Rebels face elimination game Saturday after Dogs 4-2 win in Game five
It’s taken more than six week, but the Castlegar Rebels finally face an elimination game. A goal by Matt Geurts at seven minutes of the third period snapped a 2-2 tie and powered the Osoyoos Coyotes to a 4-2 victory over the Rebels in Game five of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final Friday […]
Conservative government goes down; Election set for May 2
Forget spring cleaning and the Stanley Cup playoffs, Canadians are going to the polls May 2. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Rideau Hall early Saturday to ask Gov. Gen. David Johnston to dissolve Parliament. A non-confidence motion supported by the opposition in the House of Commons Friday defeated the federal Conservative government. The campaign for Canada’s […]
Roast pig not advised for Christina Lake hunters
Walking the trails around Christina Lake you may see a new kind of wildlife which will surprise you – wild boars. Initially being raised at a near-by farm, the pigs are loose and on the rampage. Despite all the issues being raised about the missing piggies, Brenda LaCroix, co-ordinator of the Christina Lake Stewardship Society […]
Bear feeding Christina Lake man to be sentenced at end of year
Self-proclaimed “bear dude” Allen Piche plead guilty to charges of feeding dangerous wildlife under the Wildlife Act. The case, heard Tuesday in Grand Forks Provincial Court, stemmed from a raid on his property at Christina Lake that uncovered a grow-op along with up to two dozen black bears. Last month Piche plead not guilty to […]
Ross backstops Rebels to 2-0 win, series tied at 2-2
By The Nelson Daily Sports The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final is now down to a best-of-three series. Timely scoring and a 21-save performance from goalie Alex Ross powered the Castlegar Rebels to a 2-0 victory over the Osoyoos Coyotes in game four of the KIJHL Final Wednesday night at the Complex in the […]
Sports: our Dam City on a roll
Most people in this community know Kristina Kruchkowski from her Shaw Cables news reports ….but how many of you know her by her alter ego, Kitty Karnage? City council now does, after Kruchkowski appeared as a delegation with her Ladies’ derby team, the Dam City Rollers, Monday evening. Sporting fun names like, Pro-Pain Paula, […]
Local party reps react to federal budget and looming election
With an election appearing imminent after the three opposition parties all renounced the Conservative’s budget on Tuesday, the Telegraph set out to get reactions and thoughts from the three (to date) declared Southern Interior candidates. Note: At present there is no liberal candidate declared for the riding. With the NDP holding the swing vote in the […]
Aynsley pulls Rebels back into KIJHL Final with OT winner
By The Nelson Daily Sports Ryan Aynsley made a decision in January to leave the Trail Smokies of the B.C. Junior Hockey League and return to the Sunflower City. Everyone in Castlegar is glad he did. The Kelowna sniper scored at the 8:21 mark of the first overtime to give the Rebels a 2-1 victory […]
Taylor makes freshman history at Portland State after winning Folino Invitational Women’s Golf Tourney
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports L.V. Rogers Bomber grad Lauren Taylor made history Tuesday by being the first freshman in Portland State Viking history to capture a women’s golf tournament.
Taylor shot an even par 144 to win the Big Sky Conference Folino Invitational Women’s Golf Tourney hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Oak […]
Cats Blog — North Shore ends Wildcats run at a provincial title
The West Kootenay Wildcats, based in Castlegar, are currently in Kelowna playing at the B.C. Hockey Female Bantam provincials. Nelson Minor Hockey product Jesse Cooper, joined by two other Heritage City players — Emma Hare and Jena Wheeldon — has agreed to blog the happenings of the Cats for The Nelson Daily. The Wildcats scored […]
