Finance-based gatherings can be dull. So kudos to the Area B gentleman who livened things up Tuesday night at the regional district’s Town Hall meeting held in Oasis. Among the enjoyable tidbits revealed regarding the region’s future: a monorail in Trail is unlikely, the district will not be proposing any new bridges, and Pacific Coastal […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Saturday, during the Leafs game against the Creston Valley Thunder, two lucky fans will get an opportunity to shoot for a 2011 Ford Fiesta. The chance occurs during the second-period intermission of final Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season home game for the Leafs. “Two fans, one selected […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Sunday the Kootenay Ice realized there are no playoffs this B.C. Major Midget Hockey League season after dropping a 5-2 decision to the top team, the Vancouver North West Giants. The loss, the 22nd of the season for the Kootenay contingent, mathematically eliminated Kootenay from the post season. “For […]

By The Nelson Daily Sports Nelson Minor Hockey Rep teams begin the road to the March provincial tournament this weekend in the friendly confines of the NDCC Arena. The Bantam Reps play host to Castlegar Friday at 6 p.m. in the first game of the first-team-to-four-points series. The Reps, finishing the season on top of […]

Have you ever taken a trip that has touched you so deeply that it literally changed the course of your life? For Julia Mackey, just such a trip to Normandy France for the 60th anniversary of D-Day launched her into a series of events that would lead to Jake's Gift, a one woman play that has just entered its 5th year of shows...

The Blackjack Junior Racers had another big showing this past weekend at the Western Canadian Championships as they dominated the event taking home by far the most medals of any club involved. That continued success of the racing program along with record numbers at the club in general are solidifying Rossland’s reputation ...

They count amongst their number a doctor, several teachers, and a well-known local artist. But these lovely Rossland ladies have something rather less serious in common. They've got legs (and swirling skirts) and know how to use 'em. Do you? The Boomtown Garter Girls, the Golden City's long-lived cancan troupe, is currently...

Ask and you shall receive…most of the time was the message of the day(s) as a two day extended committee of the whole(COW) meeting over the past two Mondays’ wrapped up a marathon budgeting session. Going through the city’s budget line by line, questioning, discussing and ultimately recommending an updated five year financial...

So, I must be the only person in town who doesn’t ski. Well, actually my father doesn’t ski either, so there’s two of us. My love affair with snow ended at about the age of 13, when it started to become more of a feeling of burden on my body and soul than the excitement I felt as a child when winter came. I resented shovelling....

The next round of the Rouge Music series is gearing up for a Valentine’s Day love-in at the Rouge Gallery and this time the organizers have a mission: to crack into the old bank vault in the back of the former bank. Starting on Monday through the Rouge Music’s season end performance in May, the folks at the gallery will be ...