Rossland was one of six B.C. communities recently recognized as a local government that goes out of their way to champion the growth of small business. “B.C.’s Most Small Business Friendly Community” award was handed out last week to Rossland — and Surrey, Kamloops, Ladysmith, Prince Rupert and Quesnel — by Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Kevin […]

Time is running out on adult players interested in taking their soccer skills indoors.Friday, September 30 is the final day for registration for the upcoming Soccer Quest Indoor season.Soccer Quest boasts four leagues for players — Men’s Open League (Tuesday), Ladies Rec League (Wednesday), Men’s Masters League (Thursday) and...

Chase Lang, Hobin Zinck and Garrett Dunlop each scored twice as the North Island Silvertips rocked the Kootenay Ice 10-3 Sunday in B.C. Major Midget Hockey League action in Nanaimo.The win, coming on the heels of a 3-1 decision by North Island over Kootenay Saturday, gave the Silvertips a sweep of the BCMMHL series.“We played...

Cranbrook will be the first city in B.C. to be allowed to cull its urban deer, the CBC’s Bob Keating reports. The province will allow the City to deal with its problem deer as they have been attacking pets and even people. Cranbrook will model its deer cull after what city officials did in Helena, […]

It was standing room only in Nakusp Village council chambers Tuesday, Sept. 13 as the village grappled with a change in the policies and procedures of several Nakusp insurance companies now affecting waterfront residents. Eighteen people squeezed into the chamber gallery to hear how council would handle the insurance changes. Currently, the Official Community Plan […]

The Nakusp and Area Community Trails Society is currently heading into tricky waters as they begin application for stewardship of the railbed from Nakusp to Summit Lake.  This is a very complicated issue as the section from the Summit Lake Hill onwards is in Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Area H, and the society resides […]

If you spot a fire or smoke south and west of Revelstoke, it is likely due to prescribed pile burning. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning to burn slash piles created from a fuels management project that took place in spring 2011. Burning will proceed only if weather conditions are […]

Serious disagreement continues between the BC electric utility companies and thousands of private homeowners who refuse the forced installation of Wireless Smart Meters on their homes without consent. Customers want the Utilities to listen to their valid concerns before pressing ahead with this program.Questions of conflict...

Throughout the KIJHL season The Nelson Daily Sports Editor Bruce Fuhr will take a capsule look at the players on the Nelson Leafs hockey club. Today the focus in on starting netminder Andrew Walton.If someone in the crowd last year during a Nelson/Castlegar game had said in a year from now Andrew Walton would be wearing the...

At their annual Marketing and Buying Convention, Source For Sports® and Stopconcussions.com launched their Head Zone initiative to their store owners, the sporting goods industry trade and the media. “It is amazing how our helmet manufacturers including Bauer, Reebok, CCM, Easton and Cascade, the medical community, and the ...