Nelson Police Department would like to thank the public for helping in the locating of a missing local girl. "(The missing person advisory has been) rescinded as the missing person has been located alive and well," said Sergeant Nate Holt. "As always, thank you for your assistance." Nelson Police ask for public assistance in...

The Castlegar Community Harvest Food Bank is starting their Christmas campaign, and they need you! “We need to raise a significant amount of money to cover the costs of the weekly food bank, three meals per week at the Drop In, the monthly Shelter rent and Christmas Hamper costs,” said coordinator Deb McIntosh. “We cater to...

The Rotary Club of Trail has made a generous donation of $10,000 to the Trail Riverfront Centre, the City’s soon-to-be new constructed integrated library and museum.  Rotary’s donation to the City of Trail will help offset the capital cost of construction for the building and will be acknowledged with a designated “Rotary...

The week before Remembrance Day, members of the 131 Kootenay, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets were hard at work on the Trail Cenotaph planting tulip bulbs. The cadets, working with Communities in Bloom, planted red and white tulip bulbs. These tulips will bloom around the Cenotaph with the colours of Canada’s Flag during the Canada’s 150th […]

There’s been a flood of posts recently contrasting a naked or near-naked Melania Trump with Michelle Obama looking elegant. Alt-right criticism of Michelle, almost without exception, is abhorrent and racist. But is unfair criticism of one woman *in any way* addressed by inviting ridicule and mockery of another? Michelle is extraordinary. She would be a […]

The Dam City Rollers are excited to get our seventh season rolling - We're starting it off with a home game. Two high caliber local teams, the Dam City Rollers of Castlegar will face off against the Nelson Killjoys.. This game will be full of big hits, fast, agile jamming and strategic blocking. "The game is changing; it's ...

To The Editor: Did you replace the batteries in your smoke alarm after changing the clocks back for Daylight Saving Time? With apologies to Saskatchewan residents, who do not adjust their clocks, safety advocates have often repeated this handy mnemonic device as an easy way to remember that batteries in smoke alarms must be...

All weather aircraft access will improve greatly at the Trail Regional Airport (YZZ), starting this winter.  Effective January 5, 2017, YZZ will have the official approval from NAV CANADA to allow lower landings from the north and south approaches. The City of Trail has been working on this new system with JetPro, an Alberta-based...

Turning an eye to the next 50 years of post-secondary learning in our region, the community is invited to the Selkirk College Gala 2016 where students of today showcase talents being honed for their future. The annual gala is a highlight of the pre-Christmas social calendar, bringing together Selkirk College supporters at Nelson’s Mary Hall […]

Just in time for the coming ski season, the Castlegar Nordic Ski Club has completed the installation of two new ski trail bridges at the Paulson Ski Trails, located along highway 3 near the Paulson summit, 32 km. west of Castlegar.  The new bridges replace old log structures crossing Big Sheep Creek on the club’s Short-Loop...