The weekend that was: A trip through the Hills Garlic Festival in pictures
With the theme Homemade – Homegrown – Organic this year’s event featured 160 vendors selling everything from organic garlic (go figure) to local crafts of art and jewelry to pottery, textiles, lotions and herbal remedies. And The Nelson Daily photographer Della Schafer nearly captured them all, as well as some of the 6,000 or so […]
Former Nelsonite Jennifer Cusworth's cold case murder trial begins in Kelowna court
A 20-year-old cold case of the murder of a former Nelson resident is now seeing the light of day in a Kelowna courtroom, the CBC reported Friday. On Thursday the trial began as footage was shown in a Kelowna courtroom of investigators lifting former LV Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth’s body from a ditch on Swamp […]
Man rescues dog from black bear attack near New Denver
When Ralph Wilson saw his dogs being attacked by a black bear he didn’t hesitate. The 47-year-old New Denver man had been walking up Carpenter Creek to go fishing with a friend on Thursday, Sept. 15 when he rounded a bend in the trail and saw the commotion. Two of the three dogs were actively […]
Singleton gets three years for fraud and theft conviction
Three years in prison now await the former Nelson lawyer who was convicted of fraud and theft from an estate while he was executor. Marvin Singleton, 78, was sentenced Friday in Nelson Supreme Court. His sentence was down from the up to six years that the Crown had asked for. After years on the run […]
OP/ED: Eating crow in defense of goats and chickens - City OCP falls short
So, I’m here today to nosh on a heaping helping of good, old-fashioned crow, as I totally reverse a passionate position I took in a similar column several years back. As long as said crow is locally-grown, I think I can choke it down. What on God’s green earth is she talking about? you may […]
Ready or not, here comes the 2011-12 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports It doesn’t matter if the final roster is set or not, the show must go on. Friday night on ten fronts the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League kicks off its 2011-12 campaign. Included in opening night is the Nelson Leafs facing off in the Sunflower City against the defending […]
Leaf hockey fans did know much about that bearded scorekeeper, but there was really a lot more to Jim Kienholz than a person in charge of keeping track of goals and penalties
A lot of people didn’t know that bearded scorekeeper who scored Leaf games from senior to the present day Nelson Leafs Hockey Club. But those behind the hockey, for that matter soccer, golf, card and stamp collecting and most recently hiking and fishing, scenes that person was James Forest Kienholz. Jim, as friends and family […]
Pass Creek man testifies in fatal hit-and-run case
A man who was a passenger in the truck that allegedly hit and killed a 21-year-old man three years ago testified in court on Wednesday in New Westminster, B.C. Brent Parent, 41, has pleaded not guilty to five charges related to dangerous driving and criminal negligence in the death of Silas O’Brien, a 21-year-old killed […]
SculptureWalk nearing finale after banner year
An incident of vandalism over the weekend has not slowed the momentum of Castlegar SculptureWalk, according to organizer Pat Field, who said the damage is currently being repaired. Field said the damage to a stone in the sculpture entitled The Dawn, by Nelson artist Denis Kleine, is estimated at around $1,200, but will be fixed […]
Police cite lack of common sense as cause in recent drain of search resources by campers/quadders/etc.
Four preventable incidents this month requiring massive drains on local RCMP and Search and Rescue (S&R) resources have police asking the public to apply common sense when heading into local backcountry. September was kicked off by the first incident, which happened at around 5:30 p.m. Sept.1, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Deb Postnikoff. “I local […]
