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 […]
Alcohol common denominator in NPD calls
Alcohol continues to be the common denominator for Nelson City Police call during the past weekend. Officers responded to a handful of calls where alcohol was involved, including two parties that cost owners fines of $150 for violation of noise bylaw. Man falls suffers gash to head after fall on dock Friday (August 24) Nelson […]
Ex-Leaf named assistant captain with Trail Smoke Eaters
The Nelson Daily has learned that former Nelson Leaf winger Adam Wheeldon has been named one of the assistant captains of the Trail Smoke Eaters for the 2012-13 B.C. Hockey League season. Wheeldon, entering his second campaign in the Silver City, is joined by Tyler Berkholtz as two of the three assistant captains on the […]
Membership at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance reject final offer, remain in legal strike position
Employees at Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance in Castlegar and Slocan Park soundly rejected a last offer vote and now are once again in a legal strike position. Workers voted 76 percent not to accept the final offer proposed by Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance. “This result qualifies our position that the most important issue […]
Cops dismantle Crown land grow op valued at six figures
A sophisticated grow-op in the Deer Park area is no more, after a police raid at roughly 1 p.m. Thursday, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr. Orr said members of the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit located and cut down 311 marijuana plants, each about four-and-a-half feet high. “The site was located on Crown land […]
