Coming into his second election as the incumbent after being first elected to parliament as part of the NDP party in 2006, Alex Atamanenko has a long and varied history as a person who has spent much of his life assisting others and bringing people together in many different forms, fashions and locations. Growing up […]

A huge dilemma came up in my life last night: the English language leaders debate for the election was on the same night as the season finale of What Not to Wear. I love What Not to Wear. For me, each episode is a veritable treasure trove of information I store away in my little […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Some of the problems inherent in the West Kootenay region’s main airport will be tackled by a new board created to oversee its operation, says the mayor of Castlegar. Lawrence Chernoff told the board of directors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay recently the West Kootenay Regional Airport […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily No need to wait for the sobering light of dawn and the opening of the recreation centre front desk to register for that fitness program, you can now register online, any time. Online program registration — for the Nelson and District Community Complex and the Castlegar and District Community […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Geoff Kinrade isn’t just happy to be back in the playoffs, he wants to win it all. The Binghamton Senator rearguard is bubbling with confidence after the Ottawa farm team went on a late-season 6-3-0-1 run to secure seventh place in the Eastern Conference — fifth in the division […]

By The Nelson Daily Sports For those people living under a rock, the month is April and not February. Which means golf courses should not be opening for the first time, but already have seen hoards of birdies, bogeys and pars. Still good things come to those who wait. And the wait is over as […]

 A terrifying high-air emergency kept Castlegar emergency crews busy Friday afternoon, when an Air Canada airplane with 25 people (22 passengers and three crew members) on board reported engine failure immediately after taking off from Castlegar. The plane, destined for Calgary, took off at 11:50 a.m., but radioed the airport just seven minutes later with […]

A Public Works complaint turned into a marijuana grow operation bust Sunday in the hospital area of the city. Using some information from the complaint, police obtained a search warrant to enter the residence in the neighbourhood around Kootenay Lake Hospital where they discovered 400 plants amidst a sizable marijuana grow operation. The equipment was […]

 It took years of legal battles to reach this point, but only hours once demolition began to see the City Centre Motel on 2nd Street completely razed. Demolition began at 9:30 a.m and the buildings were reduced to rubble by 1 p.m. on April 7. Click on this story for a photo gallery of the […]

Local consumers now have a chance to recognize their favourite Castlegar businesses, as the Chamber of Commerce rolls out their annual Business Excellence Awards … with a couple of exciting new twists this year.  First of all, folks can now cast their votes online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P9G9X5J between April 1 and...