Dear Readers, This is a message from the aunt of the beautiful girl who was in the fatal April 20 accident in Castlegar. I would like you to read this, and have it in your mind the next time (God forbid) something of this nature happens. Facebook is an amazing site, that can be used […]

UPDATE: Police looking to thank people who saved man’s life Grand Forks RCMP and the Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department are looking for the people responsible for saving the man who’s car wound up in the creek outside Christina Lake over the weekend. The 39 year-old Burnaby man who was pulled from the wreckage of […]

Ed. Note: the following is a press release issued by West Kootenay Traffic Services Cpl. John Ferguson: On the 20th of April  at 1325 hours (1:25 p.m.) the Castlegar RCMP, Castlegar Fire Department and the West Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a two vehicle fatal collision on Robson Access Road and Pass Creek Road, Castlegar. […]

The JUNO Awards are ready to cap off a weekend of entertainment Sunday evening on CTV with the annual ceremony. This year the JUNO’S  have a bit of a Nelson Flavour with the John McCauig Band performing during JUNOFEST, the lead up to Sunday’s finale. The JUNO Awards are presented annually to Canadian music artists  […]

Someone in Castlegar – or at least someone who shops in Castlegar – may not realize they’re $74,434.70 richer. BC Lottery Corporation communication officer Kim Steibart said the winning ticket sold in Castlegaar (one of 20 across the country to win this amount) for the April 13 draw has not yet been claimed. She said […]

A male living in the 15800 block of North Bluff Road in White Rock was assaulted by two would-be robbers. The 22-year-old victim interrupted a home invasion to his residence just before noon and was hit in the head by a male with a crowbar, but was able to fend the assailant and his partner […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily The owner of the Royal on Baker arrived in Nelson Thursday to inventory what is left at the bar, after a dispute with the bar’s tenants left the pub doors locked and acts cancelled. “This is hurting my efforts to find a replacement tenant,” said Luke Menkes, who bought […]

The following is a press release issued by police on April 19:   Further to the media release sent out yesterday, Zachary Knodel was located late last night. Knodel did end up going to a family members house in the lower mainland. Police will be requesting Ministry of Children and Families follow up the child and parent. The...

People in the least well‐off areas of British Columbia are dying sooner than those in better‐off areas, according to new figures from the Health Officers Council of BC. Overall life expectancy in BC has improved, but in less affluent areas of the province life expectancy has remained much the same or even declined. In an...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Frustrated with government bureaucracy, Winlaw artist Pete Corbett took brush in hand with fellow Penticton artist Glenn Clark, and they painted their way along the proposed route of the Enbridge pipeline. Corbett, 51, and Clark, 53 have been painting buddies for years. They exhibit together at the Lloyd Gallery […]