This photo by Jonathan Provencal on Dec. 16 confirms that the animal whose den is under the Motherlode ski lift on Granite Mountain's Links' Line is, in fact, a female wolverine. “I was suspicious about the tracks,” Provencal said, referring to the widely held opinion that it was a lynx’s den. “They didn’t look like lynx...

Wide-spread rumours that a school bus flew off the road near Thrums and struck a tree this morning are inaccurate – but SD 20 superintendent Greg Luterbach said there is some truth to the rumour, insofar as buses being incapacitated by the weather today. “We had multiple buses stuck throughout the district today due to the ...

Last week Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that under the new guidelines, patients will no longer apply to Health Canada for medical marijuana, and home production will be phased out. Prior to the news The Nelson Daily reporter Erin Perkins talked with RCMP Kootenay Boundary regional detachment staff sergeant Dan Seibel and Nelson Police […]

And the winner is . . . Nelson/Rossland in the Powder Magazine Ski Town Throwdown contest. The West Kootenay rep went from underdog to champion in the Powder Magazine sponsored contest to find the best ski town in North America. Nelson/Rossland (Whitewater/Red Mountain) defeated Bozeman, Montana 11426 to 10572 in voting that ended Sunday. The […]

A conflict between two downtown business owners was discussed during a meeting this afternoon which included the two owners, a local liquor inspector, city director of Planning and Development Phil Markin, Castlegar top cop Sgt. Laurel Mathew, councillors Dan Rye and Kevin Chernoff, as well as Mayor Lawrence Chernoff. According...

Castlegar’s own Holly Smee is stunned and delighted to have garnered the support of more than 10,000 people just days after launching a Facebook campaign in response to recent tragedy. Smee, a 34-year-old mental health worker, said she got the idea on the same morning that a school shooting spree took the lives of 20 […]

Two representatives from the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) were in town yesterday to discuss ongoing concerns over a stretch of Highway 22 dubbed 'Million-Dollar Alley' because of the many accidents that have historically taken place there. The MoT recently completed an almost-$2-million Series of improvements to the...

Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house there was plenty of stirring, but not one goddamned louse. I had made extra sure we would all be nit-free, just in time for St. Nick to come down the chimney. We were over the pox, and the flu, and the cold, just holding our breath, worried […]

CBT Community Liaison Rona Park stopped by the Castlegar Community Harvest Food Bank with a $500 donation to support the food hamper program this holiday season. CBT is pleased to be supporting 30 food banks across the region this December.

Quick actions by a semi trailer driver averted what could have been a very serious accident on Highway 3A west of Nelson in the Bonnington area. At approximately 11:53 a.m. Monday, Nelson RCMP received a call from BC Ambulance Service reporting that they had received a telephone call from a motorist that there was a […]