Last week, in the early hours of November 25, a 20-year old male student from Selkirk College was using a temporary ski ramp that he and a friend had constructed for their own use.  The young male, while using the ramp, fell and struck his head. At the time of the fall the student was […]

Wildcat teams from Mount Sentinel finished well down the pack at the respective B.C. High School Volleyball Championships. The girls took 11th spot at the B.C. High School A Volleyball tournament Saturday in Prince George. The Cats finished third in pool play behind Cedar and Houston Christian and could not get on a roll during […]

Although their camp has been removed by City officials, Occupy Nelson protestors vow to continue to occupy the grounds in front of City Hall, albeit with less of a permanent presence.   With Nelson Police Department officers, bylaw officers and firefighters pitching in, a Nelson City council ordinance to vacate the grounds in front of […]

The Kootenay Wildcats hope a little taste of home cooking will be enough to change the fortunes of the B.C .Female Midget  AAA Hockey League team when the club hosts a pair of games this weekend in Nelson. The Cats, currently in fourth spot with a 2-8 record, host league leading Fraser Valley Phantom in […]

There’s a reason why ski hills are built in the mountains — because that’s where all the snow is located. While Nelsonites wake up to scrape windows of ice prior to heading to work of late, the folks at Whitewater Ski Resort are busy clearing snow, and lots of it, from the steps of the […]

The Mount Sentinel Wildcats meet Revelstoke Friday in consolation round action at the B.C. High School AA Boy’s Volleyball Championships in Kelowna. The Cats, finishing third in power pool play, lost 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-8) to Highland of Comox during Thursday’s playoff round. Mount Sentinel opened the 16-team tourney Wednesday with losses to Pacific Christian […]

 A 36-year-old Rossland man is facing 14 counts of theft of mail after several hundred pieces of mail went missing. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff said police arrested the man, a sub-contracted janitor at the post office, on Nov. 28.  “Canada Post had noticed a recent trend of customer complaints of non receipt of mail […]

Stolen guns, seasonal check stops and slick roads made a busy start to the holiday season for Grand Forks RCMP.   Stolen guns and a suspicious person   A break and enter and a suspicous incident left police looking for answers on Nov. 24.  The first was a break and enter at 12:12 p.m. into […]

Dignitaries and local residents gathered to celebrate the ground breaking at Grand Forks’ newest seniors housing development, Silver Kettle Village, on Tuesday.   Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater was joined by Grand Forks Mayor Brian Taylor, Golden Life Management’s CEO Endre Lillejord and Interior Health Authority (IHA) representatives in the ceremonial ground breaking for the residential […]

Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior), was joined at a press conference today by fellow peace advocates, along with Elizabeth May of the Green Party and Liberal Jim Karygiannis to herald the introduction later in the day of his Private Members Bill to create a federal Department of Peace. May and Karygiannis are co-seconding the […]