Fire chief gerry Rempel reports the fire was extinguished befoe midnight last night. The cause is still unknown, but Rempel says they’re not treating the fire as suspicious. Previous story: A fire in the waste wood piles at Interfor is covering the Castlegar/Robson area with smoke, but officials say firefighting efforts are beginning to pay […]

A rollicking tale of long hours, camaraderie, and bodily fluids—along with a healthy dose of humour—comes to Castlegar & District Public Library on May 13 at 7 p.m. with a presentation by author Jennifer Craig.   Yes Sister, No Sister, is a funny, engaging memoir of the author’s life as a trainee nurse in the 1950s […]

On April 25,  at approximately 10 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP received a report of a single vehicle collision on the 1800 block of Pass Creek Road near Castlegar BC. RCMP responded and found a Toyota 4 Runner had gone off road right into the ditch and rolled onto its roof. The driver and lone occupant […]

Win a chance to play floor hockey with TREVOR LINDEN!  This exciting contest is part of the “Let’s Go Green To Keep Our Kootenays Clean” Kid’s Poster Contest.  To enter, pickup up an entrance poster at the Trail, Castlegar or Nelson Recreation Centers and create a unique poster that explains what YOU can do to help keep our...

A Creston couple has been recognized as producing the “Best Pure Juice Prodcut in the World” during the at the World Juice Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Susan & Gary Snow believe that their innovative and world class pure cherry juice is leading the way in attracting world-wide interest. With several national & provincial awards under […]

Tyler McKay teed off the 2013 West Kootenay Junior Golf Circuit with a win Saturday at the Balfour Golf Course. The Birchbank player fired a 3-over-par 75 to win the 18-hole tournament going away. Brenan Moroney of Birchbank was second at 82 with David Launier of Rock Creek and Trevor Browell tied for third at […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Regional parks may look natural, but there’s a lot that goes in to keeping them that way. The RDCK operates 20 regional parks in the area and their 2013 maintenance and upgrades were reviewed at the April 11 Regional District of Central Kootenay’s monthly board meeting. Parking, monitoring, community […]

Nelson Police Department would like to thank the public for helping in the investigation of an alleged hit and run (Wednesday) April 24 near the Gyro Park lot in the Uphill district. After hearing news in local media the driver immediately attended Nelson Police Stanley Street offices to provide information regarding this incident. The matter was […]

A 48-year-old Castlegar man is facing possession and trafficking charges after police executed a search warrant and seized two ounces of cocaine, according to CRU commander Cpl. Darryl Orr. On April 25, members of the Castlegar Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) executed a search warrant issued under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a local […]

Kootenay Boundary regional deetachment Sgt. Darryl Little issued a press release this morning about the search for missing Slocan teen Daniel Crossley.   The investigation into the disapperance of 18-year-old Daniel Crossley continues,” Little said. “Police have interviewed a number of people in the Slocan community in an attempt to locate Daniel.   “It appears […]