The Nelson Eagles finished 2-1 at the U17 KMBA Boys Basketball Tourney this past weekend in Kelowna. The Eagles, consisting of players mostly from L.V. Rogers High School and Castlegar, defeated KMBA Reps from Kelowna in the consolation final Sunday. “(We) caught the KMBA squad on the back end of a double-header and took full […]

Chase Gilbertson scored two tries to lead the L.V. Rogers Bombers to a convincing 43-0 romp over Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries Rockers in the Kootenay High School Boy’s Rugby Championship Wednesday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch in Nelson. LVR, the defending Kootenay Champion, now advances to the BC High School Boy’s AA Rugby Championships May 27-30 […]

Ed Note: I should, by rights, accompany this article with a topless photo, not a head shot. But, ironically, I believe I would be imprisoned for doing so … even though we sexualize everything from orange juice to alcohol in every media ranging from newspapers (Sunshine girls), TV, radio, etc. We spend billions of dollars […]

New Shelters Coming, Old Shelters Going Under the community-generated Management Plan for the Rossland Range Recreation Site, some new day-use shelters will be built  to replace the older, rodent-infested but beloved structures that so many of us have happily skied or snowshoed to, and  used to warm up,  toast sandwiches or heat up soup, and […]

Swiftwater Search and Rescue team has now been called out to help find a man missing from the Beasley area since Friday (for original story, click here). South Columbia SAR president Mike Hudson (and search manager for this incident) said five SAR teams and one Swiftwater team are looking for 21-year-old John Nichols, of...

Nelson RCMP said a Ridgewood Road homeowner experienced a rude awakening Tuesday night after a black bear entered the residence located five kilometers north of the Heritage City on the North Shore. Cpl. Michael Stefani of the Nelson RCMP said police dispatch received a call from the resident at 11 p.m. Tuesday of rustling ...

Nelson RCMP is asking of public assistance to find man last seen in the Beasley area, 15 kilometers west of Nelson on Highway 3A Monday, at 9 p.m., Nelson RCMP received a report of a missing person, John Nichols, age 21. Nichols arrived at a residence on Awesome View Rd in Beasley on Tuesday (May 5) to drop a friend off and...

Minister of Advanced Education Andrew Wilkinson had the opportunity to tour Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus on Friday and discuss the future of post-secondary in the West Kootenay-Boundary. Formerly the Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services, Wilkinson was appointed to his new cabinet post by Premier...

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations announced Monday that, effectively immediately, the Meadow Creek Cedar Forest Licence has been placed under notice for pending cancellation. The pending cancellation, the second in just over a year, is scheduled to take place on Aug. 7, 2015. The Forest Licence at...

Men may still hold the lion’s share of industrial jobs, but women are slowly, but surely, making a dent in those numbers. At the Nelson Commons job site, Selina Drake of Nelson is one of those trendsetters from the female side of the playing field. "I'm a rare breed," said Drake, who operates a dump truck for McNally Excavating....