Cpl. Voisine dies in tragic diving accident
Cpl. Paul Voisine died in a recreational scuba diving accident last week. Voisine,along with five other divers was at the artificial reef near Snake Island off Vancouver Island and was off-duty at the time. During the dive Cpl. Voisine was located unconscious on the deck of the sunken vessel, HMCS Saskatchewan. Immediate efforts were undertaken […]
Bomber Great Sean Denison back as guest coach at Kootenays Finest Hoop Camp
He powered the Trafalgar Totems to the B.C. Juvenile Basketball Championship and the L.V. Rogers Junior Bombers to B.C. Junior Boy’s Crown the very next year. Did we say the LVR Juniors won the title with an amazing 38-0 record? He led the varsity squad to a fourth-place finish at the B.C. High School AAA […]
Birchbank opens doors for 2011 B.C. Junior Golf Championship
By The Nelson Daily SportsNine players from the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf Tour take to the Rossland/Trail Birchbank course Tuesday for round one in the B.C. Junior Boy’s Golf Championship.“The key to playing well at Birch is to drive the ball well,” said Zone One coordinator Rob McKay on the eve of the four-day...
SD20 responds to 'LG' issue with letter to parents
The following is a letter, by school district superintendent Jean Borsa, which was sent home with Castlegar students last week: Dear Parents/Guardians: […]
Four men arrested for sexually assaulting young girls
Four Nelson men have been charged with sexual interference in four separate cases involving girls as young as 12, according to Nelson Police Department Sgt. Paul Burkart. “Over the past seven months, Nelson Police Department has investigated a number of complaints that involve sexual relations between young girls and older teenage or young adult […]
Selkirk College lends a hand to Georgian businesses
Georgia is a country that wants to move its economy into the new millennium. Not an easy task for a former Soviet Republic that has been in conflict on and off with Russia since the summer of 2008. Despite their country’s troubles, Georgians are a friendly and very hospitable people. According to Selkirk College Business […]
The family of drowned Kootenay search and rescue tech speaks out
The Winnipeg family of 29-year-old Sheilah Sweatman is coming to grips with her recent death, an article in The Vancouver Province reports. Sweatman, who moved to Ymir two years ago, drowned Wednesday afternoon during a recovery attempt in the Goat River river near Creston. She was part of a dozen Kootenay Swift Water Specialists who […]
New Coffee Creek webcam helps you 'know before you go'
Highway 31 near Coffee Creek is the latest section of Kootenay highway to join the televised ranks of DriveBC’s network of real-time coverage web cameras. Extreme weather and the congested nature of the area were the reasons the Ministry of Transportation elected to initiate a camera at that stretch of road, but anyone driving the […]
Taylor can't seal the deal at B.C. Am tourney, falls to 13th
Lauren Taylor of Nelson ballooned to an 81 on a the difficult Alberni course to finish in a tie for 13th at the 2011 B.C. Women’s Amateur Golf Championship in Port Alberni.After cruising to a 71 during round three Thursday, the Granite Pointe golfer registered nine bogeys to drop out of contention.However, Taylor wasn’t the...
Province mourns loss of search and rescue member Sweatman: Premier
Premier Christy Clark and Solicitor General Shirley Bond offered condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ymir resident Sheilah Sweatman, the BC Volunteer Search and Rescue technician who lost her life in the course of her duties on Wednesday. “I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of this […]
