The four-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) champion Selkirk College Saints have arrived back to the rink and will kick off their exhibition season on September 23. The Selkirk College hockey team is currently in training camp and will get their first taste of action against rival Eastern ...

The City of Kimberley and the United Steelworkers Local I-405 ratified a four-year collective agreement. The tentative settlement was previously agreed to on August 29th and replaces the previous contract that expired on February 29th, 2016. “We are very pleased to have this new contract in place," said Mayor Don McCormick,...

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...

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 […]

A Nelson mother is demanding answers after she says her daughter was put on a waiting list to attend the city’s only high school… while 50 foreign students are taking up seats in the same school. Camara Cassin says she was told her daughter would have to wait a week to see if she can attend L.V. Rogers High School in Nelson....

To The Editor: A big thank you to members of the Nelson, Castlegar and Trail communities for your generous contributions to support the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I reached out to family, friends and the community and was overwhelmed by how much money was donated to the Ride. The three communities helped me raise $6490 […]

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...

A comprehensive report titled Asset management Plan for Salmo Road Infrastructure was delivered to the Village of Salmo by Selkirk Paving Limited Tuesday as part of a pilot project to help small communities assess current road conditions and maintain road assets sustainably. “We are incredibly grateful to have been selected...

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 […]