John McKinnon's Ice Sculpture Goes Up In Flames
One of Nelson sculptor John McKinnon’s creations was destroyed by fire recently. But the flames were part of the piece. His Fire and Ice Tower was part of the High on Ice Festival in Fort St. John earlier this month. McKinnon and the rest of the West Kootenay ice-carving team (Denis Kleine, David Ducharme, Peter […]
Gray trade fiasco ends as former Coyote jumps at opportunity to play hockey in Lone Star State with Texas Junior Brahmas
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily The Nelson Daily has learned that Nelson Leafs thought-to-be-traded for forward Josh Gray is heading to Texas to play for the Junior Brahmas Junior A squad. A story on the team website said, “The Brahmas were able to add to their roster, filling the holes of the departing players […]
Ski Bum musical comes to Capitol Theatre in Feburary
It doesn’t matter if you’re a musical buff, ski bum, ski buff, or musical bum, ‘Ski Bum: The Musical’ is a fast-paced, shredding good time for the whole family. Iron Mountain Theatre (I.M.T.) is proud to present the return of their smash hit: ‘Ski Bum: The Musical’ on Thursday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in […]
Avalanche risks shifting with new snow
Avalanche risks are climbing as new snow and wind change up the stability of the snowpack, says the Canadian Avalanche Centre. Predicting continued flurries with wind through Tuesday, one of the Centre’s forecasters, James Floyer, says that a widespread cycle of small avalanches (size 1) have occurred in the most recent storm...
NPD called to domestic dispute, take man into custody
Nelson Police Department officers took a man in custody Thursday evening after a report of a possible domestic assault in progress in Fairview. At approximately 9 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a possible domestic assault in progress after a the caller reported hearing a female in distress. When police arrived they located […]
$2.3-million Phase Two to service airport lands sent out to tender
The City of Castlegar is putting out an early tender for the roughly $2.3-million Phase Two of the airport-lands-servicing project, after an unanimous vote at council’s regular meeting Monday evening. “This is where we connect the pipe (recently installed spanning Kinnaird bridge during Phase One) at either end – on one end to the city’s […]
OUT OF LEFT FIELD: Do you have a right to know if your elected official has a criminal record?
I absolutely applaud a resolution Mayor Lawrence Chernoff announced Monday that he’d be bringing forward to council next meeting to consider bringing to the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments and from there, if it passes, to the Union of BC Municipalities and then to the provincial government. In effect, the resolution will ask that […]
Winter Carnival highlights weekend at Whitewater
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Staff and management at Whitewater Resort must have put in a call to Mother Nature prior to applying the finishing touches to the 2012 Winter Carnival weekend. Why else would the lovely lady dump 125 plus centimeters on the hill in January to make the scenery wintry and conditions excellent. […]
Seven West Kootenay players selected to Team Kootenay bid at the B.C. Winter Games in Vernon
The West Kootenay will be solidly represented at the upcoming B.C. Winter Games in Vernon in the sport of girl’s hockey. No less than seven players caught the eye of evaluators and were selected to Team Kootenay to play in the U16 girl’s hockey tournament following the weekend camp in Invermere. Nelson headlines the contingent […]
KHAOS: Nelson’s Home-Grown Opera a First in North America
By Bill Metcalfe, Nelson Daily “To my knowledge Nelson is the only community of this size to attempt commissioning an opera anywhere in North America,” says Marty Horswill. “How many towns of ten thousand people even have an opera company?” Premiere performance March 8 Horswill is the Production Coordinator for KHAOS, an original opera commissioned […]
