A new year has come, but lingering disputes between communities at the SD20 school board table remain. This past Monday, the board held its first meeting of the year following a tumultuous and at-times heated final month of 2010 and, although it was clear dramatically differing opinions based around the Planning for the Future document […]

What better way to launch a grand new year than with the soothing sounds of large-scale rock demolition? Construction of the long-awaited second powerplant at the Waneta Dam may begin in just over a month, with blasting booked as early as mid-February, Columbia Power representatives told Rossland council Monday.     “I’m sure in the past, […]

 A 28-year-old Salmo man is facing charges of Uttering Threats and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, after an incident Jan. 8. “On the evening of Jan. 8, Salmo RCMP received a complaint of threats being made to a local businessman. After obtaining further information from the complainant, two RCMP officers, one...

 Three fundraisers are now scheduled to help the family of a local 11-year-old boy who was gravely injured in a skiing accident early this year. “On Jan. 3 at Red Mountain, Cole Hoodicoff, (a Grade 6 student at Twin Rivers) was skiing with his family and was in a serious accident,” said Betsy Goolieff, executive […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily More snow is expected tonight and through to Thursday morning while Environment Canada continues to have a snowfall warning in effect for the West Kootenay region. Snow is expected to accumulate up to five centimetres today, with up to 10 cm. coming down overnight — in addition to the […]

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If anyone out there has a case of the post holiday or winter blues, an antidote is in the works for you! The last weekend of January, the 28th to 30th, marks the 114th year of Rossland’s annual winter bash, the Winter Carnival, and this year promises to be so chock-a-block with action even the […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily He ain’t heavy, he’s my snowfall. Heavy snow is on the way for Wednesday, according to Environment Canada, with around 30 centimetres — or one foot — descending from on high to us down low in Nelson. Shovels are at the ready, and snow blowers are idling as a […]

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 […]

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 […]