By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsFor Sasha Zaitsoff, it’s the walk in the park he enjoys the most during his stay in Calgary.Of course that walk is not of friendly variety say down the sidewalk at Lakeside.This walk . . . well, let’s just say it’s more than a walk.This walk has this soon to be 21-year-old skier building ...

I attended a public meeting Monday night, unveiling draft plans for Millennium Park.   I was very much impressed by the offerings – if I had any criticism to offer, it would be that I don’t believe linear thinkers will understand what they were seeing. When the city unveils a plan, we can generally expect […]

In case you missed it, this past Saturday, at around dinnertime the skies opened up briefly and we were treated to a spectacular double rainbow arching over town. It was certainly a sight to behold, and I noticed a cool detail about the pair: the fainter one was a mirror image of the brighter one. […]

As if last year’s Spotted knapweed and Common tansy infestations all over the place weren’t enough for local homeowners and gardeners to tend with, Jenn Vogel of the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) did a presentation at Monday night’s council meeting where she identified a few more invasive species Rosslanders...

Never mess with a man’s beer. After one man stole a full can of beer from another Monday night, a fight broke out in the lane behind the Hume Hotel. The man who stole the beer pulled out a folding knife and slashed the other man twice, once on the right hand and then on […]

Twenty-six new Gambro Artis hemodialysis machines have been installed in community dialysis units across the Kootenays, but none in Trail or in Nelson. The machines replace aging equipment with state-of-the-art technology that makes dialysis more flexible and more efficient. This $750,000 investment is funded by the Ministry of Health through the BC Renal Agency, an […]

Nelson novelist Mark Nykanen has two new books coming out under two different names with two different publishers – all within a three-week period this spring. The first is Burn Down the Sky, a post-apocalyptic thriller published by HarperCollins. Using his pen name, James Jaros, Nykanen tells a tale set in North America in the […]

Another car crash at the intersection of Minto Road and Columbia Avenue has local officials shaking their heads in frustration. The collision, which took place at about 4:40 p.m., is one of more than a dozen in the past year or so, which is why the thoroughfare was dubbed “Million-Dollar Alley”. Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry […]

Several recent cougar sightings within city limits have police warning the public and the City posting on Facebook, asking people to be aware and describing what to do should they spot this dangerous animal.   The press release reads:   “There have been several calls regarding cougar sightings at the Millenium Walkway, and Twin Rivers […]

Alex Atamanenko, MP, (BC Southern Interior) says that the lock-out imposed by Canada Post management was a draconian tactic designed to trample the rights of Canadian workers. Although the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) had initiated rotating strikes, postal workers agreed to keep the mail moving. Once the lock-out was announced, the Conservatives immediately […]