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 […]

 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...

Owners of the City Centre Motel in downtown Castlegar filed an appeal today in regard to a Nov.-19 B.C. Supreme Court ruling upholding the city's right to demolish the motel. (See https://castlegarsource.com/news/politics/castlegar-wins-supreme-court-case-over-city-centre-motel-8474). The owners (Susan McLaren, with Basil...

Provincial Liberal leadership candidate George Abbott will be in Castlegar Thursday to "meet with party members and local residents about my campaign to become the next Leader of the BC Liberal Party and the next Premier of B.C. " In an interview Wednesday, Abbott said he's no stranger to the Kootenays, and this stop is no ...

“Castlegar has taken the cake this year,” – that from BC Assessment’s deputy assessor, Dennis Hickson, in regard to residential property values in the region for 2010. He said the average increase in assessed value for single family dwellings in Castlegar is 4.66 per cent, compared with Nelson’s 1.92 per cent, Creston at 2.61 per […]

Canada’s national police force will be committing more resources to ferreting out marijuana grow operations and other drug trade activities in the West Kootenay region this year, says the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment’s staff sergeant. Dan Siebel said marijuana grow operation busts will continue to increase this year as they have for the last two, […]

After pleading guilty in Rossland Provincial Court last week to possession and production of marijuana, nine months of house arrest is the conditional sentence that awaits the husband of Slocan’s mayor. Georges Perriere, 59, was in court Dec. 21, although his case had been adjourned in November at Nelson Provincial Court until Jan. 11. Perriere […]

Kaslo RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the sudden death of woman who died while snowboarding on a Wednesday, Dec. 29 afternoon. The woman was a guest with Retallack Snow Cat Ski Lodge, said RCMP senior media relations officer Cpl. Dan Moskaluk from Penticton. At around 3 p.m. the 32-year-old woman was amongst […]

Marley Bassett of Nelson was joined by a few friends to officially open the Glory Ridge triple chair at the Whitewater Ski Resort. Bassett won the raffle draw hosted by Whitewater Ski Team, the Avalanche Awareness Beyond the Boundaris, and the Nelson Food Cupboard. Rising 2,042 vertical-feet in 11 minutes, the new Glory Ridge Chair, […]

Castlegar RCMP issued the following release: (Name withheld)'s  6-year-old saw on Dr. Phil that if you call 911, the police will come.  It worked.  Const. Dale Judd explained at length that 911 is for emergencies only. Police have concluded the investigation....