By Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation As construction on the Kootenay Lake Hospital’s new emergency ward nears completion, there will soon be a need to fill the new space with equipment.In response, two hospital auxiliaries have laid down a combined $37,200 for two pieces of equipment, setting an impressive tone for this year’s...

The Nelson Skateboard Park is in fifth place in the Aviva Community Fund’s million-dollar question voting.As of Friday, the submission by the Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skatepark Society (KLOSPS) sat at 1,953 votes, around 1,300 behind the first place leader. With the next round of voting beginning last Monday, KLOSPS has begun ...

 While everyone is commenting on the bizarre happenings in provincial politics of late, it’s worth noting that Castlegarians can find ample weirdness in their own backyards – literally. Police were called to the Woodland Park Housing Co-op this morning to investigate what appears to be an effort to bait bears or other animals. Castlegar RCMP […]

 Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy released the following statement concerning her position on the opposition caucus executive. I have resigned my position as Whip for the Opposition caucus. Caucus was informed of my decision today.   The position of Whip is elected by caucus members and it is a role that I have held unchallenged...

The Nelson Daily staffAn 18-year-old Mount Sentinel student is reported to be in serious, but stable condition at the Trail Regional Hospital following a highway accident west of the junction at South Slocan near Shoreacres Thursday morning.Michael Reinhart was cycling on Highway 3A when he somehow left the shoulder of the ...

City council, at its regular meeting Monday night, voted to pay $4,350 for inclusion in a SnowSeekers promotion designed to funnel ski tourists for Rd Mountain and White Mountain through the Castlegar's regional aiport. "The West Kootenay Regional Airport would be promoted as 'the' airport ...to access the two ski hills,"...

Polce have released the name of an 81-year-old man who succumbed to his injuries in hospital after a head-on collision near Fairview Monday. Frederick William Pearce, of Trail, died from injuries sustained when the vehicle in which he was a passenger crossed the centre line of Highway 22 and hit a truck head-on. The driver ...

 An 18-year-old Castlegar man has been convicted in the courts of Possession of Child Pornography (this case is not related to the case heard in court yesterday, involving a 24-year-old local man's activities on Facebook). The 18-year-old received a sentence of 14 days in jail, along with three years of probation. He also...

 A court appearance today has not led police to desist with an ongoing investigation into the activities of a 24-year-old Castlegar man accused of several sex-related offenses. The male was originally charged in early September, with two counts of sexual interference, two counts of sexual assault, one count of possession of...

An 81-year-old local man has succumbed to injuries he sustained during a car crash Monday that sent seven people to hospital. The man was a passenger in the first vehicle, which strayed across the centre line and hit an oncoming truck head on. The driver and other passenger of that first car remain in hospital with serious ...