The Castlegar Rebels played coy for most of the season, sitting the balance of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League campaign in second spot in the Murdoch Division. But when the playoffs rolled around the Rebels turned up the intensity to roll to the KIJHL crown with a 16-4-0-1 record. Ironically the toughest games came […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Just on the heels of Interior Health presenting its new Community Integration plan, the BC Conservative party has slammed IH for the amount of money and positions it has in administration. The plan, unveiled at the March meeting of the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District (WKBRHD) by Andre […]

Kaslo RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg says yet more of the property stolen during Break and Enters involving 4 unoccupied buildings in the Johnson’s Landing slide area has shown up, this time on the front steps of a local church. Other property, believed to have been stolen from residences in an area still deemed to be […]

It was more than just a loud car crash on the television that startled a Nelson family recently (Sunday, March 24) said Nelson Police Sargent Paul Bayes. The family experienced a sudden jolt when a car crashed into the house at approximately 8:30 p.m. During the investigation the homeowner found a car resting against the […]

The BC Coroners Service confirmed identity of deceased male found last month near the mouth of Cottonwood Creekin Nelson as 27-year-old Seron Capell Beattie. Nelson Police Chief Constable Wayne Holland said Beattie was from the Kootenay region and had been in Nelson for only a few days. The Coroners Service and Nelson City Police continue […]

Foodtree Permaculture Education and the Castlegar Public Library are teaming up to help you get the garden of your dreams this season with Castlegar Seed Swap this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Find new plant varieties you can grow for the first time! Maybe you’ve been seeking perfect plants to fill those empty […]

Cat traps ended up in council conversation at their regular meeting last night, after a resident was alleged to have trapped a cat with an unauthorized and inhumane trap within the city. Councillor Deb McIntosh asked that the city step up its public education about a) the fact that cats and dogs are not allowed […]

An issue that came before council last night could prove contentious enough to end up a platform issue in the upcoming provincial election, according to councillor Deb McIntosh. This after a presentation, at council’s regular meeting, by Dana Schmidt, of the Donna Schmidt Memorial Lung Cancer Prevention Society. The issue centres around radon-prevention measures in […]

A search for a young Trail woman with Down’s Syndrome ended well yesterday when she was found safe and sound near Fruitvale. RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton said police received a call in the mid-afternoon yesterday, saying 17-year-old Alyssa Berdusco had not shown up for school that morning. “needless to say, it caused a lot of […]

The City of Trail’s 2012 capital project restoring the riverwall has been well under way along the shoreline of the esplanade for the last few weeks. The overall vision of this project, building a strong relationship between the Columbia River and the Trail’s downtown area by revitalizing the riverwall and shoreline area,...