Fugitive sentenced to four months after escape and subsequent arrest in Trail
A high-risk offender is behind bars after a midnight arrest in a Trail home Thursday, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. He said 26-year-old Joel Hutchinson had been eluding law enforcement for some time, including having escaped police custody the day before Trail and Castlegar Crime Reduction Units arrested him Thursday. “About three weeks earlier, […]
Gnarlies Angels dump Salmo; Killjoys beat up on city rivals, Lumber Jackies
Defending champion Rossland Gnarlies Angels made a statement Friday night in Nelson that the road to West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League title still goes through the Golden City. The Angels outscored Salmo’s Babes of Brutality 102-60 in the second half to dump their league rivals 167-120 at the Crashablanca Friday at the Nelson and […]
It didn't take Tom Renney long to find a new job, joins Detroit Red Wings
It’s didn’t take former Kootenay International Junior Hockey League coach Tom Renney to find a job back in the pros. The Columbia Valley Rockies skipper, who took the one proud franchise to a KIJHL title, accepted an offer earlier this week with the Detroit Red Wings as associate coach. Renney fell out of favour with […]
Krestova residents not happy with pulp mill bio solids in back yard, want product removed
Residents in Krestova are outraged and concerned an application of bio solids from the Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar to a neighbouring property will contaminate their ground water and threaten their health. “I feel we’re just being used as a dump site,” said Nick Kootnikoff whose well is within the 30-meter legal limit of […]
COMMENT: Hodgepodge and the humus condition
A Rossland resident recently wrote to council to complain about water meters, but also to take a swipe at the community garden just north of Jubilee Park beside RSS."It does not seem to produce edible, useful vegetables," she wrote. "It looks uncoordinated and hodgepodge."Hodgepodge: A jumble, a disorderly mass, a confusion...
Atamanenko Comments on Proposed Election Boundary Changes
In a story in the Nelson Daily on July 5, we outlined the changes to federal electoral ridings proposed by the 2012 Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia. Proposed changes would see Nelson, Salmo, and areas A, B, C, and G of the Regional District of Central Kootenay moved to the federal Columbia-Kootenay riding. Those […]
Oops - Suspect caught by cop whose bike he just stole; suspect's father arrested shortly thereafter in unrelated incident
In a bizarre string of coincidences July 2, a Nelson police officer stopped a cyclist riding without lights or a helmet in an alley near Baker Street, according to an NPD press release. “The 22-year-old male was intoxicated and gave a false story about what he was up to,” the release said. “Upon examining the […]
Police close investigation into fire/explosions in Rossland
Trail RCMP have concluded their investigation into the garage fire that caused several small explosions on a property on Maple Crescent in Rossland on Monday, according to Sgt. Rob Hawton. “It’s believed the explosions came from several of the small, camping-type propane canisters,” he said. “We don’t know what caused the fire for certain, but […]
Local RCMP and NPD honoured for seizing most contraband of any BC police force
More than $5 million cash, more than 200 illegal weapons, and thousands of pounds of illegal drugs are off Kootenay streets – and local police were recognized in June for making that happen. RCMP officers and officers from the Nelson Police Department assigned to the RCMP Southeast District Traffic Services and the Integrated Road Safety […]
Local triathlete Steve Archdekin featured in British magazine
Steve Archdekin likes to make a grand entrance when he competes at triathlon races — not. But the British Columbian transplant is definitely making a splash on the world triathlon scene after having a story published about him in the British magazine Triathlon Plus. “It was a good article, so I’m glad about that,” Archdekin […]
