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Check out Aladdin this week...and more
by Rossland Recreation on Wednesday May 15 2013

The RSS Drama Departmentwill be showcasing their year-end production of ALADDIN, this week...Muppet style!  The shows are Tuesday May 14 through to Thursday May 16 at 7:00pm in the RSS Auditorium.  The show also features dancers from Kootenay...

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Two West Kootenay Girls' softball teams take home silver
by Contributor on Monday May 13 2013

West Kootenay U14 and U19 girls softball teams travelled to Summerland this past Mother's Day weekend.

There was a total of 24 teams between the two divisions. ...

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Salmo's Rollick shines on home course to capture Junior Golf stop
by Nelson Daily Sports on Monday May 13 2013

Playing on his home course Riley Rollick is not going to get beat by anyone . . . not even Brenan Moroney.

The home-course golfer fired a 3-over-par 75 to edge the Birchbank Moroney and Aiden Browell of Champion Lakes by two shots to capture Salmo stop on the West Kootenay Zone One Junior...

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Sports News

Bomber Great Sean Denison back as guest coach at Kootenays Finest Hoop Camp

by Nelson Daily Sports on 04 Jul 2011
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Sean Denison, seen here defending a pass in action playing in Turkey, is back at his old LVR Hangar stomping grounds as guest coach at the Kootenays Finest Basketball Camp.

He powered the Trafalgar Totems to the B.C. Juvenile Basketball Championship and the L.V. Rogers Junior Bombers to B.C. Junior Boy’s Crown the very next year.

Did we say the LVR Juniors won the title with an amazing 38-0 record?

He led the varsity squad to a fourth-place finish at the B.C. High School AAA Boy’s Tourney during his senior year.

He then played four years of NCAA Division One Men’s Basketball at Santa Clara in California while representing Canada on the international scene during the summer.

Rossland racer takes overall best at Christina Lake Triathalon

by Mona Mattei on 29 Jun 2011
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Seth Bitting, Rossland, crosses the finish line with his young daughter Isla; Photo, Mona Mattei
Athletes from all around the Boundary, West Kootenays and as far as Edmonton, AB participated in the 2011 Pharmasave Sprint Triathalon in Christina Lake last Sunday. The short circuit allowed for fast times in all the categories ranging from Kids sprint to adults in age categories and team relays.
 
Along with the 134 athletes at the annual event, there were numerous fans cheering everyone on throughout the race along with the volunteers who assisted with race safety, time keeping, and the many other duties that come along with race day.

Babes of Brutality, Carnival of Carnage...Habitat for Humanity?

by Contributor on 29 Jun 2011
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Babes of Brutality, Carnival of Carnage...Habitat for Humanity?

The West Kootenay Women's Roller Derby League is taking it to the track in the final bout of the regular season: the Carnival of Carnage.

Half of the profits from this double-header are being donated to West Kootenay Habitat for Humanity.

Castlegar's Dam City Rollers take on Nelson's Lumber Jackies, then Nelson's Killjoys take it to the track again Salmo's Babes of Brutality. Come watch some intense 8-wheeled action and feel good about giving back to your community.

Kootenay Mapbook founder Russell Mussio divulges his hidden Kootenay haunts

by Timothy Schafer on 13 Jun 2011
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Kootenay Mapbook founder Russell Mussio divulges his hidden Kootenay haunts

Want to win a copy of the new Kootenay Rockies Mapbook edition?

Local guidebook celebrates 15 years of mapping the Kootenays with new version

by Nelson Daily editor on 02 Jun 2011
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Local guidebook celebrates 15 years of mapping the Kootenays with new version

What started out as a living room enterprise by two brothers from Trail has grown into a cross-country venture that embraces Canada's great outdoor spaces.

The widely popular Backroad Mapbook series tackles BC`s Kootenay Rockies region with a comprehensive new 144-page guide.

"Fishermen, families who enjoy camping, hikers and hunters, people who like canoeing or cruising backroads — we appeal to all of them," said company co-founder Russell Mussio.

Derby fever reaches epidemic levels, spills over into youth

by Andrew Zwicker on 02 Jun 2011
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Junior derby girls bring new life to an old sport

Roller Derby fever continues its epidemic-like spread through area women and now, for the first time in the Rossland area, it has spread to young girls. Yes, following in the path set by Gnarlie’s Angels and the West Kootenay Roller Derby League (which has quickly exploded into Canada’s largest Roller Derby league) the kids are now lacing up their skates as well.  On Sunday, emissaries from Slocan City’s junior team, the Damage Patch Kids, came to town to help our aspiring junior derbyers get the hang of it.

 

Do you KNOW what you're eating?

by Teralee Trommes... on 01 Jun 2011
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Do you KNOW what you're eating?

While I don't like to get hung up on numbers, it does help people learn to make more conscious food decisions when they can actually see tangible evidence that the "granola" bar they ate contained mostly fat (and sugar!), and in fact was just a glorified chocolate bar.