There was no million-dollar first prize or feature magazine story for the winner. But that doesn’t seem to be a concern to anyone in the Kootenays after the Whitewater/Red Mountain tag team captured bragging rights in the recent Powder Magazine Ski Town Throwdown contest to find the best ski towns in North America. “It validates […]

A 28-year-old man serving weekend jail time for a previous offence had better free up a few more calendar days after police noticed the male was a little intoxicated before entering Nelson Police Department cells. The incident happened Friday (December 28) when the man reported for NPD office to serve a portion of his custodial […]

In the wild, wild Murdoch Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, anything is possible — like two ties on the same night. Nelson Leafs played most of the overtime shorthanded, but still managed to hold onto a 3-3 tie against the Braves Saturday night in the Lilac City in a game that had […]

At this time of year when the snow is deep and we take time to relax with family, what could be better than turning up the heat, and snuggling in with a blanket and popcorn to watch your all time favourite movie. The Lone Sheep family thought it might be nice to share the movies that we can watch - not just once, but again,...

The Nelson Leafs looked anything like a division leader Friday night at the NDCC Arena. Fact is, for the past few games the Green and White have been a shadow of the team that was almost unbeatable in November. Still the Leafs played just a little better than the Spokane Braves, scoring three unanswered goals […]

2013 is just around the corner. And a few hours past the start of the New Year is the annual Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation Polar Bear Swim at Lakeside Park. It doesn’t matter if your a swimmer, floater, young or old, everyone is invited to take the New Year plunge to raise money to enhance […]

Traditionally Doukhobor hymns and psalms are passed verbally from generation to generation and rarely recorded. But in the 1960s an unusual taped session sung by Anna Markova, daughter of Peter P. Verigin – Chistiakov and mother of John J. Verigin, was done. This unique recording has recently re-surfaced and has been re-mastered for the community. […]

The first phase of the Kettle River watershed management report is complete and is being rolled out to the public. Grand Forks city council received a presentation from the project co-ordinator Graham Watt to update them on the study, key focus areas and next steps at their meeting Monday, Dec. 17. The Regional District of […]

Geoff Kinrade grew up spending time during the Christmas holidays watching Canadian hockey teams in action on television at major tournaments in Europe. Now Kinrade will be front and center on one of those teams as the Nelsonite suits up as a member of Team Canada at the Spengler Cup, December 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland. […]

Last week Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that under the new guidelines, patients will no longer apply to Health Canada for medical marijuana, and home production will be phased out. Prior to the news The Nelson Daily reporter Erin Perkins talked with RCMP Kootenay Boundary regional detachment staff sergeant Dan Seibel and Nelson Police […]