The Nelson Daily staffSki School goes new school at Whitewater Ski Resort this year with a revamp of the program and several new faces in the mix.Nelson born Brent Malysh has been named Whitewater’s new Snow School director, along with veteran local snowboarders Peter Velisek and Dano Slater — Big Mountain competitors, judges...

Organizers are strongly encouraging Castlegar residents to show up for a second rally aimed at persuading Interior Health to leave the Castlegar Health Centre's only ultrasound machine in Castlegar, instead of moving it to Trail. The original plan was to move the machine to Trail to complement the existing two machines at...

Remembrance Day ceremonies tomorrow will begin at 10:30 a.m. outside of West's department store on Third Street. From there, a procession will head east to the cenotaph at Kinsmen Park, arriving at around 10:50 a.m. The crowd will sing 'Oh Canada', then Mayor Lawrence Chernoff will open the program with remarks, these to be...

 Dear Minister Toews (Minister of Public Safety), I have just received a disturbing account by a young woman from my riding regarding her experience at the G20 Summit in Toronto.  Enclosed please find her detailed explanation of her arrest.   It is important to state that I am not writing to discuss the Summit itself, but...

A motorcyclist was sent to hospital Nov. 5 after a collision at the intersection of Broadwater Road and the Robson Access Road. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said police received a call about an accident at about 5:35 p.m. “It appears that a truck was going to turn onto the Robson Access Road, and didn't see the motorcycle...

 Two 18-year-old suspects have been arrested and are facing charges after two residential break-and-enters in the city. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said the first break-and-enter, on Oct. 23 on Chickadee Lane, saw jewelery stolen, while the second, on Bridgeview Crescent on Nov. 7, saw several thousands of dollars in ...

Parents of missing 24-year-old Australian Owen Rooney filed a complaint with Interior Health Authority questioning the adequacy of his care and the hospital’s risk management of the situation while RCMP continue their efforts to locate the man.   RCMP released video footage today to once again ask the public for help to find Rooney who […]

 Edison Peña, one of the 33 miners who had been trapped underground in the San José copper-gold mine in Copiapó,Chile, participated on Sunday in the 41st annual New York City Marathon. Peña had arrived at the city on Thursday, and had been invited by the New York Road Runners, organizers of the marathon. Before the marathon began, Peña and Mayor of […]

The Crime Prevention unit of the Trail RCMP have issued a warning today regarding an e-mail and phone fraud scam that has been taking place across Canada and in our own backyard in the Kootenays over the past week. Police are urging citizens to use extra caution when receiving what appears to be either a phone […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The hatchet was unearthed and reburied last Thursday as the regional district directors put another patch over a long-standing feud, with some measure of solace achieved in the process. The allotting of BC Hydro grants in lieu of taxes money has created a rift on the 20-person Regional...