By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Hairdresser Megan Simpson knows wigs inside and out. She helped her mother find the right one when she went through her chemotherapy. And two years later, she found herself wearing a wig as she waged her own battle with cancer, and won. Now her life’s work is providing and […]

Anyone wondering what all the fuss was about at the West Kootenay Regional Airport yesterday morning will be relieved to know it was only an emergency preparedness exercise involving 24 personnel from airport staff, the fire department, RCMP, Transport Canada, the pre-board screening security company and the Corps of Commissionaires. Airport manager Gerry Rempel said […]

Nelson police confirmed in a media release Thursday the lab found in the Rosemont residence last week contained only small quantities of solvents and posed no risk to anyone in the surrounding residences. “Nelson Police Department can confirm that a drug lab located in the basement of the residence was not a methamphetamine lab,” Nelson […]

The Law Foundation Cup, the official High School Provincial Championship of The Debate and Speech Association of British Columbia (DSABC), will be hosted here in Trail at J.L. Crowe High School and St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School March 1 -2. Debate teams from high schools all over the province will be deliberating prepared and impromptu […]

There’s a mixed reaction from downtown business owners to city council’s decision, at its last regular meeting, to ‘boot’ (immobilize) prolific parking violators with unpaid fines in the city’s downtown core (until now, the only options were to either impound the vehicle or issue a violation ticket). A report issued by city staff indicated the […]

Teck Trail Operations was officially charged Friday in relation to accidentally-discharged effluent with a higher-than-allowable pH-level, according to a press release issued by Teck representative Richard Deane. Deane said the incident occurred March 5, 2011, and the company is being charged under the Fisheries and Environmental Management Acts. He said the water used to clean […]

The Selkirk Saints, and B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League voters know a good thing when they see one. So it comes as no surprise that for the second time this season Selkirk captain Jordan Wood has been selected BCIHL Player of the Week. Wood led all BCIHL scorers last week with four goals and seven points, […]

Quick response from volunteer fire departments and Nelson firefighters helped save a house on Middle Road, six miles north of Nelson early Tuesday morning. Fire crews from North Shore and Balfour along with a water hauling truck from Nelson attended the house fire at 3140 Middle Road Tuesday. “The call came in at 1 a.m.,” […]

The infamous Nelson “Pirate Ship” is floating again. The boat that has been thet talk of the province was raised Tuesday afternoon by a barge company owned by Clay Jones. The boat sank in late January when it was thought pipes burst, causing the vessel to sink into Kootenay Lake near the Chahko Mika Mall. […]

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s gotten me thinking about love, and sex, and all sorts of gushy sweetheart stuff that you see in romantic comedies. You know, like, midnight phone calls, flowers, and how new couples just can’t keep their hands off each other … anyway, as I was reminiscing over all […]