By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports After winning a preseason tournament in Beaver Valley over the weekend the Nelson Leafs were quickly brought back down to earth by the defending Kootenay Conference Champions from Castlegar. The Rebels scored early, often and then some in posting a pair of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League exhibition wins […]

If you are looking to get picked up after the Saturday night rooftop Queen City Cruise dance, look no further. Kootenay Insurance Services has a ride for you. Nicknamed the KIS free ride, it’s a free taxi ride offered from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m., before and after the dance. The free ride ticket is […]

Call it show and tell for adults, the ninth annual Queen City Cruise is on this weekend. As the biggest Nelson-hosted event of the year, over 10,000 people will flock down to Baker Street this Saturday to check out hundreds of vintage vehicles, mechanical muscle and antique automobiles. It will be wall to wall people […]

 Community members will be pleased to hear there has been some progress made in the investigation of one of the more distasteful crimes committed in Castlegar recently.Police have identified a suspect in a theft of charity money that took place at Café Michael Sept. 6.  “We got the call at 7:25 p.m., indicating that a male ...

 The City of Castlegar is upping the ante in its green gamble – after offering composters and rain barrels to great effect in previous years, they’re now bringing residents green kitchen can composters. Why are they doing this, you ask?  Easy – because the alternative stinks.  “The composters have carbon filters on top – if […]

 Day 10 The objective of today was was to give us a bit of the local history and culture. First off, we headed north to the Hendrik Verwoerd tunnels. These tunnels are part of a Trans African highway which stretches all the way to Cairo. Next up, we went to the Phippidi falls where we climbed down […]

  The Castlegar Rebels continued its success over the Nelson Leafs, albeit in the exhibition season, doubling the Green and White 6-3 Wednesday in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action at the Complex in the Sunflower City.The game was the first of the two-game, home-and-home preseason series between the two West...

Over 100 delegates from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities were in Nelson today for one of their regular board meetings, with preparations for parliament on the menu. The FCM represents the interests of its 2,000 member municipalities on policy issues that are handled at the federal level. During the scheduled meetings, board members will discuss […]

Ask and you shall receive. And Joyce Murray, Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra and former BC Environment Minister, asked what the Kootenay region needed. The former East Shore resident wrapped up her two-day tour meeting Wednesday with community leaders from Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, and the Queens Bay area to discuss key local issues related to […]

The Elk Valley RCMP is currently searching for three-year-old Kienan Hebert of Sparwood, reported missing from the family home this morning, Wednesday Sept. 7.Kienan is described as having short blond hair, wearing “Scooby Doo” cartoon boxer shorts and may be carrying up to three blankets with him. Kienan exited the family ...