The Lakeside soccer pitch was filled with players eager to be part of the Whitecaps FC Kootenay Academy as evaluators looked at girls and boys from 10 to 18 years of age during tryouts Wednesday. More than 90 players attended the second day of the two-day evaluation session headed up by Dave Spendlove of Soccer […]

During his brief speed skating career Scott Bickerton has hit his share of ruts in the ice. Which can be par for the course in a sport when you’re an up-and-coming athlete. However, like a youngster falling during the first time on skates the happy-go-lucky Nelsonite is eager to get back on the blades in […]

A 25 year-old time capsule that was stored in the vault of the Grand Forks City Hall basement in August of 1987 will see the light of day during the regular city council meeting next week. The public is invited into council chambers at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4 to witness the opening and […]

The long awaited design for a new Nelson transfer station is set to be completed this November according to Mike Morrison, Regional District Central Kootenay resource recovery manager. The estimated $3 million project, with construction beginning in the spring of 2013, is replacing the current transfer site at Lakeside Drive...

Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew says two Castlegar residents experienced a young black bear up-close-and-personal last night (Aug. 27) in the south end of Castlegar.   “At 9:15 p.m., Castlegar RCMP received a call from a man on 12 Avenue, stating that there was a bear in his house,” she said. “He had been sitting at […]

Update: RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison said the house on a Christina Lake property was completely destroyed by fire yesterday, along with three outbuildings on the property. “The house is completely totalled – it collapsed into the basement,” he said. “It’s just a smoking hole in the ground, now.” He said three outbuildings were likewise […]

A wildfire that may have started from a burning structure is being contained on Fife Road in Christina Lake this evening. Christina Lake Fire Rescue Department, the Southeast Fire Centre and the Grand Forks Fire Rescue have been fighting back the estimated 1 hectacre fire since about 5 p.m. this afternoon, Monday, Aug. 27. “The […]

BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter is visiting Nelson and Castlegar September 12-13 to present her findings re improving seniors’ care in BC,  with special reference to the West Kootenay area. Those organizing the visit to the area have scheduled events both Nelson & Castlegar at different times of the day in the hope that as many […]

A good friend of mine just had her 40th birthday. Her birthday request – for a small group of friends to go on a three-day hiking excursion up Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The kind of adventure where you pack EVERYTHING you will need to survive in the wilderness for several days into a ginormous 30-pound backpack and...

The City of Castlegar’s Water Smart Ambassador is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Sustainable Castlegar’s poster contest! Zoe Snowdon, age seven, and Bentley Ireland, age eight, produced beautiful drawings that won them each a super-soaker water gun as well as a rain barrel for their families, care of the City...