J.D. Salinger once said, “Mothers are all slightly insane.” … and I could not agree more.  I mean, we have to be, in order to put up with all the chaos that raising children brings.  It’s a 24-hour job that consists of playing the roles of chef, chauffeur, nurse, referee, janitor, therapist, and teacher all while demanding ...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Shortcuts may be good for computer keyboards and barber shops, but they’re murder on hiking trail switchbacks. Thanks to a $6,500 grant from RDCK Areas E and F, a three person trail crew from the Castlegar Friends of Parks and Trails begins work on May 7 to upgrade the popular 1.8 km Pulpit...

Police have issued a release regarding an accident this morning that sent three Castlegar residents to hospitals.   "Two vehicles were travelling northbound on Highway 3a, with one of the vehicles in the merge lane just north of the entrance to Castlegar," said RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "The 85-year-old driver in the merge...

A quick thinking neighbour may have saved Park Street residents from injury after fire broke out Wednesday evening in the Uphill district of Nelson. At approximately 9:35 p.m., a neighbour in the 1400 block of Park Street noticed the roof of nearby residence was on fire. The neighbour quickly notified the occupants at home ...

Seventy mayors from across B.C., including our own Lawrence Chernoff, have concluded two days of meetings in Prince George, aimed at examining the challenges of B.C.’s communities and the sharing of best practices. In a press release, the B.C. Mayors' Caucus said, “The mayors dealt with a number of pressing issues common to...

A special meeting of Castlegar city council last night was all about the money, honey, as council doled out Community Initiatives funding and gave the 2013 tax bylaw first, second and third readings. The Community Initiatives funding, which is paid out by the Columbia Basin Trust based on council's recommendations, totalled...

When life brings you change it is often hard to shift gears to meet the new direction you need to head. Most of you have seen the new style of the Boundary Sentinel that arrived last week. The new look comes with a shift in the Sentinel as a whole. After bringing the Sentinel to life three years ago, and nurturing the business...

Things are getting interesting - a fourth candidate, independent Glen Byle from Trail, has thrown his hat into the ring for Kootenay West in the upcoming B.C. provincial election. Byle, a 26-year-old medical equipment repairman at KBRH, is also married and the father of a 10-month-old baby. "I am a young voter who never found...

It's time for a little fling this spring, as the eighth annual Spring Fling takes over Kinsman Park this Saturday. Organizer Peter Laurie said the one-day event will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with more than 25 vendors, two three-on-three hockey rinks, a main stage with live entertainment, and more. "The fire truck, police...

With Spring here and summer just around the corner, the Nelson West Kootenay Traffic Services and Nelson Integrated Road Safety Unit would like to remind the motoring public of some very important vehicle safety features.   Since 1990, it has been mandatory for Canadian vehicles to have daytime running lights; these are the...