Winter is here and rather than hiding inside for the next few months, why not get outside and enjoy winter this year by hitting the slopes with your Grade 4 and 5 children! Skiing and snowboarding are some of Canada’s most popular winter sports and one of the best ways to stay active this winter. […]

Nelson is not an island in the West Kootenay political sea. With municipal and regional district elections raging all across the province on Saturday night, other results from the nearby races filtered in. Close to the Heritage City home, the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s neighbouring areas saw incumbent Area E (Balfour, Harrop, Proctor) director […]

On Oct. 26, the Castlegar RCMP received a complaint regarding an incident involving a local school bus driver on one of the after school bus routes.   The incident revolved around what was supposed to be a fun game between the driver and kids riding the bus. The driver is alleged to have canvassed  children on […]

The Conservatives are hiding from opposition scrutiny by invoking closure to limit the Justice Committee’s debate on the government’s controversial omnibus crime bill, C-10, cccording to Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior. “This is just the latest of seven examples this session where Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have moved to bypass parliamentary work and prevent […]

The Kootenay / Boundary region woke to the impact of a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in the early hours this Friday morning. The earthquake’s epicenter was just outside of Omak, Washington at 5:09 a.m., the second in a week according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The earthquake that took place last week in the same […]

One day before Nelsonites head to the polls in the 2011 Municipal Election there is good and some bad news on how previous councils have managed taxpayer’s money in the last decade. A recent report released from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business ranked the City in the top 15 out of 153 communities in […]

Earlier this week Nelson Police placed a 27-year-old transient male under arrest on charges of sexual assault, sexual interference and uttering threats. The arrest happened Monday. The victim in this matter is a 13-year-old female who had been reported missing by the RCMP from a neighbouring community. The accused male, who is well known to […]

In 1985, Microsoft Corporation released the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0; compact Discs are introduced to American Consumers and the Mount Sentinel Wildcats won the West Kootenay High School AA Boy’s Volleyball zone. Twenty-six years later, technology has changed but the same school is being represented at the Provincial AA Volleyball championships. The Wildcats […]

Christina Lake resident Allen Piche is facing another court date for feeding wildlife as the Crown landed new charges in his lap this week.  Piche, who made international headlines last year when up to 24 bears were discovered on his property during a marijuana grow operation bust, confessed to feeding wildlife when charged last fall. […]

The Canadian Ski Council has already processed over 7,000 applications for its Grade 4 & 5 SnowPass program. These lucky children from across Canada have the opportunity to ski or ride for free up to three times at each participating ski area in their region this winter. Since the Grade 4 & 5 SnowPass program […]