Moroney fires a sizzling 66 to breeze to Granite Pointe title
By The Nelson Daily Sports Rossland/Trail’s Brenan Moroney destroyed the field en route to winning the Granite Pointe stop on the Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf tournament Sunday in Nelson. Moroney shot an amazing 6-under-par 66 to claim the tourney by 10 shots over Kevin Bennett of Redstone in Rossland and Champion Lakes golfer […]
More Internet victims come forward; shoplifting runner caught on second lap
Two more Nelsonites have come forward to report that they were the victims of Internet fraud, the Nelson Police said Monday. In the first incident, a woman reported she had placed an ad to sell her personal bike. The seller thought she had sold her bike after receiving a money order from the buyer, but […]
Grizzly bears return to Nelson; rash of Fairview auto break ins
Bears are back in Nelson. On Saturday a motorist called the Nelson Police Department to report a sighting of two “sub-adult” grizzly bears on Highway 6 near the local cemetery service road. “They appeared to be grazing by the road and not causing any issues,” said NPD Const. P. Bayes. The next day, a hiker […]
Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby packs in the crowds
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports The Castlegar Community Complex was rocking Friday night. But it wasn’t the Rebels on a run to the KIJHL title playing Canada’s game that people were flocking to see. No, the attraction sparking the attention of spectators from Nelson to Nakusp was the West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller […]
B.C. warned ocean will rise by one metre by 2100
The next 90 years will undoubtedly bring many changes, including a one metre rise in the sea level on the B.C. coast. A new report — Climate Change Adaption Guidelines for Sea Dikes and Coastal Flood Hazard Land Use — from the B.C. government is warning builders and developers to plan for the rise in […]
High-risk driving habits on police radar this month in West Kootenay
High risk driving will be the target of a month-long police campaign in the West Kootenay region and across the province starting this weekend. In conjunction with ICBC, the campaign will target high-risk driving behaviours including speeding, failing to yield, following too closely, ignoring a traffic control device and improper passing. Intended to raise awareness […]
Roller Derby squads back on track to battle for bragging rights
It’s another round of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League Friday at the Castlegar Community Complex.
The doubleheader of action begins at 7 p.m. with the Dam City Rollers of Castlegar up against the Babes of Brutality from Salmo. The second contest of the night is Nelson’s Killjoys and Gnarlie’s Angels of Rossland. The […]
OP/ED: One election down, three to go.
I will forever remember election 2011 as the “ambivalence” election. I was glad to see incumbent Atamanenko retain his seat, not out of any loyalty to the New Democrats, but because I didn’t feel the other parties fielded candidates worthy of ousting Atamanenko. I think the only real competition for the seat came from […]
Environment Canada predicts warm, dry summer for Kootenay region
A heat treat is in store for those who have suffered through one of the toughest winters — and a grim spring — in West Kootenay history. Environment Canada is predicting that this summer will be very warm and very dry, much more than normal. In its preliminary summer forecast, the national weather service said […]
Decade long quest for a Skatepark nears completion
With continued participation from the community and a little bit of luck, by the middle of next week Rossland will have chosen its preferred skate park location. Since the Rossland Skatepark Association’s last meeting in January, the first part of a re-launched site selection process, much work has been done. That first meeting...
