No acclamation win for Conroy - Liberals declare West Kootenay candidate
Today’s BC Liberals have announced that Jim Postnikoff will be their candidate in Kootenay West for the upcoming provincial election. Postnikoff is a small business owner and worked as a millwright in the mining and forestry industries for 25 years. “Today’s BC Liberals have balanced B.C.’s budget and they have a plan to grow our […]
COMMENT: How is the City going to pay for Columbia Avenue?
It appears the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project is going to cost a lot more than taxpayers were led to believe. How the project will be paid for is another example of pathetic financial mismanagement on the part of the City. In late December 2010, an Alternative Approval Process (AAP) was initiated to get authority ...
Council tackles issues of freedom and democracy
Council discussed three major democratic issues on Monday evening, from local issues of ongoing fallout from the arena scandal and questions of transparency in email communications, to an official council stand on the controversial Jumbo Resort development near Invermere, BC. Auditor General soon to pick her cases Coun....
COUNCIL MISCELLANY: Rossland’s budget still not on the radar, Dog doo piled wide and deep, and Miners’ Hall facelift gets a nod
Did someone say budget? May 15 deadline fast approaches There’s still no sign of a budget discussion at council as the May 15 filing deadline for municipal financial plans approaches. Coun. Kathy Moore said, "I'm agitated that it's now April and we haven't started any serious discussion on our budget." She asked if there...
RCMP looking for person responsible for damaging highway signs
Nelson RCMP is requesting the assistance of the public to identify those responsible for damaging several signs on Highway 6 between Crescent Valley and Slocan Park in the early morning hours of March 23 (Saturday). Sometime overnight between (Friday) March 22 and (Saturday) March 23, someone drove a vehicle into the ditches and over […]
Lubin scores twice to power the Rebels past Comox Valley
Bryan Lubin scored twice to spark Kootenay International Junior Hockey League champion Castlegar Rebels to a 3-1 win over the host Glacier Kings in opening day action at the 2013 Cyclone Taylor Cup Championships Thursday at the Comox Sports Centre. Castlegar held period leads of 2-0 and 3-1. The Rebels now play Victoria Cougars Friday […]
Medical Journals Spotlight Kootenay Lake Hospital: Standards in emergency medical care needed
By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Nelson fell from fourth to last place in its failure to rescue critically ill patients in a 2011 report by the Fraser Institute. And the doctor citing the Fraser Institute’s Hospital Report Card (www.hospitalreportcards.ca), which used data from 2009, says Nelson residents are still at risk 11 years after […]
Linden to be keynote speaker in Castlegar
The City of Trail Parks and Recreation, Castlegar & District Recreation Centre and the Nelson & District Community Complex, with the major sponsorship of Teck, are pleased to announce Trevor Linden as the keynote speaker at the upcoming 2013 Recreation Facilities Association of BC (RFABC) Conference. The event takes place May 14-16, 2013 at the […]
Head coach Maida gets stamp of approval from Leafs brass
Head coach Frank Maida looked like a magician in November when the Leafs raced to the top of the Murdoch Division. However, after the Leafs lost at home to the Castlegar Rebels prior to the Christmas break the Leafs looked anything like a well-oiled machine as the Green and White dropped down the Murdoch division […]
Leaf netminder inks letter of intent with BCIHL Champs
Marcus Beesley decided it was prudent to spend his remaining time in junior hockey in the Kootenays with the Nelson Leafs. The Prince George native isn’t straying to far from the Heritage City after inking a commitment letter with defending B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League champion Selkirk Saints. “Marcus is an athletic goaltender with strong fundamentals […]
