Unbeaten Saints play host to Thompson Rivers
Twelve goals in two games that both resulted in wins. It doesn’t look like the Selkirk Saints are rebuilding, it looks like the defending B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League champs are reloading. The Saints take a 2-0 record into a back-to-back home weekend against Thompson Rivers University at the Castlegar Complex. “I thought we had a […]
Kootenay Lake School Board chair delivers strong message to government
The Kootenay Lake School Board is mad as hell and is not going to take it anymore. Chairperson Mel Joy told CBC Daybreak South Thursday morning the Kootenay Lake School Board is refusing to fund the 3.5 percent wage increase to CUPE support workers out of the current budget. Instead Joy is telling the provincial […]
Genelle fire victims debunk rescue story
A couple who have lost everything in a mobile home fire Tuesday (October 15) are feeling further victimized by accounts (including one in The Source https://castlegarsource.com/news/trailer-fire-genelle-not-suspicious-26813#.Ul82PRDRUik) of two local men saving them from the fire. Ron, 74, and Joy, 68, Roshinsky say that's...
Trailer fire in Genelle not suspicious
A trailer fire in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park in Genelle yesterday has left roughly $180,000 damage and a family without one of their pets. Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue Cpt. Greg Ferraby said the call came in 1:47 p.m., and crews arrived on scene at 2:03 p.m. to 500 16 Avenue, where they found the fire already...
Female shoplifter caught twice in one day by NPD officers
The long arm of the law was too much for a shoplifter as Nelson Police collared the light-fingered female twice in one day. The day started to go south for the 22-year-old woman when police were called to a report of a shoplifter at 10:36 a.m. Wednesday at a liquor store located in the 200-block […]
No accidents, but police concerned with drivers 'under the influence of alcohol or drugs' during weekend road blitz
RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Service and Integrated Road Safety Unit was out in full force, conducting spot checks during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The Thanksgiving holiday has been classified as one of the most dangerous weekends on roads in BC, where, on average, four people are killed and 540 injured in 1,770 crashes every year […]
UPDATED: Whitewater cruises into second round on Halloween against Revelstoke
Was there any doubt? It appears Whitewater Ski Hill, going solo this time, has dispatched its first victim in the Powder Magazine 2014 Ski Town Throwdown contest. With the final tally completed, Nelson's Whitewater Ski Hill outlasted Big White near Kelowna 765-278. Whitewater now advances to the second round of the 64-hill ...
Nelson Police investigate assault in 1000 Block of Josephine Street Friday
The lead up to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend kept Nelson Police staff busy as officers responded to more than 50 calls during the past few days. Friday (October 11) afternoon a female driver in the 1000 Block of Josephine Street noticed an assault taking place. At approximately 3:45 p.m., the driver saw a young male […]
Leafs rock Rebels 9-1 en route to five-point weekend
The Castlegar Rebels paid in spades for spoiling the Nelson Leafs unbeaten start to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season Saturday night. After spotting the Rebels a 1-0 lead, Nelson scored nine unanswered goals en route to a convincing 9-1 shellacking of Castlegar Sunday afternoon at the NDCC Arena in the rematch of the […]
Saying farewell to a community icon - good bye, Nick Oglow
It is with sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather and uncle, Nicholas Oglow, pioneer of Castlegar. He passed away Oct.12 at Castleview Care Centre. Nick was born in Pincher Creek, Alberta on Dec. 8, 1918 of Doukhobor ancestry. He was blessed with 94 years of life. Nick was […]
