Regional News
by Nelson Daily Staff on Thursday Oct 10 2019
The Southeast District RCMP Major Crime Unit and the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment are now investigating the sudden death of the 47-year-old man RCMP said in a media release Thursday.
RCMP said Tuesday (October 8) at approximately 10 a.m., Nelson RCMP received a call of a deceased person in the Vallican area, 50 kilometers northwest of Nelson.
by Nelson Daily Staff on Wednesday Oct 09 2019
On Tuesday, in a media release, the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) announced it is resuming bargaining with WaterBridge Ferries and Waterbridge Equipment, operators of Francois Lake, Arrow Lake and Adams Lake ferries.
The news is not as good for ferry workers on Kootenay Lake.
by Contributor on Tuesday Oct 08 2019
The BC Hockey League announced today that the city of Cranbrook has been awarded an expansion franchise.
The Cranbrook Bucks will become the league’s 18th team and will begin play in the 2020-21 season, playing out of Western Financial Place in Cranbrook.
by Rossland Telegraph on Tuesday Oct 08 2019
UPDATE: The missing man has been found safe, and RCMP report that he "is being medically assisted."
Original story:
by Bob Hall on Monday Oct 07 2019
Winning a championship happens on the ice, but it’s off the ice where the culture to get a team to the title is built.
by Charles Jeanes on Monday Oct 07 2019
The moment, the prospects, the significance
This is my second and final column on the federal election at hand.
I write this feeling very uncertain about what Canadians want from politics. I have just recently told a friend in a conversation about the election – one of many – that I think conservatism in Canada is weak. But I wonder...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Monday Oct 07 2019
Nelson Hydro is alerting customers of a scam circulating in and around the power network the City of Nelson utility said in a recent media release.
Nelson Hydro said scammers are contacting customers by phone and telling the client they owe money and will be disconnected unless immediate payment is made via pre-paid credit cards or bitcoin.
by Timothy Schafer on Monday Oct 07 2019
If you think you smell a rat in New Denver, you could be right.
The village in the heart of the Slocan Valley could be contending with a rodent problem, said village regional district representative and councillor Colin Moss in a report to the Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors.
