Calvin scores in OT to sink Chiefs 5-4, Hawks now lead series 3-0 with Game four Sunday in Kelowna
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks may have just sucked the life out of the Kelowna Chiefs. Or check that, Dallas Calvin may be the one responsible for the Chiefs now being on life support. Calvin, Mr. Offence for Beaver Valley in the series, scored at 6:29 of the first overtime period to lift the Hawks to […]
A Bad Week for the Environment
“We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.” – Emile Chartier There is no doubt what Christy Clark and Stephen Harper were trying to prove with their announcements over the past 10 days. The environment – and anyone who stands up for it […]
Routine report lands two in Nelson Police Department lockup
Routine checks and reports of a disturbance ended in some lockup time for a 45-year-old Nelson resident and 33-year-old transient. Early Thursday morning Aaron Reynold was charged with two counts of fail to comply with an undertaking and four counts of possession of a controlled substance after a routine traffice stop of a vehicle. Reynold […]
Hawks beat up on Chiefs 7-1 to grab two game lead in KIJHL Final
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks realized game one of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final was not one of the team’s best of the playoffs. Game two the Hawks turned it up a few notches. Beaver Valley exploded for five goals in the first two periods to blast the Kelowna Chiefs 7-1 Thursday in Fruitvale […]
Selkirk students protest program cuts
As many as 100 people – staff, students and members of the community – showed up for a Selkirk College Board of Governors meeting Tuesday night to hear the proposed suspension in college programming that is the result of more than $1 million in funding cuts from the province. Current Selkirk students Christina Livingston, Arielle […]
Funeral Home looking for family of cremated loved ones
Staff at Thompson Funeral Home would like to re-acquaint family with deceased love ones, cremated in Nelson and forgotten in storage at the Heritage City facility. To complete the task staff placed an advertisement in the local newspaper in accordance to provincial legislation. The title of the advertisement, Disposition of Unclaimed Cremated Remains, lists more […]
Tory budget plan — gut Canadian institutions while supporting Big Business
It should come to the surprise of no one the official oppostion, NDP, is less than thrilled at Thursday’s Federal Budget. Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, is disppointed with the direction taken by the Conservative government in the 2012 federal budget introduced today in the House of Commons. Atamanenko said the government’s plan to […]
RCMP sieze another Slocan Valley residence through Property Restraint Order, owner faces charges in grow-up bust
RCMP have siezed another residence in the Slocan Valley through a Property Restraint Order. Cst. Shaun Foley of the Slocan Lake Detachment said officers sought and obtained a Property Restraint Order, issued by a B.C. Supreme Court Judge in the Vancouver Registry, for a property that contained a commercial marihuana grow operation. “The accused and […]
RDKB executes court-ordered removal at Demski property
The Regional District Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) lost no time when the spring thaw hit to execute a court-ordered removal of ten unapproved structures from Peter Demski’s property on Granby Road in rural Grand Forks this week. The wrecking crew arrived on the morning of Wednesday, March 28 with dump trucks and a trackhoe to take […]
Hawks double Chiefs 4-2 as both teams struggle to find consistency in opener of KIJHL Championship series
Talk about a feeling out period between two teams who haven’t played each other in two months. Beaver Valley Nitehawks overcame a sluggish start to double the Kelowna Rockets 4-2 in game one of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final Wednesday in Fruitvale. Game two of the best-of-seven league final goes Thursday back at […]
