By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports The Castlegar Rebels are within a game of playing for the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title. First period goals by Ryan Aynsley and Diego Bartlett would be all the scoring the Rebels would need as Castlegar edged Fernie Ghostriders 3-1 in Kootenay Conference Final action Saturday night in […]

By The Nelson Daily SportsBeing the top seed or early favourite guarantees nothing in sport.Mount Sentinel grad Kendra Wayling and her UBC Okanagan Heat teammates found out the hard way as the B.C. Champs finished out of the medals at the Canadian College Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championships in the G. Forbes...

By The Nelson Daily Sports The Fernie Ghostriders had more shots but the Castlegar Rebels scored more goals. Northern Michigan University bound Ryan Aynsley scored twice and added an assist to power the Rebels to a 5-3 victory over the Riders in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Thursday night in the Sunflower City. The […]

By The Nelson Daily SportsTop ranked UBC Okanagan Heat of Kelowna face a familiar opponent when Vancouver Island Mariners meet the B.C. Champs in semi final action Friday at the Canadian College Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championships in the G. Forbes Elliot Athletics Centre of the UNB Saint John Campus.The Heat,...

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson DailyB.C. New Democrat Party interim leader Dawn Black will be in the Nelson/Creston riding this weekend to visit the region as part of International Women’s Week.Black, a unanimous selection by NDP caucus as interim leader prior to the April 17 leadership convention is scheduled to join Nelson/Creston...

To the Editor: I am writing to advise you that the road over the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be closed to all traffic beginning at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, March 28.  The road will reopen for public use at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 22.  This closure is in effect to ensure public and employee safety during the installation of new...

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsKendra Wayling once again is bound for a major tournament.The Mount Sentinel Wildcats grad is in St. John’s, New Brunswick to compete in the Canada College Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championships.The top-ranked Heat bent but didn't break against the longtime rival Vancouver ...

Protesters dispersed peacefully and without incident at the Perry Ridge protest camp today, according to RCMP Sgt. Dan Seibel. Seibel said that nine officers (including one from Castlegar) attended the camp on Little Slocan Forest Service Road this morning at about 10:30 a.m. to enforce an injunction order that was upheld in...

Mark Miller scored a power play goal with less than six minutes remaining in the game to spark the Osoyoos Coyotes to a 2-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory over the Grizzlies Wednesday in Revelstoke. The win gives the Dogs a 2-1 lead in the Okanagan Conference best-of-seven series. Game four is Thursday […]

A Castlegar home has an estimated $30,000 in damages after a fire in the wee hours of Sunday morning.  “A resident woke up, smelling smoke, and called 9-1-1 right away,” said Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel. “We got the call around 1 a.m.  “Upon our arrival to the 2500 block of Columbia Avenue, we found a fire in the basement...