Wildsight, an organization based in the East Kootenay that vows to protect forests, mountains, waterways and wildlife, said the Environmental Assessment Office has given approval to Jumbo Glacier Resort to proceed with development high in the Purcell Mountains. Wildsight said the okay was given in a submission of a self-report,...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a motor vehicle incident near Crescent Valley on Monday (July 7) as Jesse Edward Van Skiver Bachner, aged 28, of Crescent Valley.   Bachner was the driver and sole occupant of a pickup truck which was involved in an single-vehicle incident on Highway...

Little Nel – gender yet undetermined — is doing well in Delta after a free ride on an airplane. Nel is the Osprey chick, who became famous on the internet as the only surviving chick of three in a nest high above the Kootenay River in Grohman Narrows. The webcast was made possible by the joint efforts of Nelson Hydro and...

The residents of a home on Riverside Avenue got a nasty jolt Saturday night when an impaired driver drove into their house/carport, according to RCMP Cpl. Kelly Hall. "On July 5 at approximately 11:15 p.m., a Trail and Greater District RCMP officer was parked in the downtown Trail area when he observed a pick up truck travelling...

The story continues about a baby osprey chick who garnered national attention after a live webcast allowed people to watch, in real time, the saga of his family unfold. The Nelson Hydro webcam showed the Osprey family first lose two chicks, then the father, when he was electrocuted by a power line. Distressed viewers then saw...

Nelson RCMP report a happy ending in the case of the missing Harrop teen. RCMP issued the release seeking the public's assistance in locating 14-year-old Johnathan Hartman, who left his residence in Harrop on Sunday morning after an argument. RCMP reported that Hartman was located at approximately 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a cliff-diving incident on Kootenay Lake near Gray Creek on (Monday) June 30 as Wyatt Earl Davidson, aged 25, from Riondel. Davidson and a friend were cliff-diving into Kootenay Lake from a cliff about 10 metres high during the afternoon of the...

A Crescent Valley man is dead after a car crash yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson.   "On July 7, at 6:30 p.m., the Nelson RCMP Detachment and West Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a report of a single vehicle roll over crash on Highway 6, north of Crescent Valley. On attendance, investigation revealed a ...

The RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the death of a Grand Forks man on a logging road south of Revelstoke. Mark Douglas Dickson, 33, died at the scene of the accident when his motorbike hit a pickup truck travelling north on Crawford Forestry Service Road Friday (July 4). Crawford Forestry Service Road is...

The City of Trail is one step closer to extending its boundaries into Columbia Gardens (Electoral Area A). As of Wednesday, July 2, the city has officially received support from the property owners in the proposed extended region.  As directed by the province, a letter was sent to all residents who would be impacted by the ...