Wonder what it was like driving Highway 3A from Nelson to Balfour? Well, the Ministry of Transportation found some old footage of provincial highways in a vault somewhere of highway travels during the 60's. The Ministry of Transportation said these nostalgic videos (or photologs) from 16mm film footage taken in 1966. "The...

Police are very keen to find witnesses after a brutal and apparently unprovoked assault on a Good Samaritan yesterday, according to RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr. “On Dec. 7 at 2:49 a.m., a local utility worker stopped his vehicle on the Warfield Hill below Webster School to provide assistance to a vehicle, which was parked on the...

Unseasonably high temperatures and heavy precipitation coupled with recent increased snowpack, and forecasted 40mm of rain, will cause an increase in avalanche hazard over Kootenay Pass on Highway 3 starting tonight said Katie Ward, Operations Manager-Central Kootenay MOTI West Kootenay District. "It is very likely the...

Comments and feedback are being sought on a proposed new Access Management Area in the Pend d'Oreille Valley in the Kootenay Boundary region as part of an update to the spring 2016 edition of the B.C. Hunting and Trapping Synopsis. The proposed change, under the Wildlife Act's motor vehicle prohibition regulation, would reduce...

Several “unforseen costs" have forced the city to crack open its existing financial plan and incorporate amendments to account for the cash. Topping the list of four items that have to be added into the budget are the clean-up costs of the June 29 storm that pelted the city, racking up over $850,000 in damages to Nelson Hydro...

Thanks to the system moving through south of the 49th parallel, the Special Weather Statement for the West Kootenay has been cancelled by Environment Canada. There will still be periods of rain, with snow level at 1000 metres. Tuesday, increasing temperature has snow level rising from 1000 to 2000 metres near noon with the ...

The second person involved in a string of robberies that terrorized financial institutions and the public throughout the West Kootenay in spring of 2014 was found guilty of five counts by a jury during the weekend at Provincial Court in Nelson. Krista Kalmikoff found guilty of the charges that included fleeing from police...

Nelson Police have charged a 28-year-old man with Arson in relation to an early morning vehicle fire Wednesday in the 400 Block of Josephine Street in Nelson. Nelson Police Sergeant Nate Holt said in a media release an arrest was made early on in the investigation with the co-operation of Nelson Police Department and Nelson...

With marijuana legalization becoming a near inevitability, many organizations are gearing up to prepare the next generation of leaders for the cannabis industry. Women Grow, located in the Front Street Emporium offices in Nelson, is a collective of industry trailblazers looking to “connect, educate, inspire and empower the ...

Castlegar RCMP are continuing to investigate a business break and enter that occurred overnight on Nov. 28. Suspects broke into the business by entering through an adjacent business' wall. The business' alarm activated and the suspects fled with no merchandise. On Nov. 30, at approximately 11 a.m,, Castlegar RCMP responded ...