Kolby's fundraiser exhibition game a success
A fundraiser exhibition hockey game between the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack raised $11,285 for Kolby’s Trust Fund last Saturday. A special account has been set up at the TD Canada Trust branch in Trail for Kolby Zanier, daughter of Smoke Eaters assistant coach Barry Zanier, as she continues her […]
Won't that be a party? Irish Rovers come to Trail
The Irish Rovers - Home In Ireland Tour @ Charles Bailey Theatre, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 pm The Irish Rovers have performed their brand of Irish folk music for 45 years. Today's band performs with original members George Millar and Wilcil McDowell. Will Millar left the group on 1994 and Jimmy Ferguson passed away in 1997....
Mallard's Source for Sports joins forces with stopconcussions.com to help prevent concussions in hockey
At their annual Marketing and Buying Convention, Source For Sports® and Stopconcussions.com launched their Head Zone initiative to their store owners, the sporting goods industry trade and the media. “It is amazing how our helmet manufacturers including Bauer, Reebok, CCM, Easton and Cascade, the medical community, and the ...
Kootenay Ice take optimistic approach into net BCMMHL season
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsNow the fun begins.The Kootenay Ice kick off the 2011-12 B.C. Major Midget Hockey League season with plenty of optimism as the interior based squad heads to Vancouver Island for a two-game set Saturday and Sunday in Nanaimo against the North Island Silvertips.And new head coach Mario DiBella...
Castlegar Minor Soccer Association to die?
Attention: Soccer players & families of Castlegar! Castlegar Minor Soccer Association (CMSA) will be holding their Annual General Meeting in preparation for next years Youth & Mini soccer season on Oct. 18 at the Castlegar Complex at 7 p.m. We, the executive, have reached a crossroads with respect to the future of soccer in Castlegar, as […]
Castlegar to get our own indoor skatepark
Not content to skate along on the summer success of Castlegar’s outdoor skatepark, Ty Smith, co-founder of Friends of the Castlegar Skatepark, has now secured space for an indoor venue, as well. Smith said the Kinnaird Community Church has generously donated what used to be the woodworking classroom in the old Kinnaird Middle School for […]
Governor General awards Castlegar man for heroic rescue
Castlegar has it’s own bonafide hero, this according to Canada’s Governor General, the Right Honourable David Johnston. On behalf of Johnston, Mayor Lawrence Chernoff presented Castlegar’s Ron Anderson (of Yule Anderson Chartered Accountants), with a Certificate of Commendation award at Sept. 19’s regular council meeting. The award stemmed from an event that occurred May 23, […]
CBT commits to strengthening Basin broadband
CBT has announced the signing of an agreement with Columbia Mountain Open Network (CMON) to acquire CMON’s broadband assets. The assets will be managed by the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC), a new wholly-owned subsidiary of CBT formed in an effort to expand broadband in the Basin. “CBT saw the opportunity to continue the work […]
Broadband delivery just got a little better in the Columbia Basin
In an effort to expand broadband internet in the Columbia Basin, the Columbia Basin Trust signed an agreement with Columbia Mountain Open Network (CMON) Wednesday to acquire CMON’s broadband assets. The assets will be managed by the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC), a new wholly-owned subsidiary of CBT formed in an effort to expand broadband […]
Break and enter and assault with a weapon lands woman in jail
Unrequited love led to throwing a computer at an ex-boyfriend, landing an 18-year-old Nelson woman in jail. Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 police responded to an assault in progress at an apartment building in Rosemont. Witnesses reported that an eighteen-year-old female entered an apartment belonging to the female acquaintance of her ex-boyfriend. The […]
