Strike action at schools across the province has been averted with the announcement of a tentative deal between the province and school support workers, according to a press release issued today. "The provincial bargaining committee working with the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) and the unions...

The Kootenay Boundary Regional RCMP is pleased to announce the Steven Schroff of Nakusp has been located safe and sound. RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little said police received a call Friday at 8:50 a.m. from the sister of Schroff advising the Nakusp man had heard the announcement on the radio and called to say he was safe. Schroff, 55,...

While newly-elected city councillor Florio Vassilakakis, after his landslide victory in Saturday's byelection, prepares to be sworn in at council's Oct. 7 meeting (he won by 408 votes, compared to the next-closest candidate's 244), mayor Lawrence Chernoff, councillors Dan Rye, Kevin Chernoff and Gord Turner, along with city...

Dear Editor: We are concerned citizens of Pass Creek, Robson and Raspberry who have united in a campaign to protect Pass Creek watersheds from the negative effects of road building and logging, and to preserve our scenic and wildlife corridor. The Rialto Creek/Ladybird mountain area provides domestic drinking and agricultural...

A 20-year-old cold case of a former Nelson resident may be heading back to trial. CBC reported Wednesday the Kelowna man convicted of killing Nelson’s Jennifer Cusworth, Neil George Snelson, has appealed to B.C. Court for a new trial. Snelson was convicted of killing Cusworth in 2011 and handed a 15-year sentence. Cusworth, a L.V. […]

Scott Patterson scored three times, and Devin Kero pitched a 28-save shutout as the Merritt Centennials upended the Smoke Eaters 5-0 in Trail Tuesday. The loss was Trail’s third on home ice to start the season and for the second consecutive game, the home side outshot its opposition only to draw a blank on the […]

The BC Coroners Service has released the name of the woman killed in Sunday’s car crash near Beasley. She was Katherine Claire Hiles, aged 31, of Winlaw. “Ms. Hiles was the driver of a car which was involved in a head-on collision with a Jeep on Highway 3A, near the intersection with Curtis Road near […]

After getting beat up a lot during the expansion season the Nelson Killjoys went from rags to riches en route to clinching the 2013 West Kootenay Roller Derby Championship with a convincing 244-130 victory over Salmo's Babe of Brutality at the Rossland Arena. Nelson built up a 130-70 halftime advantage before coasting to the...

At approximately 1:48 p.m. Sept. 15, the Nelson RCMP attended to a collision on Blewett Road, where a large white Ford motor home rolled down the embankment near Carlson Road as it was eastbound, according to RCMP Cpl. Michael Stefani “Apparently a westbound vehicle was on or over the centre line and possibly contributed to […]

UPDATED   Margaret Arnet McMurtrie, 85, of Grand Forks was killed on Sunday, Sept. 15 in a single-car rollover. The accident happened on Hwy. 33, 14 km North of Westbridge.  The accident happened in the early afternoon after the car went off the road and rolled in the ditch. McMurtrie was declared deceased at the […]