More than 90 players turn out for Whitecaps FC Kootenay Academy at Lakeside Pitch
The Lakeside soccer pitch was filled with players eager to be part of the Whitecaps FC Kootenay Academy as evaluators looked at girls and boys from 10 to 18 years of age during tryouts Wednesday. More than 90 players attended the second day of the two-day evaluation session headed up by Dave Spendlove of Soccer […]
Nelson's Scott Bickerton back on skates with eyes on Sochi in 2014
During his brief speed skating career Scott Bickerton has hit his share of ruts in the ice. Which can be par for the course in a sport when you’re an up-and-coming athlete. However, like a youngster falling during the first time on skates the happy-go-lucky Nelsonite is eager to get back on the blades in […]
City time capsule set to open Tuesday, Sept. 4
A 25 year-old time capsule that was stored in the vault of the Grand Forks City Hall basement in August of 1987 will see the light of day during the regular city council meeting next week. The public is invited into council chambers at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4 to witness the opening and […]
Bear perpetrates two 'home invasions' in Castlegar
Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew says two Castlegar residents experienced a young black bear up-close-and-personal last night (Aug. 27) in the south end of Castlegar. “At 9:15 p.m., Castlegar RCMP received a call from a man on 12 Avenue, stating that there was a bear in his house,” she said. “He had been sitting at […]
UPDATE: Police treating fire in Christina Lake as suspicious
Grand Forks RCMP are treating a fire that burned down one home, one unoccupied log house and several outbuildings at 1833 Hagglund Road in Christina Lake as suspicious. The property and home, owned by the "Bear Dude" Allen Piche, is "nothing but a smoking hole in the ground", said Grand Forks RCMP staff sergeant Jim Harrison....
UPDATED: four buildings destroyed in suspicious fire at Christina Lake property renowned for bears/grow op
Update: RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison said the house on a Christina Lake property was completely destroyed by fire yesterday, along with three outbuildings on the property. “The house is completely totalled – it collapsed into the basement,” he said. “It’s just a smoking hole in the ground, now.” He said three outbuildings were likewise […]
BREAKING NEWS: Wildfire on Fife Road
A wildfire that may have started from a burning structure is being contained on Fife Road in Christina Lake this evening. Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department, the Southeast Fire Centre and the Grand Forks Fire Rescue have been fighting back the estimated 1 hectacre fire since about 5 p.m. this afternoon, Monday, Aug. 27. “The […]
BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter to visit West Kootenay in September
BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter is visiting Nelson and Castlegar September 12-13 to present her findings re improving seniors’ care in BC, with special reference to the West Kootenay area. Those organizing the visit to the area have scheduled events both Nelson & Castlegar at different times of the day in the hope that as many […]
OP/ED: On putting the wrong foot forward to celebrate 40
A good friend of mine just had her 40th birthday. Her birthday request – for a small group of friends to go on a three-day hiking excursion up Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The kind of adventure where you pack EVERYTHING you will need to survive in the wilderness for several days into a ginormous 30-pound backpack and...
Cougar enters Trail home, attacks resident
A cougar entered a Trail home through an open door Saturday evening and attacked a female resident inside, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton ” (At about) 8:30 p.m., Trail & Greater District RCMP received a report of a cougar attack on Glen Drive in the Sunningdale subdivision of Trail,” he said. “A woman was […]
