CUPE Local 2262 sets up information pickets lines at NDCC
Talks have been replaced with information pickets after bargaining between the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 broke down Friday. Unionized staff at the Nelson and District Community Complex set up information picket lines outside the entrance to the pool entrance Friday at 4 p.m. As this was...
Two Castlegar men face jail terms for drug-related charges
Two young Castlegar men have been sentenced to jail time after being convicted or drug charges, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “On Sept. 19, at just after midnight, a routine traffic stop in Castlegar led to several charges being laid against a 22-year-old Castlegar man,” she said. “An officer on patrol noted a vehicle at […]
OP/ED: You won't be calling me paranoid once the kidnappers get me
This October, my besties and I are going on a girls-only trip to Napa Valley and San Francisco. We have been saving up for almost a year and have quite the travel itinerary planned. First, we are going to rent a little cabin in wine country and tour the various vineyards (sipping all the way). […]
Kootenay Ice open Major Midget season Saturday in Nelson
Major Midget hockey is back. The Kootenay Ice take to the NDCC Arena Saturday and Sunday on opening weekend in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget Hockey League. The Ice, coached by Mario DiBella, host the North Island Silvertips beginning Saturday at 2 p.m. The two teams are back in action Sunday at 9:15 a.m. at […]
Research work being conducted on the Kokanee Shoal Spawners
Editor, The Nelson Daily You are likely familiar with the brilliant red color that the kokanee salmon turn in the fall when they are spawning in creeks and rivers in the area. Did you know that kokanee can also be found spawning on the beaches of some of our lakes? These are kokanee that are […]
Smokies get lift with return of Castlegar's Jesse Knowler
The Jesse Knowler/Western Hockey League experiment appears to be over. The Trail Smoke Eaters announced Thursday the addition of 18 year-old Castlegar native to the club’s active roster. Knowler joins the Smokies after making 57 appearances during the 2011-12 season with the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders. He was re-assigned to the BCHL by Raider management. […]
Kaslo residents asking for six months extension to find solutions to reduction in ER hours
A group of concerned Kaslo citizens have asked Interior Health Authority (IHA)and CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny to give them six months to come up with a plan to save some of their emergency room hours at the Victorian Community Health Centre. Last week the IHA announced they would be reducing the ER hours at the […]
One Book One Kootenay author to present 'The Third Crop' in Castlegar
Rita Moir will read from her book The Third Crop at the Castlegar & District Public Library on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. The Third Crop is this year’s One Book One Kootenay (OBOK) selection. Moir’s beautiful book of image and essayabout the history of the Slocan Valley reflects sentiments both local and universal. In […]
School District No. 8 reduces senior staff, eliminates Assistant Secretary Treasurer position
School District No. 8 administration has decided to reduce the number of staff at the board office on Johnstone Road by eliminating the Assistant Secretary Treasurer position, effective Wednesday. “This particular (decision) aligns with our intent that all of our resources as much as possible go directly to the classroom,...
Head of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Will Speak in Castlegar
A distinguished judge—one of the first aboriginal judges in Canada—will speak at the Mir Centre for Peace at Selkirk College in Castlegar on Friday, September 21. The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair is the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. “We are bringing him here because in spite of our growing awareness of […]
