The Recreation Department has had a request to hunt down an Instructor and start a Pickle Ball recreation program.  Pickleball is a racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a doubles badminton court. The net is similar to a tennis...

  Kootenay-Boundary girls can learn how it feels to fly in aviation, mix up a mirror from scratch in chemistry, build a digital map of our natural environment, and mingle with young women already working in their dream jobs at Quantum Leaps, a unique, hands-on science and technology careers event at Selkirk College Oct. 20 […]

The Sekirk Saints split a pair of home game to the University of Victoria Vikings in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League action during the weekend in Castlegar. The Saints, unveiling new jerseys during the opener of the two-game tilt, rode the outstanding netminder of Calgary native Andrew Wong to double the Vikes 4-2 during the opener […]

Last season it was a Nelson/Castlegar mix. This season Nelson Minor Hockey decided to affiliate with Kaslo to form its Midget Rep squad and the decision appears to be paying dividends on the ice. Nelson/Kaslo Leafs won its sixth game of the young minor hockey season Sunday in Nakusp, defeating the host club 4-1 thanks […]

The Mount Sentinel Wildcats moved up the confidence ladder to place in the gold tier at the 48-team Best of the West High School Girl’s Volleyball Tournament Saturday in Kelowna. “It was a good weekend overall for us,” said Mount Sentinel head coach Joe Moreira. “(We) took some baby steps forward.” The Wildcats lost all […]

Nelson has gone international once again. Los Angeles Times staff writer Chris Reynolds made a stop in the Heritage city recently to give a Coles Notes version to Californians of life north of the 49th parallel Reynolds made the holiday trek from Los Angeles with his family to drink a little hemp ale, sample some […]

Hoop players have been busy working on their respective games prior to the High School Basketball season. So are the officials. The West Kootenay Basketball Officials Association is busy gearing up for another season on the hardwood with is inaugural meeting set for Tuesday in Castlegar. The place and time is Twin Rivers Elementary next […]

Police have released the name of a Trail man who died after his car strayed into an oncoming lane on Highway 22 Thursday, colliding with an oncoming pickup truck. The 44-yr-old male, Mark Perry, was in a 1997 red Honda when he crossed into an oncoming lane on Highway 22 between Fairview and China Creek around 5 p.m.  and […]

The West Kootenay Bantam Wildcats finished in the middle of the pack during a female hockey tournament this past weekend in Kelowna. The Cats, consisting of players from Kaslo, Nelson, Castlegar, Rossland and Trail, were 1-2-1 during the weekend tilt against competition from throughout the province. The Cats opened the tourney bowing to Kelowna 3-1 […]

The Nelson company that developed the popular Matrix multiple listing service platform used by 17 MLS service’s across North America has been sold. One hundred per cent of Tarasoft Corp. was sold Sept. 15 to real estate information and analytics provider CoreLogic for an undisclosed price. There was no mention made whether there would be […]