The hosts finally got into the win column. After three straight losses, the Trail Allstars used a nine-run fourth inning to outlast Forest Hills 15-11 at the 2012 B.C. Little League Championships Tuesday at Andy Bilesky Park in the Silver City. The Allstars pounded Forest Hills pitching for eight hits including a home run by […]

The BC Coroners Service announced today that it will resume the search for only one of two bodies believed to be trapped under five to 10 metres of debris from a mudslide on July 12 in Johnsons Landing. “Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says that searchers, with the help of heavy excavation machinery, will spend two […]

Even during the dog days of summer, the Selkirk Saints continue to build for the winter. Saints head coach Jeff Dubois added another cog to the wheel with the signing of former Beaver Valley Nitehawk assistant captain Mason Spear for the upcoming B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. “Mason’s work ethic, grit and skill level make […]

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a boy who died when his cabin at a summer camp near Grand Forks was crushed by falling trees on July 20. The boy is Richard Fehr, aged 11, from Christina Lake. Richard was attending a summer session at Pines Bible Camp, located 8.5 km north […]

The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed the identities of the man and woman dug out of a massive landslide that struck Johnsons Landing in southeast B.C. a week ago. The man was 60-year-old Valentine Webber, while the woman was his 22-year-old daughter, Diana. The two bodies were recovered last week, a few days after the 83 […]

A 45-year-old man known to police was housed in Nelson Police Department lockup after a string of incidents relating to drugs, including running around Lakeside Park partially naked. The incident happened Friday (July 20) when NPD was called to Lakeside Park on a report a man was partially naked. It appears the man had been […]

A man was pulled out of raging Columbia River currents Saturday evening after the Trail fire department was notified someone had been swept away by the current. Cpt. Jason Milne says the call came in at 7:48 p.m., and a heart-stopping 40 minutes ensued before the man, who remains unidentified, was brought to safety. “We’re […]

It was a big surprise for the Kootenay to Kitimat Caravan during one of its events on Day Four of the tour opposing the Enbridge pipeline. In Williams Lake, the Kootenay to Kitimat Caravan set up two mock pipelines in front of City Hall where a group of local activists were waiting. But out of […]

It was exactly a year ago that I embarked on my quest for fitness. My goal: to be in the best shape that I had ever been in for my 30th year. I wanted to have endurance, I wanted to have strength, and most of all I wanted to feel good about my body. Before […]

Baseball. The sport of the dog days of summer. Fans looking to watch some of the best youth baseball in the province should take flight to Andy Bilesky Park in Trail for the B.C. Little League Championships. The six-team tournament begins Saturday with the host Trail Allstars up against District 3 rep White Rock at […]