UPDATED: Victim of fatal plane crash identified as Nelson resident
by Castlegar Source on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 1:39pm

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following an airplane crash near Crawford Bay on June 12. He was Anthony Arnold (Tony) Quibell, aged 53, of Nelson.

Quibell was the pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna Skymaster 337 airplane, which took off from Nelson airport at about 1:30 p.m. on June 12 for a flight to Saskatchewan.

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Recent News

MP speaks to Castlegar Seniors outreach and support

by Alex Atamanenko MP on 18 Jun 2013
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MP speaks to Castlegar Seniors outreach and support

Castlegar Seniors Outreach & Support Pilot Project (SOS) is a partnership project with Castlegar and District Community Services Society with funding by the Columbia Basin Trust’s social Ggants program.

The pilot project provides several services and resource to seniors in the Castlegar area. These services include, but are not limited to:

Wire to wire Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf title for Birchbank's Tyler McKay

by Nelson Daily Sports on 16 Jun 2013
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Wire to wire Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf title for Birchbank's Tyler McKay

Tyler McKay concluded the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf circuit the way he started - with a victory.

The Birchank golfer fired a 1-under-par 107 to edge Brenan Moroney and capture the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf title Sunday at the Balfour Golf Club.

OP/ED: MLA Conroy looks ahead

by Katrine Conroy on 16 Jun 2013
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OP/ED: MLA Conroy looks ahead

This week I travelled to Victoria to be sworn in as MLA and I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to the people of Kootenay West for my re-election. I am honored and I will do my very best to represent all constituents and take the concerns of this area to Victoria and the Legislature.

I will be an active member of the Official Opposition Caucus and in that role I have a duty to question Government and to make sure that my constituent’s views are heard. I take this responsibility seriously and will continue to do so.  My new critic position within the Opposition caucus will be Seniors and Seniors Health and also critic responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, Columbia Power and Columbia Basin Trust.

Regional News

Children`s blood testing clinic for lead to be held in Warfield, Oasis, Casino and Waneta

by Kyra Hoggan on 19 Jun 2013
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Children`s blood testing clinic for lead to be held in Warfield, Oasis, Casino and Waneta

The Trail Health & Environment Committee (THEC) will hold a one-time children’s blood testing clinic this fall to confirm lead levels for children aged six months to 36 months living in Warfield, Oasis, Casino and Waneta in order to determine if its Family Health and Home and Garden services should be expanded to those communities.

Killjoys play host to Babes during only stop of West Kootenay Roller Derby Saturday at NDCC Arena

by Nelson Daily Sports on 19 Jun 2013
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Killjoys play host to Babes during only stop of West Kootenay Roller Derby Saturday at NDCC Arena

Saturday’s opening West Kootenay Roller Derby tilt at the NDCC Arena in Nelson promises to be a grudge match of the ages.

That’s because the last time Salmo’s Babes of Brutality and Nelson Killjoys met, the Heritage City squad came out the winner thanks to a technical error.

“It is custom in the sport of roller derby to go over the officials paper work after a close bout to check that the score was added up correctly,” a Killjoys team spokesperson said of Saturday's West Kootenay Roller Derby Doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. in the NDCC Arena in Nelson.

NPD forced to Taser combative man who stabbed himself Saturday in Fairview

by Nelson Daily staff on 19 Jun 2013
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NPD forced to Taser combative man who stabbed himself Saturday in Fairview

A Nelson Police officer was forced to  use a Taser to calm a man who had stabbed himself Sunday (June 16) in lower Fairview.

The call was one of 80 responded to by officers during a busy weekend that saw police deal with numerous house party calls Saturday night.

The Taser incident began when NPD dispatchers received a call reporting a man had stabbed himself before fleeing his place of work.

B.C. Ambulance was also requested to attend the scene.

When Nelson police arrived they found the man sitting on the curb in lower Fairview.

Provincial & National

B.C. wildfire personnel head to Alaska

by Trail Champion on 19 Jun 2013
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B.C. wildfire personnel head to Alaska

The Wildfire Management Branch is sending personnel and resources to Alaska to aid in fire suppression efforts, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced today.

"B.C.'s wildland firefighters are recognized as the world's best,” Thomson said. “We're pleased to be able to lend assistance to other jurisdictions when we are able."

Reinventing progressive politics

by Murray Dobbin on 18 Jun 2013
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Reinventing progressive politics

We are so accustomed to the connection between political parties and democracy that to question the relationship between the two might seem absurd. But for those who recognize the multiple crises faced by humanity — the destruction of our environment, climate change, the ravages of unfettered finance capital, the undeniable limits to growth — the failure of our liberal, multi-party democracies seems increasingly obvious.

To many people, the millions who can’t even be bothered to vote, they are simply irrelevant.

International

New state in US?

by Wikinews on 19 Jun 2013
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New state in US?

Citing anger over state policies, commissioners from the northeastern Colorado counties of Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma, and Kit Carson expressed interest, at a meeting in early June, in withdrawing from Colorado to form a new U.S. state, named "North Colorado".