The Selkirk Saints solidified its net for the upcoming B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season by inking two-time Cyclone Taylor netminder Aaron Oakley to a playing commitment. Oakley joins Selkirk following an outstanding three-year career in the Pacific Junior Hockey League with the Richmond Sockeyes and Abbotsford Pilots. The of Richmond product appeared at back-to-back Cyclone […]

Kerry Reed, Reel Adventures Charters Kootenay Lake Kerry Reed is back on the lake giving fishermen the straight goods on what’s happening on the water. Here’s is the July report. Kootenay Lake Well, June has come and gone. And the rain kept coming and going also.  Another wet month for the record books.  And again, […]

Castlegar native Shawn Horcoff has been traded by the Edmonton Oilers. The former Michigan State star was informed by the Oilers he has been traded to Dallas as Stars’ GM Jim Nill continues a rebuilding process. Horcoff is rumoured to be going to Dallas for a seventh round draft pick as well as 23-year old […]

The Nelson Killjoys started off fast and never looked back en route to a lopsided 282-93 victory over the Salmo Babes of Brutality in West Kootenay Roller Derby action Saturday at the NDCC Arena. The win is the second of the season for the Killjoys and gives the Nelson-based squad sole possession of top spot […]

It is official.  There will be a fixed-grip quad chair up Grey Mountain next season.  Howard Katkov, CEO of Red Mountain Resort, made the official announcement at Rafters on Thursday, which was followed by a groundbreaking ceremony.  The expansion adds 997 acres of terrain to the resort, bringing the total to 2,787.  This ranks Red […]

Discipline is the key item on the agenda as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League brain trust holds its annual general meeting beginning Friday at the Hume Hotel in Nelson. “We’re going to be talking a lot about supplemental discipline,” said KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen from the league office in Okanagan Falls. “As you know […]

Saturday’s opening West Kootenay Roller Derby tilt at the NDCC Arena in Nelson promises to be a grudge match of the ages. That’s because the last time Salmo’s Babes of Brutality and Nelson Killjoys met, the Heritage City squad came out the winner thanks to a technical error. “It is custom in the sport of […]

It’s official. Crawford Bay’s Kokanee Springs Golf Resort has been voted Most Scenic in Canada by Reader’s Digest Canada for Hole number five. Located on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, 40 kilometers north of Nelson, Kokanee Springs, a Norman Woods original course, is characterized by it’s long driving fairways, immense rolling greens, immaculate course […]

Tyler McKay concluded the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf circuit the way he started – with a victory. The Birchank golfer fired a 1-under-par 107 to edge Brenan Moroney and capture the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf title Sunday at the Balfour Golf Club. The tour championship was originally scheduled to be 36 […]

Morgan Lofstrom remembers hitting balls into the outfield at Queen Elizabeth Park. If all the planets align just right, someday the former Nelson Baseball Association player may get to smash pitches into the outfield at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball Draft Saturday selected […]