It’s an event that started as an idea to promote cycling in Nelson.Sixteen years later, the Fat Tire Festival has grown into a three-day extravaganza. Friday begins the 16th annual Nelson Fat Tire Festival. The Fat Tire Festival begins with group rides and a kick off party at Jackson’s Hole before the event really shifts […]

A dramatic accident/rescue took place in Pass Creek over the weekend, after an ATV and its driver went over a steep embankment. The driver, a 42-year-old Alberta man, spent an entire night with various broken bones before managing to contact help. The accident took place on Norns Road, approximately 10 kilometers from Castlegar. “It looks […]

A knife-wielding woman broke into a Victoria Street home Friday night and threatened the home’s two occupants. The woman allegedly entered the home, smashed a bottle and threatened the two people with a knife. Although one of the people was able to call the police, when they arrived the woman had fled and they were […]

Squatters are believed to be the blame of a small fire that occurred in the early afternoon of Friday, August 19 west of Nelson near the CPR tracks. The fire was caused as a result of an abandoned campfire near a squatter’s camp. Members of the Beasley Fire Department, at the time assisting the 2011 […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsThe top two teams will duke it out in the championship game of the West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League.Salmo’s Babes of Brutality booked its ticket to the September 11th title game by stopping the Dam City Rollers of Castlegar 180-106 in semi final action Friday at the...

August 20, 2011
Toronto, OntarioDear Friends,Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination.Unfortunately...

August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario  Dear Friends,   Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank eachand every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination.Unfortunately...

Opposition leader Jack Layton died Monday morning at his home. The Layton family announced the sudden passing in a statement. Layton had been battling cancer and recently stepped down as federal NDP leader. He, however, had hoped this would be a short time away from politics, optimistic to return when Parliament resumed next month. “We […]

The Vallican Whole Community Centre, originally the epicentre of the counterculture movement in this part of the West Kootenays, is celebrating its 40th birthday with a three-day party Aug. 26-28. Who can believe it’s 40 years since this wild and crazy bunch of dreamers built the most beautiful hall in the Kootenays? Several of the […]

At Millennium Park in Castlegar, shootout was the name of the game as the tie-breaker was needed to decide most of the medals during the sport of soccer at the 2011 West Kootenay B.C. Senior Games.
Unfortunately, for the host Zone 6 West Kootenay/Boundary medals were not in the cards as Vancouver Island South edged the hosts...