Highways 3A and 6 at the Playmore junction between Castlegar and Nelson were closed tonight after a car burst into flame. Crescent Valley fire chief Glenn Leidloff said the incident was totally unrelated to the storms that plagued the area earlier in the day. “We got the call at roughly 8 p.m., and we were […]

Motorists drove through water up to headlights and a man frolicked in a rubber dinghy on Baker Street but the City of Nelson escaped major damage after Mother Nature dumped upwards of 50 millimeters of rain on the West Kootenay Tuesday afternoon. “All of Ward Street was like a raging river . . .. The […]

The storm already seems to be slacking, but chances are the consequences are just beginning to be felt after a fierce thunderstorm pummelled Castlegar Tuesday afternoon. Source readers reported sunny skies in Trail and along Highway 3, but as drivers drew near Genelle at roughly 2:30 p.m., they were treated to hot sun and a […]

By: Jordan Bateman, Director Canadian Taxpayers Federation With just ten months until the next provincial election, the lifeboats are starting to fill up as MLAs of both political persuasions look to leave the ship of state. That means one thing: millions of dollars in pension payouts, primarily funded by taxpayers. Dave Hayer...

Two teams continue to search the Johnsons Landing landslide, where two people are still missing and presumed dead. According to BC Coroner’s Service spokesperson Barb McLintock, communications are better today, with radio contact available, but as of 2:30 p.m., there was nothing new to report. “There are two search teams, one searching along the line […]

Large crevices and sinkholes appearing in the Grand Forks slag piles along the Granby river were cause for serious investigation today. The changes in the slag piles were noted by Pacific Abrasives Ltd. and city crews.  "If the entire slag pile shifts and lands in the river we could see the Granby running through town on 2nd...

The Kootenay to Kitimat Caravan to protest Enbridge’s plans for a northern tar sands pipeline made one of their first stops in a 10 day journey in Grand Forks today gathering support and raising awareness. Meeting a small gathering of locals at Gyro Park on Highway 3, the four men, Keith Wiley, Michael Gilfillan, Tom Nixon ...

The BC Coroners Service is confirming that the recovery team found a second human body Monday afternoon at the site of the Johnson Landing mudslide on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake. “We did find remains of a female this afternoon, (however) identification has been not confirmed,” Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe told The Nelson Daily […]

There's been another massive mudslide, this time near the Village of Fairmount Hot Springs in the East Kootenay. At 4:38 p.m. local time, Columbia Valley RCMP received a call of a mud slide near the East Kootenay resort. Mud and debris thundered down the mountain side closing parts of Fairmount including Highway 93/95. "We've...

The BC Coroners Service announced during a briefing Sunday in Kaslo the rescue operation at Johnson Landing has been changed to a recovery operation. “You were informed this afternoon that the site had no longer deemed a search and rescue operation but now would be a recovery operation,” Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe told the media […]