The Beaver Valley Nitehawks have only had a few days to enjoy the 2012 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League championship and already there’s rumbling of team wanting to move. League president Bill Ohlhausen confirmed earlier this week that the Revelstoke Grizzlies, who are only two years removed from winning the league title, are requesting to […]

Canadian Pacific Rail crews worked feverously through the night to clear the derailment of a westbound train near the Fortis BC Corra Linn Dam next to the Kootenay River. Tuesday morning, a westbound freight train left the tracks causing all four locomotives and eight concentrator cars to derail. After quickly assessing the accident scene, CP […]

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He’s old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley’s […]

For the second time in less than a week a Canadian Pacific Rail line in the West Kootenay has been closed. At approximately 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, a westbound CPR train on the Kootenay Valley Rail line derailed above the Fortis BC Corra Linn power plant. The train was rounding a corner near the Fortis BC […]

A Nelson resident earned himself a trip to the Daily Pavilion in Trail after jumping off the Nelson Bridge Friday (March 30) just before noon. Nelson Police were called to Lakeside Park after receiving a 911 call of a male jumping off the Nelson Bridge. Witnesses believed the individual was approximately third of the way […]

Asthma is an increased response of the airwaysto certain stimuli that are irritants/allergies or sensitivities to that person. This causes broncho-constriction, which means narrowing of the breathing passageways, which can lead to shortness of breath, wheezing or a chronic cough and in some cases can be life-threatening. At this time of year, I see many […]

The brooms came out in the Central Okanagan Sunday. Craig Martin made his final Junior B game a memorable one as the rookie sniper scored twice sparking the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to a 4-2 the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Championship victory over the hometown Chiefs in Rutland. The Hawks swept the best-of-seven series 4-0, […]

There will be a 3% tax increase to homeowners in the coming year, if City Council passes its own budget proposal later this month. For a $330,000 home (the average assessed value in Nelson), that would amount to about $39 per year. It will bring in about $195,000 for the city. The Nelson City Police will not get their staff...

The Canadian Pacific Kootenay Valley rail line between Nelson and Creston re-opened Sunday afternoon following a train derailment Friday that closed the track and sent an excavator into the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. CP Rail spokesperson Ed Greenberg told The Nelson Daily crews worked Sunday to remove a second locomotive that was derailed due […]

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 […]