Nelson Police stopped what the force believes is a male associated with organized crime during a late-night episode in the downtown core. The incident began when officers attempted to engage a male in conversation before the man and his companion drove off, briefly evading police. The male, his passenger and vehicle were quickly located. After […]

A comment posted on Facebook has earned the author a conversation with police, according to Castlegar RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. The comment was in reference to a story posted on the Castlegar Source Facebook page about a Sunflower City man convicted of criminal charges, and openly threatened the man named in the story. Source editor […]

Usually, I’m in line with public opinion, in keeping with the democratic values that drive my very profession. But a recent Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross just crosses the line for me – away from public opinion and into public hysteria or public stupidity, I can’t decide which. Apparently, about […]

The West Kootenay Habitat for Humanity presented the Chris Catta Family with the keys to the new house during a blessing ceremony Sunday in the Uphill district of Nelson. Pastor Jim Reimer of the Kootenay Christian Fellowship was on hand to conduct the blessing along with the Catta Family and members of the West Kootenay […]

Sarah Wade and Chiara Chirico each scored twice sparking the  L.V. Rogers Bombers to a convincing 5-1 decision over the Stanley Humphries Rockers in West Kootenay Fieldhockey League action Wednesday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch. The game was a preview to the West Kootenay semi final set for Tuesday at Pass Creek in Castlegar. The […]

The news has been out circulating around the NDCC Arena for some time that Detroit Red Wings coach Tom Renney was assisting at Nelson Leafs. But the opportunity to rub shoulders with a person with National Hockey League rink-side credentials never gets stale to players young and old. Renney, along with hockey fans right across […]

The official unveiling of the Olaus Jeldness statue is planned for the Friday night (Jan. 25) of the 116th annual Rossland Winter Carnival, immediately after the parade—and the city recently set about drafting invitations for Norwegian notables to attend. Coun. Kathy Wallace raised the plans at the Oct. 9 council meeting: "I...

Rossland council authorized the purchase of 40 new 4.5 foot diameter top-mount Christmas lights—or "winter" lights as the mayor preferred to call them—for the new street lamps on Columbia Ave. and Washington St. to First Ave. Rossland previously had 30 snowflake lights, but the manager of operations, Darrin Albo, wrote to...

Grand Forks RCMP will not be laying charges against the person who left the briefcase on the doorstep of the Grand Forks and District Credit Union earlier this month. “We did determine who left the brief case there and we did question that individual,” said Grand Forks RCMP staff sergeant Jim Harrison. “We’re positive we […]

The Greater Trail Skills Centre and Career Development Services (CDS) are part way through a 48 week program of one-time-only funding from the federal government to lay the foundation for better support for the region's homeless and hard-to-house. To sustain the project beyond March 31, 2013, when the current funding expires,...