Saints fill netminder hole with addition of James Prigione
Goalies are supposed to rotate during the season and not in the off-season. For the fourth time this off-season the Selkirk Saints added a netminder. The Saints announced the playing commitment from goaltender James Prigione (Guelph, ON) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2013/14 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. […]
Keep Jumbo Wild protesters continue to keep machinery out of glacier resort
The temperature plummets to near zero on the thermometer when the sun sets and 22 Celsius in the middle of the day. However, a little cold weather isn’t about to stop a group of protesters set against any development at the Jumbo Glacier Resort in southeastern B.C from keeping machinery off the mountain. “We’re here […]
Jumbo Glacier Resort machinery turned back by citizen checkpoint
The war over Jumbo Glacier is beginning to heat up in the East Kootenay as an ad hoc group, calling itself Citizens for Jumbo Wild camped on the road to Farnham Glacier, turned back machinery heading to the glacier on Saturday morning (August 10). “A compact excavator was on its way to begin working on […]
Castlegar mayor and councillors register for energy diet - there's still time for Kootenay residents to sign on and save
Two city councillors and the Castlegar mayor signed on to Fortis’ Kootenay Energy Diet back in May, becoming personal role models for a program the city is already officially supporting. FortisBC has subsidized the initial home energy assessment, which is valued at $400, offering it for just $60 for Diet participants, but the city further […]
RDCK re-opens Taghum Beach to swimmers
Taghum beach users can finish the summer season the way they started, cooling off in the Kootenay River as the Regional District of Central Kootenay has re-opened the popular recreation hotspot. “We’re happy to report that the water at Taghum Beach is once again safe for swimming,” said Cary Gaynor, parks operations supervisor after re-opening […]
Bikes, bikes, bikes!
7 Summits Poker Ride-Sunday, September 1st 2013-The Seven Summits Poker Ride is a non-competitive group ride on the Seven Summits Trail taking place Sunday Sept 1st. Participants are expected to be expert riders in good shape and self- reliant in the remote trail setting. Costumes optional, friendly attitudes required....
Changes coming to elk hunting in East Kootenay
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has announced changes to the elk hunting season in the East Kootenay. For this fall, the elk hunting seasons in the South Trench of the Kootenay region will be as follows: General Open Season for antlerless elk in 4-03 Zone X (includes portions of 4-2 to […]
Leafs, Rebels pull off blockbuster KIJHL deal
The BC Hockey roster deadline is more than six months away but already Leaf head coach Frank Maida has made more deals than Drew Carey on The Price is Right. Maida sent forwards Dallon Stoddart and James Sorrey along with D-man Seth Schmidt to Castlegar in exchange for sniper Jamie Vlanich and forward Travis Wellman. […]
Grand Forks gets free Wi-Fi downtown
Grand Forks’ downtown core is now wired up with free Internet. The Rotary Club of Grand Forks partnered with the City of Grand Forks, Boundary Community Futures and the Grand Forks Credit Union to bring Wi-Fi to businesses and visitors downtown. The Wi-Fi reaches around the Grand Forks and District Public Library, city hall, the […]
Trail rugby team wins at Greenwood tournament
Greenwood’s first annual social rugby tournament — held Aug 3 to 5 — was deemed a success with the Trail Colonials coming out ahead. Organized Oliver Glaser said the Colonials won a “very hard fought, final match” against the East Vancouver Scribes with the game ending 35 to 20. Glaser subbed in many of the […]
