with them, teams from Nelson, Trail, Grand Forks, Kimberley, Creston, Colville and Revelstoke also competed. This swim meet consisted of six individual events and two […]

Due to the rotating teachers strike in School District 20, the annual track and field meet will no longer be held by the school district. But that doesn't mean it's cancelled. “When [the track and field meet] was cancelled last Monday, [The Trail Champion's Peter Sheets] messaged me and said there might be a possibility of ...