An intoxicated man spent the night in police cells after threatening staff at a local drinking establishment late Saturday (January 10) evening. Nelson Police were called to a bar at the 400 Block of Vernon Street to a report of a patron threatening staff. The 36-year-old man was asked by staff to leave the business. However,...

In less than three weeks millions of fans, football or not, will be parked in front of the television set to watch the Super Bowl. National Football League fans will be cheering for their favourite teams while others will be glued to the television to see what Anheuser–Busch, Apple, Go-Daddy and Doritos have dreamed up during...

Comments from the Minister of Energy and Mines have fueled the already burning controversy over new hunting regulations brought in by the government on December 10. East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett recently told the Province newspaper that the province “didn’t get it quite right”, saying they will go back to the drawing board...

Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin.  She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents.  She has recently completed a...

Most people in Nelson believe we need more housing for people who can’t afford market prices. Almost every candidate in the recent municipal election stated it as a priority, although they had few concrete suggestions. Solutions to affordable housing can come from at least three directions:  changes to the city’s zoning and regulation of existing […]

The Slocan Lake RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating a woman reported missing on Wednesday (January 7). Victoria Aguilar, 63, was last seen walking on Harold Street in the Village of Slocan a short distance from her home.    Aguilar, listed at 5'4" tall, medium build, fair complexion with freckles and a shaved...

An accident Monday saw one man sent to hospital after being struck by a snow plow, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. “On Jan. 5 at approximately 2:21 p.m., Castlegar RCMP were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Columbia Avenue and 9th Street,” she said in a press release issued this afternoon. “Investigation...

Dear Editor, I’m writing this because I am just livid.My neighbour is 70 years old. She has suffered a stroke, has had two heart attacks, and multiple surgeries on her pancreas. She is not in good health, to say the least. Doesn't stop her though, she was out shoveling snow yesterday! She is leaving tomorrow for surgery on ...

Police are crediting residents’ good driving habits for the lack of injury in a head-on crash of a semi truck and a Honda CRV on Highway 3B in front at AM Ford yesterday. At roughly 5 p.m., according to RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke, a red Honda CRV was travelling westbound and slid into oncoming traffic – directly into a semi truck...

The alleged robber who evaded police for weeks was sentenced to five months in jail Tuesday in Nelson Provincial Court after a botched escape attempt from a deputy sheriff in September. Andrew Stevenson, 34, was handed a five month sentenced by Judge Don Sperry. The sentence was one month longer than crown and defence agreed...