The Nelson Leafs perhaps suffered its worst defeat in franchise history as rival Castlegar Rebels put a 9-0 beat-down on the Green and White in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Wednesday night in the Sunflower City. Mike Bhatoa scored four times and had six points while Tayden Woods scored the hat-trick and finished with […]

The Canadian Cancer Society is asking residents of the Southern Interior to Take A One Night Stand Against Cancer. This campaign encourages people to generously cover the cost of a one night stay at the Society’s Southern Interior Rotary Lodge, in Kelowna,  for someone fighting cancer. After enjoying the sales of Black Friday...

The Kootenay Ice can play with any team in the BC Major Midget Hockey League. The Kootenay squad, however, just can’t do it for 60 minutes. For the second consecutive weekend the Ice stayed with one of the league’s heavyweights before dropping a pair of BCMMHL games this past weekend at the NDCC Arena. Vancouver […]

by David Suzuki With world leaders now meeting in Paris for the UN Climate Change Conference, we’re seeing signs of hope for an agreement to limit the escalating effects of global warming.  Canadians, especially, have reason to be optimistic about our country’s role. It hasn’t always been this way.  Governments have been...

As a teen the fantastical technology of Star Trek riveted me. The phaser weapon, universal translator, hand held computer and medical tricorder all found an ‘if only’ niche in my imagination.  A half century later my ‘if only’ has come closer to reality than I could ever have imagined.  Laser pointers and battleship mounted laser […]

REC Dept. over the Holidays During the week of December 21st to 27th, the REC Dept. will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:00-4:00pm, December 21-23.  The Office will be closed on Thursday, December 24th.  During the second week of the Holidays, the Dept. will be open Monday, December 28th to Thursday, December […]

Should your children play contact sports?   There is new information available to parents about the longer-term health effects  to consider when making decisions about which sports to encourage, and what precautions to take for contact sports. The Mayo Clinic is a well-respected medical research and treatment facility in the US.   A recent Mayo Clinic news […]

A woman, who tried to feast on an officer, is facing a laundry list of charges following a late night altercation Monday with police and a renter said Nelson Police Sergeant Corey Hoy in a media release. Hoy said NPD were called at 11:29 p.m. Monday to a downtown residence after a female refused to […]

For the eighth time in 25 years high caliber volleyball is coming to the Kootenays. Mount Sentinel Wildcats play host to the BC High School Girl’s A Volleyball Championships beginning Thursday at Selkirk College Gymnasium in Castlegar. The L.V. Rogers Hangar in Nelson is co-hosting round robin games Thursday and Friday morning. “We have a […]

The social equation will factor into the recommendation given to the Interior Health Authority board in March when they are called upon to decide the future of laundry services — and 17 fulltime jobs — at Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital, claims the IHA’s new president and chief executive officer. Chris Mazurkewich said Monday...