The more we get together the happier we’ll be, goes the song—and the Nelson Public Library agrees. The Library has partnered with Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History in Nelson, and Kootenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar to give Library members a taste of these great places—and all it takes is a Library card. […]

The venues have been chosen, the athletes have checked in and now the 2011 version of the B.C. Seniors Games is well underway with more than 3000 competitors kicking, throwing, hitting, discarding and acting their way to what is hoped to be a successful competition.However, before the torch is extinguished in Castlegar Saturday...

 City contractors trying to install water meters are meeting some resistance from residents – and city officials are warning people that’s a decision they may later regret. Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff said several people have now turned the contractors away, and he’s not sure they understand the financial consequences of so doing.  “If you get […]

 A 26-year-old Castlegar man will be facing charges after police raided a grow-op believed to be worth about $700,000, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr.   “On Aug. 17 at approximately 12:30 a.m., the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit, along with Castlegar General Duty members, executed a search warrant issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substances […]

 It’s not uncommon, in the Koots, to find wildlife in one’s backyard – but imagine waking up one morning to find two llamas lounging on your lawn. Fruitvale’s Darcy Samulak doesn’t have to imagine anything – except maybe how to feed his furry new friends, and how to find their owners.  “When we got up […]

If you’re like me, a cat person who does a lot of walking around town (not with the cat, obviously), you might have been noticing an awful lot of missing cat signs posted on telephone poles and community bulletin boards. It seems that every few days, there is a new sign up announcing another vanished […]

For the parents, and siblings of Australian Owen Rooney, every day is a painful reminder that he is still missing one year after his mysterious disappearance from Grand Forks, B.C.  “It’s always there – it never really feels normal. A huge part of you is missing and you don’t know where he is or if […]

Nelson Leaf grad, Nelson Minor Hockey product and Michigan Tech prodigy, Geoff Kinrade has decided to ply his hockey trade across the big pond in the Czech Republic, signing a one-year deal with HC Plzen 1929.
The decision came a few weeks after the six-foot, 207-pound blueliner helped the Binghamton Senators win the 2011...

Day One of the 2011 West Kootenay B.C.  Senior Games and, by all accounts, the provincial event couldn’t be better. Weather, how could that better? The games, with organizing like this, well, once again, how could that be better? And the competition, well in the thick of battle everyone wants to come out on top. […]

Two local residents are now in jail after two separate incidents, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “Robyn Mackay, age 51, who was charged with the attempted murder of her father in August 2010, in Castlegar,  has pled guilty and received a jail sentence of six years,” Mathew said, adding that 31-year-old Joshua Street was […]