Juno award winner Valdy is coming to the Rossland Miners Hall on Saturday, March 14, 2015.  Part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for over 30 years, Valdy has four gold albums and Juno awards for Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year. This is an evening not […]

Women Creating Change presents Wonder Women:  The Untold Story of American Superheroines In honour of International Women’s Day, Women Creating Change is hosting two film showings of Wonder Women:  The Untold Story of American Superheroines.  This film traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman.  From birth...

This column is not meant to be a book review, but a review of what others have written helps us understand where we are and what the future may bring. Historian Arthur R. M. Lower, in Colony to Nation (1957), characterized Robert Baldwin (1804-1858) as being “too cold, too correct, too consistent, and like Aristides, too just...

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. […]

Students at Selkirk College in Castlegar are frustrated following misleading comments by Minister of Advance Education Andrew Wilkinson recently about the levels of debt among students and graduates. “Politicians in Victoria are putting sound bites before citizens when it comes to the student debt crisis in BC,” said Matthew...

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 […]

The Nelson Leafs put together 55 minutes of great hockey against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks Tuesday night in Game four of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Murdoch Division playoffs. Unfortunately, hockey is a 60-minute game. The defending KIJHL champs rang off two goals in the last five minutes of the second period to snap […]

Regular Rossland City Council Meeting, February 23, 2015 Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, Councillors  Marten Kruysse, John Greene, Aaron Cosbey, Lloyd McLellan, Andy Morel, Andrew Zwicker Public Input Period: Several women spoke in support of a letter to Council by Ilo Schubert, who has operated "Ilo's Pre-School" -- the only ...

Before the case was even heard by a judge, the West Kootenay EcoSociety sought, and was granted, an adjournment after receiving an amended response and new evidence from lawyers for the municipality at the eleventh hour.  The adjournment, according to WKES lawyer Judah Harrison, gives EcoSociety an opportunity to respond to...

Nelson RCMP are pleased to advise that this individual has been located back at her residence.  As always the RCMP wish to thank Nelson Search and Rescue for their professionalism and quick response. Previous coverage: Nelson RCMP is asking for public assistance in locating a missing North Shore resident. Tuesday, at 2:14...