Dear Editor, I’m writing this because I am just livid.My neighbour is 70 years old. She has suffered a stroke, has had two heart attacks, and multiple surgeries on her pancreas. She is not in good health, to say the least. Doesn't stop her though, she was out shoveling snow yesterday! She is leaving tomorrow for surgery on ...

Police are crediting residents’ good driving habits for the lack of injury in a head-on crash of a semi truck and a Honda CRV on Highway 3B in front at AM Ford yesterday. At roughly 5 p.m., according to RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke, a red Honda CRV was travelling westbound and slid into oncoming traffic – directly into a semi truck...

The alleged robber who evaded police for weeks was sentenced to five months in jail Tuesday in Nelson Provincial Court after a botched escape attempt from a deputy sheriff in September. Andrew Stevenson, 34, was handed a five month sentenced by Judge Don Sperry. The sentence was one month longer than crown and defence agreed...

Environment Canada said continued its winter storm warning for the region. "A strong winter storm advancing from the coast has brought snow to the interior today," the warning said. "The snow will intensify tonight. Snowfall accumulations from this system will range from 15 to 25 cm." Environment Canada said there will be a...

What's a cold Arctic air front to enthusiastic Polar Bear Swimmers? Nothing! More than 75 brave, hardy, souls flocked to Nelson’s Lakeside Park beach to take the plunge into Kootenay Lake at the 2015 Rhythm Ropers Polar Bear Swim Thursday at High Noon. And it didn’t matter the age, swimmers young and old made the sprint, in...

Nelson Police report the missing 66-year-old man from Calgary has been found. Police said the man arrived at his home in Calgary early Tuesday morning and that he was safe after being informed there was a missing person alert issued in his name. Nelson Police would like to thank the public for helping with this file. Nelson...

Emcon (our regional road maintenance contractor) is once again under fire after only the second significant snowfall of the season (see last year’s story by clicking here https://castlegarsource.com/news/emcon-answers-uproar-after-record-snowfalls-22622#.VKGxwdWk0 ) This, after Castlegar resident James Mckenzie, 44, was on his...

A 24-year-old man from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is facing Second Degree Murder charges after a 52-year-old man succumbed to life-threatening injuries Sunday night in Fruitvale said RCMP Const. Kris Clark. Clark said Jordan Brian Shimell remains in police custody and is scheduled to appear in Rossland Provincial Court ...

The first major snowfall in weeks caught some drivers in the City of Nelson off guard as several accidents were reported. One major bottleneck proved to be the 300 Block of Cedar Street when snow combined with a warming temperature turned the street into a sheet of ice causing vehicles to bounce off of each other around 4...

Environment Canada issued a special weather warning Saturday for most of the province, including the West Kootenay/Boundary regions. The statement said residents should expect cold Arctic air spreading across the interior Sunday. "A strong ridge of high pressure from Yukon will advance towards the British Columbia Interior ...