"From-ruin-to-riches" may end up being the theme of the Kinnaird Bluffs story, after concerned residents banded together to save the site and are now contemplating loftier goals than mere preservation. Vince Hempsall, of The Association of West Kootenay Rock Climbers (TAWKROC), told Castlegar city council (at its regular...

Nelson Police are advising the public to be on alert after the department received a report overnight that three wolves being sighted in the Rosemont area.  The complainant the wolves were observed at approximately 5 p.m. and that the wolves were chasing a deer at the time. The Nelson Police Department would like to remind ...

Car crashes – one in Trail on Saturday and another in Castlegar Monday night – had onlookers concerned and asking The Source/Champion for follow-up details. A collision in Trail near the intersection of Goodwin Way and Highway 3B (near the mall) at just after 8 a.m. Saturday morning was characterized by one reader as looking...

RCMP said a woman and two friends were rescued early Monday (February 15) morning after getting stranded and off course in the Boulder Mountain area near Revelstoke. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a media release the search was started by the woman's boyfriend reported the party overdue from a snowmobile outing near Revelstoke. ...

If building late-season drama was the goal, the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) schedule-makers couldn’t have planned it any more perfect. With time running out on the regular season, over the next two weeks the Selkirk College Saints and Simon Fraser University Clan will lock horns in three pivotal...

There are going to be a lot of familiar faces at the 2016 Tim Horton’s Brier in Ottawa. And Jim Cotter is one of them. The Vernon skip reeled off six consecutive victories en route to his third consecutive BC Men’s title at the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance Curling Championships Sunday night at the Nelson Curling Club. The...

RoboGames sponsors gathered in Castlegar in advance of the fourth Annual RoboGames, taking place this Saturday (February 20) at Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus in Nelson. A Kootenay Association for Science and Technology/GLOWS/Nelson Tech Club initiative, RoboGames has doubled in size over last year’s event with 40 plus...

You could tell by the tone in Ryan Kuhn’s post game interview the job is far complete for Vernon’s Jim Cotter rink. There was no jumping for joy following the post-game handshake after the ninth end. No tossing of the brooms into the air after Cotter nailed his second shot to score three in the ninth. This team from the...

The Castlegar Rebels completed a weekend sweep of the Nelson Leafs, doubling the Green and White 6-3 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night at the NDCC Arena. Chris Breese, Mike Bhotoa and Tayden Woods, also finishing with a pair of goals, led the Rebels each with three points. Castlegar led 3-2 after […]

Sean Geall has already had a great week after seeing first hand the birth of his third child. The Royal City skip added to the excitement after qualifying for the Page Playoff 1-2 game Saturday at the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men’s Curling Championships by outlasting Glen Jackson of Victoria 5-1 in the B-Final Friday...