Christmas shoppers may have got more than they bargained for when out and about it Trail Friday, as several got to witness a single-vehicle accident followed by a Jaws-of-Life extrication. Trail RCMP Cpl Devon Reid said police got a call at around 2 p.m., regarding an MVI only about a mile down Highway 3B from the detachment...

Salmo RCMP is appealing to the public for information regarding a bonfire Saturday at the Salmo Ski Hill. RCMP Cpl. Riordan Bellman said in a release the fire was still smouldering from the night before. “It appears as though party goers from the night before used tires to fuel a bonfire,” Cpl. Bellman said adding […]

Troy Petrick scored three times to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 9-6 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League shootout victory over the Castlegar Rebels Friday night at the NDCC Arena. The win allowed Nelson to sweep the home-and-home series. Nelson has not lost to Castlegar this season. For Petrick, the game marked the first multi-goal […]

The 20-year-old cold case of a former Crescent Valley resident is now heading back to trial. The B.C. Appeal Court agreed in a unanimous decision released Thursday to set aside the decision to convict Neil Snelson of Kelowna in the cold case killing of Jennifer Cusworth and order a new trial. Cusworth, a L.V. Rogers High...

A 38-year-old Castlegar man is in jail awaiting court after a stabbing in a west Trail residence on Wednesday. According to Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton, police received a call at roughly 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 18. "Two individuals got into an argument, which escalated into a fight, which resulted in one stabbing the other with a ...

There’s a glimmer of hope in the Kaslo Victorian Community Health Centre saga. The Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Room hours were scheduled to change to weekday, daytime hours of operation on Monday, January 6, 2014. However, there’s been a new proposal made by a group of physicians. Doctors informed Interior Health officials the group […]

A prolific offender is facing jail time after a brief altercation with police, according to Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) C/O Cpl. Darryl Orr. "On Dec.12, members of the Trail Crime Reduction Unit received information that a local prolific offender was hiding in an East Trail residence," Orr said. "The offender,Trevor Isenor (35...

Travis Wellman continues to hold the hot hand for the Nelson Leafs. The Calgary native increased his consecutive point streak to 10 games sparking the Nelson Leafs to a 6-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the hometown Castlegar Rebels Thursday night in the Sunflower City. Wellman, finishing the game with four points, scored […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Uncertainty continues for Johnsons Landing residents who lost property in the devastating landslide July 12, 2012 that claimed four lives. Chair John Kettle of the Regional District of Central Kootenay has extended the evacuation order prohibiting anyone from occupying the Gar Creek drainage, claiming there is an unacceptable risk […]

“Once our personal connection to what is wrong becomes clear, then we have to choose: we can go on as before, recognizing our dishonesty and living with it as best we can, or we can begin the effort to change the way we think and live.”                                                                                         ...