Two snowmobile accidents underline the importance of caution
Police responded to two serious snowmobile crashes in the region in as many days, perhaps offering a cautionary tale to local snowmobile enthusiasts. The Fernie RCMP responded to a report of a fatal snowmobile collision in the Burton Lake Rd area off of Hwy 3 on Dec. 27 at around 4 p.m., accordign to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk....
Bassett earns inaugural ride on Whitewater's Glory Ridge Chair
By The Nelson Daily Sports Marley Bassett of Nelson has won the right to the first ride heading up the new Glory Ridge triple chair at Whitewater Ski Resort. The twenty-something Bassett had the winning ticket during the raffle draw Monday at Whitewater. Bassett now joins two of friends on the first chair when the […]
Small contingent of Leafs earn All Star status
By The Nelson Daily Sports It’s a rather small contingent of Nelson Leafs that heads to Fernie next month to attend the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League All Star weekend. Five players, including two veterans, made the grade to play in the All Star and Prospects games in January. Headlining the list is the Leafs’ […]
Ice snap winless skid against Rockets
By The Nelson Daily Sports Time to break up the Kootenay Ice. For the second consecutive weekend the Ice scored a three-point weekend, this time against the Okanagan Rockets in B.C. Major Midget Hockey League action at the Capital New Centre in Kelowna. And it could have been better has Kootenay not blown a 4-1 […]
Midget Reps post weekend sweep of Trail
By The Nelson Daily Sports The Castlegar/Nelson Midget Reps exploded for 19 goals in two games to head into the Christmas break on a high note. Castlegar/Nelson bounced Trail Tier III 10-2 and 9-3 in a pair of West Kootenay Minor Hockey League games during the weekend. The two wins improve the Reps season record […]
Cranbrook consultant shoots for Million
The Nelson Daily has learned a Cranbrook sales consultant could be humming the tune to the Barenaked Ladies “If I had a Million Dollars” song very soon. Barry Epp of the Key City was selected at random as the winner of TSN’s fifth annual, international award-winning million-dollar giveaway, the Chevrolet Cruze Million Dollar Shootout. On […]
Memo to rest of BCMMHL — Bring your A-Game to the Kootenays
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily Sports Another B.C. Major Midget Hockey League team realized the hard way there are no easy games to be had in the Kootenays. The Kootenay Ice took three of four points from the North Island Silvertips in BCMMHL action during the weekend in Castlegar. The Ice road the red hot […]
Kootenays shutout at B.C. Interior Men's Curling Championships
By The Nelson Daily Sports Vernon will have some strong representation at the upcoming B.C. Men’s Curling Championship after the Aron Herick and Darin Heath rinks of the Central Okanagan City qualified for the provincial tournament followings wins at the Men’s Interior playdowns Sunday in Kamloops. Herick, third Tobin Senum, second Marc Fillion and lead […]
Pineapple Express brings considerable avalanche danger
Avalanche risk is considerable at the alpine and tree-line level in the West Kootenay backcountry, according to the Canadian Avalanche Centre. Heavy snow falling is expected to overload buried weak interfaces in the snow pack in the backcountry, even in sheltered locations, according to James Floyer of the CAC. Up to 40 centimetres of new […]
Wild, wacky weekend leads to 40-plus game suspensions
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily Sports There must have been a full moon hanging over the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League this past weekend. Why else would 16 players be suspended for a total of 44 games over three days? “I don’t know maybe it really was a full moon,” KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen said […]
