The Nelson Leafs are no longer the top dogs in the Murdoch Division. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks, winners of eight straight games, assumed the penthouse in the division by spanking the Leafs 6-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Sunday evening in Fruitvale. Beaver Valley, 26-6-1-2, lead Nelson by one point after stopping the […]

Team Canada started its assault on defending Spengler Cup by stopping the Rochester Americans 6-3 Sunday in Davos, Switzerland. Team Canada, with Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade anchoring the defence, built up a 3-0 first period lead before holding off the American Hockey League reps in quarterfinal action. Byron Ritchie and Jacob Micflikier each scored twice while […]

Team Canada will need to take the longer road to defend its Spengler Cup after the champs dropped a 3-2 decision to the host team Saturday in Davos, Switzerland. Team Canada, a squad consisting of players from European teams including Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade, will need three wins in as many days if it hopes to […]

Interior Health announced another round of closures to the Kaslo Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department to ring in the New Year. The closures to the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department began Friday afternoon (December 27). The new dates are: 5 p.m. Dec. 27 to 9 a.m. Dec. 30 5 p.m. Dec. 30 to […]

Nelson Fire Department was kept busy with more than last minute Christmas shopping as firefighters responded to two vehicle fires and three accidents prior to Santa’s arrival. Fortunately for everyone involved, there were no injuries reported in any of these incidents. The most dramatic incident occurred on Highway 6 south of Nelson, just past Nelson […]

I am home. I flew in over snowy mountaintops last week from the green coast, arriving in familiar surroundings covered in a mostly pretty blanket of the white stuff, exhausted after a bout with the flu but thrilled to bits to be back in the bosom of my family and friends. I was stressed; I didn’t get everything done before ...

Several drivers lost licencses during the weekend as Nelson Police continued its battle against drunk drivers during the 2013 Christmas Holiday season. During the early hours of Sunday (December 22) officers noticed a young couple enter a vehicle parked in the 700 Block of Vernon Street at 1:35 a.m. When the couple noticed a marked […]

Salmo RCMP is appealing to the public for information regarding a bonfire Saturday at the Salmo Ski Hill. RCMP Cpl. Riordan Bellman said in a release the fire was still smouldering from the night before. “It appears as though party goers from the night before used tires to fuel a bonfire,” Cpl. Bellman said adding […]

Troy Petrick scored three times to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 9-6 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League shootout victory over the Castlegar Rebels Friday night at the NDCC Arena. The win allowed Nelson to sweep the home-and-home series. Nelson has not lost to Castlegar this season. For Petrick, the game marked the first multi-goal […]

The 20-year-old cold case of a former Crescent Valley resident is now heading back to trial. The B.C. Appeal Court agreed in a unanimous decision released Thursday to set aside the decision to convict Neil Snelson of Kelowna in the cold case killing of Jennifer Cusworth and order a new trial. Cusworth, a L.V. Rogers High...