North Valley Mountain Film Festival 2012 announces diverse lineup
by Contributor on Wednesday Feb 22 2012

It takes a special kind of person to climb and ski two million vertical feet in 266 days. Revelstoke-based ski mountaineer Greg Hill drops by as a special guest presenter at the 6th annual North Valley Mountain Film Festival on...

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Canucks Lose to Predators in Western Conference Showdown
by Nelson Daily Sports on Wednesday Feb 22 2012

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He's old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is...

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Canucks Begin Six Game Road Trip with 5-2 Defeat Over Oilers
by Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Feb 20 2012

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He's old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is...

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Canucks Dominate Maple Leafs with 6-2 Victory

by Nelson Daily Sports on 19 Feb 2012
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Canucks Dominate Maple Leafs with 6-2 Victory

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He's old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley's (www.fightingforstanley.ca/vancouver) west coast correspondent, and will also blog after all Canuck games for The Nelson Daily.

Leafs outlast Bruins 4-1 to sweep season series

by Nelson Daily Sports on 16 Feb 2012
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Leafs outlast Bruins 4-1 to sweep season series

The Nelson Leafs outshot the Grand Fork Border Bruins 53-14 en route to a 4-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory Thursday in Boundary Country.

The win completes a sweep of the season series for Nelson over the Murdoch Division rivals.

The Leafs improve to 29-17-0-4 and host the Beaver Valley Nitehawks Friday at the NDCC Arena at 7 p.m.

Nelson closes out the regular season Saturday in Fruitvale against the Hawks.

The Leafs open the playoffs against Castlegar the following week.

LVR grad George Pearkes likes the interest from the CFL but has sights set on career off the gridiron

by Nelson Daily Sports on 16 Feb 2012
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George Pearkes found his way to the CFL radar screen after four seasons at Duke University. — photo courtesy Duke University website

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily

George Pearkes never caught a game-winning touchdown during his collegiate football career at Duke University.

The L.V. Rogers grad never started during his four-year career or played a full game.

However, in the Canadian Football League, Canadian born players are about as hard to unearth as gold in Canada.

So finding 20 non-imports, or Canadians, is not that easy for CFL scouts.

Blue Jays back the GFI

by Contributor on 16 Feb 2012
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Blue Jays back the GFI

The organizing committee of the Grand Forks International GFI is pleased to announce that the Toronto Blue Jays will be a Bronze Star Sponsor of the 2012 baseball tournament. Exciting doesn't begin to describe the news of this sponsorship that is welcomed by the volunteers, fans and teams.

Canucks Finally Win in Regulation, Defeat Avalanche 3-1

by Nelson Daily Sports on 16 Feb 2012
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Canucks Finally Win in Regulation, Defeat Avalanche 3-1

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He's old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley's (www.fightingforstanley.ca/vancouver) west coast correspondent, and will also blog after all Canuck games for The Nelson Daily.

Head out to Greenwood Winterfest this weekend

by Erin Perkins on 14 Feb 2012
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Nearly every business in Greenwood participates in the annual Winterfest snow sculpting competition which begins on Friday, Feb. 17. Photo courtesy of Nipper Kettle.

Get ready for some good clean family fun at the annual Winterfest in Greenwood, Friday, Feb. 17 to Sunday, Feb. 19.

The weekend kicks off on Friday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. when the City works department begins dumping trucks loads of snow in front of nearly every business in town for the snow sculpting competition. Each participating business will have from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to sculpt a person-sized structure for a chance to win a painting. Judges from the local art club begin touring at 6 p.m.

Canucks Defeat Coyotes 2-1 by Shootout in Dull, Boring Affair

by Nelson Daily Sports on 14 Feb 2012
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Canucks Defeat Coyotes 2-1 by Shootout in Dull, Boring Affair

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He's old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley's (www.fightingforstanley.ca/vancouver) west coast correspondent, and will also blog after all Canuck games for The Nelson Daily.