Bigfoot was allegedly caught on video by a woman less than 240 kilometres from Nelson. A woman from Spokane, Wash., posted a You Tube video May 24 of the creature she claims to have accidentally caught while she was hiking in the woods near Spokane. The grainy video was taken with an iPhone while she […]

Laura (Dolly Cartlidge) Leach lived in Nelson for 28 years before moving to United States, Missouri, in 1987. Leach, the daughter of Ted and Evelyn Cartlidge of Balfour, graduated from L.V. Rogers High School in Nelson in 1971. She married husband Mike in 1986.She returned to school, graduating from Central Methodist University...

By Bruce Fuhr The Nelson Daily Sports Gnarlies Angels of Rossland continued to hold down the penthouse suite. The Dam City Rollers of Castlegar, savouring win number one on the club’s history book, are slowly, but surely, making their way up the to the top. And the Killjoys and Lumber Jackies of Nelson, well, these […]

An immigration violation by an “internationally well known DJ” from the U.S. landed the man in jail Friday night. Nelson Police arrested the 27-year-old DJ and U.S. citizen at a local bar for the violations around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday. The man was transported to the Nelson Police Department, served a detention order by Immigration […]

By Linda Barber, Kokanee Rock Club If you are interested in rocks, gems, fossils, minerals, crystals, jewelery, geology, geodes, prospecting and anything to do with rocks, then this two-day event next weekend is a must see. The Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada is having a show in Castlegar at the Castlegar and District Community Complex, […]

A strike vote is looming for the province’s teachers as contract negotiations between the teachers’ union and the provincial government have hit an impasse. If the collective bargaining impasse between the B.C. Teachers Federation and B.C. Public School Employers Association continues, teachers across B.C. will take a strike vote between June 24 and 28. The […]

The amazing playoff run for the Kootenay Ice finally came to an end.Devante Smith-Pelly scored twice to power the hometown Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors to a 3-1 victory over the Western Hockey League champs Friday in the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup semi-final game.The Majors will now face the Saint John Sea Dogs in...

A man who requested that people driving down Baker Street run him over as he rode his bike Wednesday evening is now in the hospital. The 33-year-old man was arrested by Nelson Police under the Mental Health Act and was transported to Kootenay Lake Hospital where a physician admitted him to a psychiatric facility. Prior […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsGeoff Kinrade and his Binghamton teammates have had a little more than a week to enjoy a sweep of the Charlotte Checkers and the Richard F. Canning Trophy as the Eastern Conference Champs.The team sitting at the opposing bench of the American Hockey League Championship series, Houston Aeros,...

The West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League is coming to Nelson. The five-team league makes its inaugural stop in the Heritage City Saturday at the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the first game going at 7 p.m. between Nelson’s Lumber Jackets and the high flying Gnarlies […]