Drugs; assault - busy holiday lead-up for Nelson RCMP
Police are recommending charges of production of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, against a 49-year-old Nelson man after responding to a call Saturday, Dec. 18. Nelson RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little said police attended a landlord-tenant dispute in the 2700 block of Hwy 3A. While in the […]
Ice snap winless skid against Rockets
By The Nelson Daily Sports Time to break up the Kootenay Ice. For the second consecutive weekend the Ice scored a three-point weekend, this time against the Okanagan Rockets in B.C. Major Midget Hockey League action at the Capital New Centre in Kelowna. And it could have been better has Kootenay not blown a 4-1 […]
Midget Reps post weekend sweep of Trail
By The Nelson Daily Sports The Castlegar/Nelson Midget Reps exploded for 19 goals in two games to head into the Christmas break on a high note. Castlegar/Nelson bounced Trail Tier III 10-2 and 9-3 in a pair of West Kootenay Minor Hockey League games during the weekend. The two wins improve the Reps season record […]
A weekend of chases for Nelson police
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A man took on six people and a car in a fight Friday night and then tried to outrun police officers when they arrived to break it up. Around 2:20 a.m. Saturday morning a ruckus broke out in the 400 block of Ward Street as one man assaulted six […]
Cranbrook consultant shoots for Million
The Nelson Daily has learned a Cranbrook sales consultant could be humming the tune to the Barenaked Ladies “If I had a Million Dollars” song very soon. Barry Epp of the Key City was selected at random as the winner of TSN’s fifth annual, international award-winning million-dollar giveaway, the Chevrolet Cruze Million Dollar Shootout. On […]
LETTER: Trail and Warfield Trustees call on Minister to dissolve school board / remove Gord Smith as chair
To: Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid – Minister of Education Since September 2008, S.D.20 (Kootenay-Columbia) engaged its staff and communities in a Planning for the Future process to determine how best to use its facilities in order to ensure that maximum funds flow to classrooms and educational programs. Educational priorities have always been our main concerns and this is evident in the completed […]
Police may have identified suspected sexual predator, but still advise women to be vigilant
Nelson police have identified a person of interest in the case involving an apparent sexual predator trying to lure women over the past two months. Nelson Sgt. Howie Grant said, however, that women should still be very vigilant. “(Be) observant, walk/jog in pairs, and carry a cell phone,” he cautioned. “Call 9-1-1 immediately if approached […]
Memo to rest of BCMMHL — Bring your A-Game to the Kootenays
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily Sports Another B.C. Major Midget Hockey League team realized the hard way there are no easy games to be had in the Kootenays. The Kootenay Ice took three of four points from the North Island Silvertips in BCMMHL action during the weekend in Castlegar. The Ice road the red hot […]
Kootenays shutout at B.C. Interior Men's Curling Championships
By The Nelson Daily Sports Vernon will have some strong representation at the upcoming B.C. Men’s Curling Championship after the Aron Herick and Darin Heath rinks of the Central Okanagan City qualified for the provincial tournament followings wins at the Men’s Interior playdowns Sunday in Kamloops. Herick, third Tobin Senum, second Marc Fillion and lead […]
Utility hike once again defeated, garbage rates go up instead, council divided
Tempers ran a little higher than usual at the regular meeting of Castlegar city council Monday night, after Mayor Lawrence Chernoff presented - for the second time in as many weeks - a utility hike recommended by city director of financial services Andre Buss. The staff report outlining the rationale behind an increase of...
