LVR grad Corby Martin hoping to 'Crash' Super Bowl party
In less than three weeks millions of fans, football or not, will be parked in front of the television set to watch the Super Bowl. National Football League fans will be cheering for their favourite teams while others will be glued to the television to see what Anheuser–Busch, Apple, Go-Daddy and Doritos have dreamed up during...
Bennett drops a bomb on controversial hunting regs
Comments from the Minister of Energy and Mines have fueled the already burning controversy over new hunting regulations brought in by the government on December 10. East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett recently told the Province newspaper that the province “didn’t get it quite right”, saying they will go back to the drawing board...
River Talks — The Big Thirst
Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin. She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents. She has recently completed a...
Why providing affordable housing in Nelson is easier said than done
Most people in Nelson believe we need more housing for people who can’t afford market prices. Almost every candidate in the recent municipal election stated it as a priority, although they had few concrete suggestions. Solutions to affordable housing can come from at least three directions: changes to the city’s zoning and regulation of existing […]
Slocan Lake RCMP asks for public assistance in finding missing woman
The Slocan Lake RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating a woman reported missing on Wednesday (January 7). Victoria Aguilar, 63, was last seen walking on Harold Street in the Village of Slocan a short distance from her home. Aguilar, listed at 5'4" tall, medium build, fair complexion with freckles and a shaved...
LETTER: 70-yr-old patient to sleep in car to get medical care
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 ...
Semi vs Honda head-on crash has police praising public
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...
Trying to escape custody nets alleged NDCU robber five months in jail
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 says freezing rain could be on its way to West Kootenay
A storm that dumped 30 plus centimeters on the West Kootenay Sunday and into Monday is not quite ready to leave, just yet. Environment Canada in an alert “snow will continue tonight and tomorrow with a further 5 to 15 centimetres tonight and another 5 to 10 centimetres on Tuesday.” However, the fluffy white stuff […]
KLH welcomes first baby of 2015 — six pound, 12 ounce Max Braga
A few days after giving birth to the first baby in 2015 at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, Brittany Zirk and Kyle Braga are still over the moon. “We’re tired, but ecstatic at the same time . . . he (Max) is just awesome,” a very happy 21-year-old Brittany Zirk told The Nelson Daily Sunday […]
