Mount Everest challenge at Red -- 'Slopes for Hope'
A family-friendly ski-a-thon that encourages participants to ski or board the vertical distance of Mount Everest is back for another run at Red Mountain Resort. The sixth annual Slopes for Hope Red event will take place Sunday, March 4th from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with registration from 8-9 a.m. Alpine skiers and snowboarders and...
Moonlight Snowshoe & Fatbike quest
What better way to enjoy our beautiful Kootenay winter than an evening of guided snowshoeing or fat biking under the moonlight with friends and family? Get ready for a great evening out in our second annual Moonlight Snowshoe & Fatbike Quest featuring excellent food, outdoor fun, adventure and prizes - all in support of...
The ski hill version of speed dating is amost here again; 'skied dating'
By Tara Kowalchuk, "Skied Dating" Founder Are you single? Do you love to ski or snowboard? Are you looking for a new way to meet people? Skied Dating, happening Feb. 8 at RED Mountain Resort, and Feb. 11 at Whitewater Ski Resort, is the event for you! Skied Dating arose in answer to the challenges of dating in a small town,...
Hockey: Selkirk College Saints down SFU Clan in overtime thriller
On the eve of taking an almost one-month break from the comfort of their home arena, the Selkirk College Saints scored an exciting 5-4 overtime victory over the Simon Fraser University Clan on Saturday night. With the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) regular season fully immersed in the stretch drive to...
Dam City Rollers host Spokane's Lilac City Roller Derby team
'Work hard, play hard' is the motto for many sports enthusiasts, and women who play roller derby are no exception. Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers’ hard work will be on display Feb. 3 when they take on Spokane’s Lilac City Roller Derby team at Selkirk College Gym in Castlegar. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the first whistle at 7...
Selkirk College Saints Crush EWU Eagles
The Selkirk College Saints kept their first-place hopes alive with a pair of victories over southern rival Eastern Washington University in a home-and-home weekend series. With the stretch drive to the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) post-season now underway, the Saints covet home-ice advantage for the...
Winter Carnival is coming; big changes for bobsled
By Tara Kowalchuk, Rossland Winter Carnival President Everyone’s favourite high speed, high adrenalin Winter Carnival event is back, with a few updates. The biggest change is that registration and inspection night, and the Bobsled Calcutta Auction will be held one week earlier on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00pm at the Legion....
Inspiration and development of a Kootenay ski racer: Julien Locke
By Tom Gomez Going back in time: it’s 2002 at the Salt Lake City Olympics. The Canadian Cross Country Ski Team is competing with new Head Coach Dave Wood and developing phenom, Becky Scott. Since the Nagano Games, four years previous, Coach Wood had used a model of hard work and long vision to take a Team ...
Rebels spoil the party, snap Leafs seven-game winning streak with 5-1 victory
The Nelson Leafs seven-game Kootenay International Junior Hockey League winning streak came to a crashing end Saturday night at the NDCC Arena. The Castlegar Rebels scored three unanswered goals in the second period to crush the Green and White 5-1. With the game tied at 1-1, John Moeller, Chris Breese and Jordan Wood scored to […]
Public pressure for another authorized cabin in the Rossland Range Recreation Site
At the Friends of the Rossland Range Society (FORRS) AGM on September 22, board Chair Kim Deane presented the charitable society's financial information, as well as what FORRS has done over the past year, and the new board ― just like the old board, as that line in the famous song by The Who almost goes ― was acclaimed....
