Castlegar Chamber & Mountain Transport Institute is pleased to host award-winning entrepreneur Donald Cooper to Castlegar on June 26th, 2013 at the Sandman Hotel  Businesses are invited to take advantage of this extraordinary 1-day opportunity to learn from a world-class, bottom-line visionary in the areas of management, marketing and profitability for small and medium size […]

The Nelson Police Department want to alert the public of a pyramid scam that is circulating in the Heritage City. NPD was advised of the scam at 10 p.m. Tuesday (May 14) when a victim was recruited to produce a large sum of money. The scam target single mothers and operates under the name, the […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily We’d have no emergency protection without them. They are the volunteer firefighters at the 17 rural fire departments in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, and three of them are being recognized this month for their years of service. For Craig Sapriken, 37, volunteering at the Passmore Fire Department […]

It must be the Victoria Day long weekend. Why else would the weather change? Despite the threat of inclement weather for the unofficial first long weekend of summer, there are still a few hotspots for a West Kootenay Staycation at the May Day celebrations in Kaslo or New Denver. Both celebrations have been around for […]

Motorists thinking police are going to be idle on the unofficial start of summer — Victoria Day Holiday Weekend — had better think again. Cpl. John Ferguson, of the RCMP West Kootenay Traffic Services said officers will be out in full force to guarantee everyone has a safe holiday weekend. “The May long weekend is […]

Well, that was just about the most bizarre election ever. Not on the local front – that came out exactly as expected, with incumbent NDP MLA Katrine Conroy taking a landslide victory with 10,606 votes (or 62.99 per cent of the popular vote), Liberal candidate Jim Postnikoff getting 3,592 votes (21.33 per cent), independent Joseph […]

By Suzy Hamilton and Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily NDP incumbent Michelle Mungall may have won the battle in Nelson/Creston, but Christy Clark’s Liberals won the war in B.C. The B.C. Liberals shocked everyone by returning to power for a fourth consecutive term with a majority government following Tuesday’s General Election. “Well that was easy,” […]

Snow in May? If you think it’s a typo, then ask Marc Dale, Operations Manager / SE Kootenay District Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. “Yes the calendar is correct it is May 13th  . . . yet there is a cold winter front flowing across the Interior overnight tonight which will create snow accumulations as […]

It’s never a happy ending to a birthday celebration when the Birthday Boy ends up in jail. That’s exactly what happened to a 37-year-old man after alcohol took over the party Friday (May 10) at Finley’s Pub in Nelson. Nelson City Police received a call late Friday of an intoxicated man fighting with patrons. When […]

Update: A 72-hour job action notice that could’ve seen as many as 225 Fortis BC employees, including those here in Castlegar, Trail, South Slocan, Warfield and Rossland, on strike as of Sunday hasn’t amounted to much, according to Fortis spokesman Neal Pobran. Pobran said no action was taken Sunday, and minimal action is being taken […]