RCMP in Castlegar is conducting a full investigation into a damaged Fortis BC fiber optics cable on right-a-way near a substation next to the Tarry’s Fire Hall across from Kalesnikoff Lumber at 2103 Highway 3A. Sometime in the past few days a coiled fiber optics cable attached to the side off of a power pole […]

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily It was a Murphy’s Law second period for the Nelson Leafs. Whatever the Green and White touched, or didn’t touch, turned to . . . well, I think Leaf hockey fans understand. The Castlegar Rebels exploded for five second period goal en route to a 5-3 Murdoch Division semi […]

Students and staff at L.V Rogers High School plan to join tens of thousands across Canada as part of “Pink Shirt Day” Wednesday. Pink Shirt Day is a nationwide movement that originated at Central Kings Rural High School in Cambridge, Nova Scotia more than a decade ago. There, two students witnessed a bully harassing and […]

Even police are describing an arrest in Nelson this afternoon as “bizarre”. “On Monday afternoon, Nelson Police responded to a report from a woman of an intruder in her Fairview residence,” said Nelson Police Department’s Sgt. Howie Grant. “When officers arrived on scene they found a 21-year-old Nelson man sitting at a computer desk in […]

I was encouraged, I really was, when Interior Health Authority (IHA) representative Linda Basran came to Castlegar to offer city council, and residents, an unqualified apology for the closure of Castlegar’s emergency ward for eight hours on Feb. 4. She acknowledged that communication around the closure was totally unacceptable,...

A local Conservation officer was forced to destroy a cougar this morning after a car accident left the animal injured near Blueberry, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew.   "At approximately 6 a.m., Castlegar RCMP responded to a motor vehicle accident in which a vehicle had struck a cougar on highway 22 in the Blueberry/Fairview...

In a rare split vote, city council decided 4 to 2 against sending a delegation to Castlegar’s sister city, Embetsu, Japan. Councillor Gord Turner, who serves as the chair for council’s Cultural and Civic Pride Committee, argued in favour of the expenditure at last Monday’s regular meeting, explaining that Embestu sent a large...

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Should the Nelson Leafs be even in its Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Murdoch Divisional playoff semi with the Castlegar Rebels? Or should the Rebels hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series? What is true is if the Leaf netminder Andrew Walton takes a night off or […]

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Kootenay Coldsmoke Powderfest is an annual grassroots gathering where both experienced and rookie backcountry skiers and snowboarders can celebrate life nestled in breathtaking scenery and world-renowned snow. It’s obvious from the cars and skiers flocking to Whitewater Resort the 2012 edition was a tremendous success. “I just love this […]

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Through eight regular season games each team won four times. Each team won twice in the other team’s rink. So it should come to no one’s surprise that after two Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff games the Castlegar Rebels and Nelson Leafs are knotted up at one game. […]