There's a happy ending in the searcg for missing backcountry skier Edward Perello. RCMP Staff Sgt. Leanne Tuchscherer has confirmed that, as of 11:15 a.m. Search and Rescue have located the 47-yer-old Ymir resident.  "Perello is being extracted from his location and willl be taken to a waiting ambulance," Sgt. Tuchscherer in...

The Nelson RCMP with the assistance of bthree Search and Rescue teams are searching for a missing skier believed to be in the vicinity of the Whitewater ski hill, Nelson, BC. The missing skier has been identified as Edward Perello, 47 years old. He went skiing alone at approximately 8 a.m. on Dec. 8 and […]

On Dec. 7, Quesnel RCMP requested the public to be vigilant in locking their doors and securing their homes after an unknown male broke into a residence in the 4000 block of Hixon Road and assaulted a female occupant early that morning.  On Dec. 8 at 9:51 a.m., the Quesnel RCMP responded to a report of a sudden death of a...

Saints Learn Plenty on Trip to Lethbridge The Selkirk College Saints men’s hockey team took their game to the next level on a roadtrip east this past weekend and discovered they can hold their own against Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) competition. In a special pre-Christmas journey, the Saints traveled to Lethbridge, Alberta to take on […]

The L.V. Rogers Bombers started off the 2014-15 B.C. High School Boy’s Basketball season with a home court win Tuesday afternoon at the Hangar. The Bombers dumped Stanley Humphries Rockers 57-27 in a West Kootenay Boy’s exhibition contest. The game was the first of the season for both teams. The contest allowed the Bombers to […]

The Executive chair of the Selkirk College Students’ Union Local 4 Matthew Jameson is pleased with the recent decision by the college not to follow through with the recent provincial government decision to charge tuition fees for all adult upgrading courses, including ESL (English as a Secondary Language). Jameson “applauds”...

The late Kim Kratky was passionate about many things. Besides being an ardent West Kootenay mountaineer, he was a committed advocate for keeping the Jumbo valley wild. And he loved books. Kratky’s career as an English instructor dated back to 1969 and his varied and extensive book collection reveals his love of English and ...

Trail RCMP are dealing with a bizarre set of circumstances that saw a Suzuki SUV submerged in the Columbia River last night. RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke says there was no one in the car when police found it, but the Search and Rescue jet boat has been deployed to search the river as a precaution. Oelke said the situation is a...

The Kootenay Ice are going to get a fantastic Christmas present in the form of an abundance of home games after spending most of the current BC Major Midget Hockey League season on the road. Kootenay plays 14 of its next 18 games in West Kootenay arenas after completing a horrendous part of the schedule […]

Nelson RCMP are urging the public to be aware of phone scam circulating through the area after receiving calls from the public regarding money sent to a person claiming to be a nephew in trouble.  RCMP Cst. Bill Long said in a media release the police received two separate reports of this scam. Cst. Long said the story had ...