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Red Mountain Racers win big at home and make waves abroad

From right here at Red Mountain and all the way across the pond to Adelboden Switzerland, it’s been a big week for Rossland skiers. At the same time that former Red Mountain Racer Sasha Zaistoff was competing in his first ever World Cup slalom in Switzerland, local world cup hopefuls were tearing up the slopes at […]

Unmet needs starting to be addressed in wake of Kerr fire

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The Villa Motel will be coming forward with accommodations for at least one month for some of the around 60 people who were left homeless after the Kerr Apartment Building burned on Jan. 6, the city’s mayor announced Monday night. John Dooley said although long-term accommodations for the people […]

Ice rebound after collaspe to blast Blazers 10-2

By Daily News Staff Similar to the way the Team Canada Juniors turned gold into silver at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships last week in Buffalo, NY, the Kootenay Ice let one slip away. Thompson Blazers played the role of Team Russia, scoring five third-period goals en route to a 7-4 victory over Kootenay […]

POLICE: RCMP ask for assistance to locate missing person

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in another missing person case. 49-year-old Shawn McDonald has gone missing from Christina Lake where he has been living since September.  McDonald was last seen on Jan. 1 at 5:00 p.m. in Christina Lake and was reported missing on Jan. 3 to the Grand Forks RCMP detachment, explained […]

Castlegar trustee responds to criticisms

 Dear Editor,  This letter is in response to (a series of articles and commentary in local media, inlcuding a letter written by Roland Vogel). Mr. Vogel, as far as I am aware, appears to be the voice of people in the Glenmerry area. He is fairly representative of the views of Trail concerning Trail’s place […]

Outpouring of donations for Kerr Apartment residents

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The community is pulling together in the wake of the Kerr Apartments fire that left over 100 people homeless in the dead of winter. Donations of clothing, toys and other items for people left homeless by the fire at the Kerr Apartments have been overwhelming, said Bill Macpherson, Emergency […]

Kerr Apartments burn overnight in “suspicious” fire

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Hours after 100 people from the Kerr Apartment Building were evacuated from the burning three-storey stone structure the city’s fire chief says the incident is being treated as suspicious. Simon Grypma said he did not see how a fire could have started accidentally in the basement of the three-storey […]

Carson border guards' suspicions pay off in drug smuggling bust

A Washington State couple is facing severe criminal consequences after failing to fool law enforcement at the Carson Port of Entry into Grand Forks, BC. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and RCMP announced today the seizure of over 80 kg of suspected cocaine at the port on Dec. 16, 2010. The cocaine is worth […]

After 22 years, The Express is going to close its doors

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Is this rumour true or just another Nelson Becker April Fool’s prank to create a buzz? Unfortunately, this is not a prank and The Express will publish for the final time on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 after 22 years of operation. “It’s basically an economic situation,” Express publisher/owner Becker […]

RCMP: Quiet holiday; too much public peeing

 Police are reporting a quiet holiday season, bar an event in which two Castlegar men appeared to have taken the euphemism “peeing contest” just a tad too literally. Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew said 11:26 p.m. on Boxing Day saw two men urinating on a Columbia Avenue building downtown while being cheered on by their...