With all the rain, the last thing on holidayers minds is mosquitoes. But like taxes, those pesky small, midge-like flies promise to be back sooner than later — some even carrying the West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites.  Any activity that prevents mosquitoes from biting […]

An amphibious plane is resting on the bottom of Kootenay Lake today, after an accident yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little. “The Nelson RCMP responded to a float plane accident that occurred on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake near Seven Mile on (Sunday) June 23 at approximately 2:45 p.m.,” he said. “The investigation […]

Sunny skies greeted residents at the North End of Kootenay Lake as the community in and around Meadow Creek began the arduous task of cleaning up following recent flooding in the area. “It’s sunny, which is nice,” Jen Hadikin told The Nelson Daily Sunday from Drifters Restaurant on Highway 31 in Meadow Creek. Thursday the […]

A number of incidents of flooding, slides and infrastructure damage are being addressed by the RDCK Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), agencies and other organizations, particularly at several locations in Area D. At Hamill Creek, the bridge and approaches were washed out and one home was swept downstream and another suffered...

Traffic is beginning to move, albeit, slowly north of Kaslo as crews clean up the damage created by recent rains that have swollen creeks and rivers in the area, causing mudslides and water to jump banks. “The creeks and rivers have peaked are beginning to drop,” said Bill Macpherson, Public Information Officer for the Regional […]

Residents throughout the valley last night heard a military helicopter, en route to flooding in Calgary, that was forced to land in Castlegar for the night, according to RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff. She said local police received a call at about 12:30 a.m., when the chopper’s crew (a Search and Rescue squadron) landed in the […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily The heavy rain that pummeled the East and West Kootenay is on its way out, as skies begin clearing and temperatures return to normal by Sunday. But not without causing evacuations, major damage and road closures on Hwy 31 A between New Denver and Kaslo—which is still closed—two mudslides […]

Discipline is the key item on the agenda as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League brain trust holds its annual general meeting beginning Friday at the Hume Hotel in Nelson. “We’re going to be talking a lot about supplemental discipline,” said KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen from the league office in Okanagan Falls. “As you know […]

I was just saying the other day that it’s been a long time since I penned a good old-fashioned rant deriding the moronic behaviour of members of our society who seem to find themselves with a common sense deficit – but really, I’ve had nothing to complain about, being surrounded by largely thoughtful, reasonable, competent […]

Heavy precipitation has caused structural damage to several homes on Hamill Creek north of Kaslo and impacted various other creeks throughout the region said Bill Macpherson Public Information Officer for the Regional District of Central Kootenay. “A double wide trailer has gone downstream and another home is being eroded at the foundation on Hamill Creek […]