With playing commitments from a pair of top-notch defenceman, the three-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) champion Selkirk College Saints have started to rebuild a key component to continued success. With the majority of the 2014-2015 Saints blueline contingent graduating this spring, the...

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With a third straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship now part of the history books, the Selkirk College Saints continue to build towards continued success. The hockey program is pleased to announce the playing commitments of Brett Huber and Nelson Hurry to attend and compete for the Saints...

Special Public Avalanche Warning Expanded Sections of South Columbia and South Coast Inland regions March 26, 2015:  Avalanche Canada has included sections of two more regions in the special public avalanche warning issued on March 24. The warning is now in effect for the Sea-to-Sky region, South Coast Inland west of Highway...

Castlegar’s fun, feisty, and fearless women of the flat track are back on their skates and ready for the 2015 roller derby season! The Dam City Rollers had a stellar 2014 season; the team went undefeated and brought home the “golden boot” as the West Kootenay Roller Derby regional champions.  The team is looking to […]

TRAX Swim Club swimmers competed in the Swim BC AAA Short Course Provincial Championship Swim Meet held in Surrey from March 5-7. TRAX Swim Club swimmers once again displayed their talent against the very best swimmers in the Province at the Swim BC AAA Provincial Championship in Surrey.  Each swimmer had to achieve demanding swim […]

The Week in REC! Public Skating for the weeks of March 2-13, 2015 All the Public Skating information, including admission prices, skate rentals and more can be viewed on the front page of the Winter Brochure and also on the City’s website, at www.rossland.ca, Arena.                                                  Sunday,...

Season 6, Game 1:       Saturday, March 14, 2015 At Selkirk College, Castlegar 5PM:   Killjoys  vs. Dam City Rollers (REMATCH of 2014 Finals!)  7PM:   Rossland Trail Roller Girls  vs.  Valley Brutality Need we say more?  Come out to cheer the intrepid roller girls as they vie for derby dominance.  Purchase tickets at www.kootenayrollerderby.com or […]

Spencer McLean scored his second goal of the game in overtime to spark the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to a wild 4-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory over the Nelson Leafs Thursday night in Fruitvale. The win advances the Hawks to the Murdoch Division Final against the winner of the Spokane Braves/Castlegar Rebels series. […]

The crowd of Nelson fans lining up to complain about security at the Fruitvale Arena should be relieved hear the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is dealing with the problem. KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen told The Nelson Daily the league had contacted Beaver Valley Nitehawks franchise about the incident that happened during the second-period intermission […]