Retiring long-term volunteers, baseball field upgrades and the withdrawal of two key teams has lead to the cancellation of the 2013 Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament scheduled for the last week in August. The Grand Forks International Baseball Society Board of Directors made the official announcement today, Friday, March 15. “We’re (financially) viable and have […]

Police are asking any witnesses of a roadside arrest March 8 to please talk to police, according to RCMP Cpl. Ryan Fehler. “On March 8 at approximately 10:20 p.m., a member of the Slocan Lake RCMP attempted to execute a traffic stop with a camper van that was southbound on Hwy 6 near Hills, B.C.,” […]

Kootenay champion Myron Nichol is off to a sluggish start at the Williams Moving & Storage B.C. Mixed Curling Championships in Vancouver. Nichol, third Heather Nichol, both of Castlegar and Nelson’s Jamie (third) and Marlo (lead) Tedesco lost 8-4 to Keith Switzer and 9-4 to Fizz McKie during the first two draws Thursday. Switzer scored […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Forecasters at the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) are warning Kootenay Boundary residents to avoid all avalanche terrain until after the weekend. The danger is high in both alpine and treeline terrain and considerable below treeline. This means that travelers should make careful snowpack evaluations down below and avoid travel […]

The West Kootenay Transit Committee (WKTC) received an update from BC Transit on the West Kootenay Regional Transit project on March 13. Kevin Schubert, Regional Transit Manager, outlined the gains that have been realized by the region working together. The highlights include: • Increased regional service which will add two more trips to the Nelson […]

Playoff hockey is returning to the NDCC Arena. Only the home team will not be wearing Green and White. The Selkirk Saints will be the new home team as the squad opens the BCIHL best-of-three championship Friday in the NDCC Arena against Simon Fraser University. The venue move was necessary after Castlegar Rebels defeated the […]

This time is was Castlegar’s turn to win a Game seven playoff series against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Still stinging from a crushing Game seven loss to the Hawks a year ago, the Rebels got to taste from the victory cup when Diego Bartlett put the puck past Beaver Valley netminder Jarrod Schamerhorn 15 minutes […]

The Kootenay Music Awards are returning this year after a raucous event last year at The Royal. Title sponsor The Nelson Brewing Company has come on board and Black Press has partnered with KMA founder Chad Hansen to ensure the awards not only continue but flourish in the years to come as a fundraising opportunity […]

Mota Automotive Ltd completed a Cinderella season by topping Adrenaline Adventures 82-76 to captured the Trail Men’s Basketball League title recently in the Silver City. Steve Mota led the charge for the third-place regular season finishers with a game-high 26 points. Minko Mulic and Dylan Fitzpatrick each scored 18 points for Mota Automotive Ltd. Keelan […]

The Castlegar Fire Department has the search for a new full-time deputy fire chief well in hand, according to Fire Chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said they can't post the job until the 2013 budget is adopted (anticipated to happen at council's regular meeting this coming Monday), but they're already writing up the job description...