First it was the pub tenant in the former Savoy Inn Hotel. Then a fire closed the restaurant and the hostel shut down. Toss in the Esso gas station pulling up shop and the new owners closing down the Nelson Daily News in the 200 block of the street and the most western part of […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Finding  100 loads of fill to repair the damage caused by Schroeder Creek is not easy. Just ask Randy Phipps, manager of the Schroeder Creek RV and camping resort 15 km north of Kaslo. “It’s not good,” said Phipps. “I haven’t been able to find fill. We can’t open […]

The partners in the Waneta Expansion Project – Fortis Inc., Columbia Power Corporation, and Columbia Basin Trust – welcomed over 1,500 guests to the project yesterday to celebrate Community Day. “This is a great opportunity to showcase a clean, renewable energy project that is growing the economy in the Columbia Basin by providing 350 good […]

The Nelson Killjoys started off fast and never looked back en route to a lopsided 282-93 victory over the Salmo Babes of Brutality in West Kootenay Roller Derby action Saturday at the NDCC Arena. The win is the second of the season for the Killjoys and gives the Nelson-based squad sole possession of top spot […]

With all the rain, the last thing on holidayers minds is mosquitoes. But like taxes, those pesky small, midge-like flies promise to be back sooner than later — some even carrying the West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites.  Any activity that prevents mosquitoes from biting […]

The Rossland Mountain Market is back downtown at the corner of Queen St. and Columbia Ave. every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. beginning this coming Thursday, June 27, and running until Sept. 26.  This year marks the third season that the market has aimed to connect local growers, producers, and artisans directly to customers...

An amphibious plane is resting on the bottom of Kootenay Lake today, after an accident yesterday, according to RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little. “The Nelson RCMP responded to a float plane accident that occurred on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake near Seven Mile on (Sunday) June 23 at approximately 2:45 p.m.,” he said. “The investigation […]

Sunny skies greeted residents at the North End of Kootenay Lake as the community in and around Meadow Creek began the arduous task of cleaning up following recent flooding in the area. “It’s sunny, which is nice,” Jen Hadikin told The Nelson Daily Sunday from Drifters Restaurant on Highway 31 in Meadow Creek. Thursday the […]

Traffic is beginning to move, albeit, slowly north of Kaslo as crews clean up the damage created by recent rains that have swollen creeks and rivers in the area, causing mudslides and water to jump banks. “The creeks and rivers have peaked are beginning to drop,” said Bill Macpherson, Public Information Officer for the Regional […]

Council was provided more information about the proposed Trail boundary expansion by Ali Grieve, Area ‘A’ Director, at the COW meeting on Monday.  She also had a call to action for the City of Rossland.  “In short, what the Beaver Valley is looking for is support in opposing any boundary expansion that has the potential to ...