What's a cold Arctic air front to enthusiastic Polar Bear Swimmers? Nothing! More than 75 brave, hardy, souls flocked to Nelson’s Lakeside Park beach to take the plunge into Kootenay Lake at the 2015 Rhythm Ropers Polar Bear Swim Thursday at High Noon. And it didn’t matter the age, swimmers young and old made the sprint, in...

City council and services are moving back into City Hall, Jan. 5, 2015. The building was damaged during a fire last year, when an arsonist broke into the hall in the early hours of Sept. 19, 2013.    The repairs and construction took around 15 months, but staff and council are ready to move back into the 4th Street location. ...

Nelson Police report the missing 66-year-old man from Calgary has been found. Police said the man arrived at his home in Calgary early Tuesday morning and that he was safe after being informed there was a missing person alert issued in his name. Nelson Police would like to thank the public for helping with this file. Nelson...

The first major snowfall in weeks caught some drivers in the City of Nelson off guard as several accidents were reported. One major bottleneck proved to be the 300 Block of Cedar Street when snow combined with a warming temperature turned the street into a sheet of ice causing vehicles to bounce off of each other around 4...

Environment Canada issued a special weather warning Saturday for most of the province, including the West Kootenay/Boundary regions. The statement said residents should expect cold Arctic air spreading across the interior Sunday. "A strong ridge of high pressure from Yukon will advance towards the British Columbia Interior ...

Attached is a gallery of Christmas lights around the Boundary.  More to come ......

Chantel Lovegrove is our new president and she is determined to make this a highly effective organization where players have fun, learn soccer skills and develop appropriate attitudes. Please support Chantel and the board in 2015. New Board in Place Nicole Allison was inducted as a new director and has accepted the role of ...

Updated... The Greenwood outdoor skating rink is being revived in time for Christmas. Local volunteers gathered on Sunday to make plans for the arena, which include getting enough skates in all sizes for people to borrow and getting the ice ready. Volunteer Christopher Yates, said the meeting was productive with six people ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and our library’s board of directors is getting in the holiday spirit – at this month’s board meeting, they passed a motion to extend the 1-year “no overdue fines” trial period for a second year. If you’re late to the party, let me get you caught up: for 2015 (as in 2014), we will not...

The annual Greenwood Christmas light-up contest, has concluded for 2014 with ties in both categories.  In first place for Greenwood residents is Ron Pearson at 692 Strathmore and Doreen McLean at 197 N. Kimberley. The two winners split the money from the first and second places. In third place, are Mike and Maureen Prystae ...