Alleged mother/son break-and-enter team arrested
Police are reporting a truly bizarre interpretation of spending time with family over the holiday season, after arresting a mother and son in connection with a break-and-enter. Nelson RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little said police were called to a break-and-enter in progress at about 2 a.m. Wednesday, in 1000 block of Cote Rd, Crescent Valley. “The […]
Two snowmobile accidents underline the importance of caution
Police responded to two serious snowmobile crashes in the region in as many days, perhaps offering a cautionary tale to local snowmobile enthusiasts. The Fernie RCMP responded to a report of a fatal snowmobile collision in the Burton Lake Rd area off of Hwy 3 on Dec. 27 at around 4 p.m., accordign to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk....
Car drives into Kelowna hospital
Ed. Note: The follwing is a press release issued by RCMP Sgt. Ann Morrison: Kelowna RCMP members were called to Kelowna General Hospital at around 11 p.m Monday to deal with a vehicle that had crashed into the building.Investigation revealed that an adult male had attended KGH Emergency earlier to see a doctor . He waited to...
Get ready for loading on the Glory Ridge Triple Chair
By The Nelson Daily SportsWhitewater Ski Resort is slowly, but surely, moving up on the Big Dogs.For the first time in more than 15 years the Nelson-based ski resort is opening a new lift. “It’s awesome,” said Whitewater General Manager Brian Cusack in a written press release.“I kinda hate that word,” Cusack adds with a […]
Fire levels house addition at Horlick's Point
Nelson Fire Department reported that no one was injured after responding to a house fire a the 2300 block of Bealby Road Wednesday afternoon at Horlick’s Point east of Nelson. At approximately 3 p.m. the call came into the station that smoke was billowing from a two-bay detached garage and small building on the south […]
Bassett earns inaugural ride on Whitewater's Glory Ridge Chair
By The Nelson Daily Sports Marley Bassett of Nelson has won the right to the first ride heading up the new Glory Ridge triple chair at Whitewater Ski Resort. The twenty-something Bassett had the winning ticket during the raffle draw Monday at Whitewater. Bassett now joins two of friends on the first chair when the […]
Small contingent of Leafs earn All Star status
By The Nelson Daily Sports It’s a rather small contingent of Nelson Leafs that heads to Fernie next month to attend the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League All Star weekend. Five players, including two veterans, made the grade to play in the All Star and Prospects games in January. Headlining the list is the Leafs’ […]
ANNUAL SANTA INTERVIEW: Getting his bear-ings in the Kootenays
Iconic holiday figure Santa Claus, aka St. Nick, aka Pere Noel, was thinking about folks in our region even more than usual this year, The Sourcediscovered in an annual interview with Claus yesterday. “I hear you’ve been having some bear problems in that neck of the woods,” he said. “We’ve been facing a similar problem here, […]
Cops get radio hosts drunk ... for a cause
The community of Castlegar just got to spend the morning listening to beloved radio personalities Drex & Johnson get progressively more drunk over the course of more than three hours, on air, and with police in the room. Not your standard radio programming, the “social experiment” was the brain child of West Kootenay...
Drunken antics underline serious message
What a way to spend a morning! (See Cops get radio hosts drunk …for a cause story by clicking here). First, I want to say thanks to the Mountain FM team for allowing me to sit in on their unorthodox “social experiment”. I’ll confess that, as I drove down to the radio station this […]
