Extreme avalanche conditions, blowing snow and freezing rain are hampering highway travel and have closed Highway 31A near New Denver until further notice. In addition to the avalanche activity, some areas of the province are experiencing prolonged snowfall, freezing rain and blowing snow to the extent that a number of travel advisories have been established. […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily One man is dead in the West Kootenay backcountry after an avalanche in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park on Sunday afternoon, RCMP report. Heading into the weekend the Canadian Avalanche Centre had warned the risk of avalanches above and at the tree line in the West Kootenay backcountry was high […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The complexity of the fire investigation on the origin of the Kerr Apartment Building fire has forced the fire department to suspend their operation until the building undergoes demolition, says the Nelson Fire Rescue chief. Simon Grypma said fire and police investigators temporarily suspended the physical investigation of the […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Eighteen hours before a Nelson man was to leave the city for 18 months on a court-imposed banishment order his sentence was overturned by the same court. Mikael Arrak, 26, was convicted of criminal harassment and ordered by a judge in Nelson Monday to leave the city, his mother […]

A new year has come, but lingering disputes between communities at the SD20 school board table remain. This past Monday, the board held its first meeting of the year following a tumultuous and at-times heated final month of 2010 and, although it was clear dramatically differing opinions based around the Planning for the Future document […]

What better way to launch a grand new year than with the soothing sounds of large-scale rock demolition? Construction of the long-awaited second powerplant at the Waneta Dam may begin in just over a month, with blasting booked as early as mid-February, Columbia Power representatives told Rossland council Monday.     “I’m sure in the past, […]

 Three fundraisers are now scheduled to help the family of a local 11-year-old boy who was gravely injured in a skiing accident early this year. “On Jan. 3 at Red Mountain, Cole Hoodicoff, (a Grade 6 student at Twin Rivers) was skiing with his family and was in a serious accident,” said Betsy Goolieff, executive […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily More snow is expected tonight and through to Thursday morning while Environment Canada continues to have a snowfall warning in effect for the West Kootenay region. Snow is expected to accumulate up to five centimetres today, with up to 10 cm. coming down overnight — in addition to the […]

If anyone out there has a case of the post holiday or winter blues, an antidote is in the works for you! The last weekend of January, the 28th to 30th, marks the 114th year of Rossland’s annual winter bash, the Winter Carnival, and this year promises to be so chock-a-block with action even the […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily He ain’t heavy, he’s my snowfall. Heavy snow is on the way for Wednesday, according to Environment Canada, with around 30 centimetres — or one foot — descending from on high to us down low in Nelson. Shovels are at the ready, and snow blowers are idling as a […]