Second candidate announces interest to fill shoes of NDP's Alex Atamanenko
The next Federal Election is still months away, but already the parties are busy sourcing out candidates to fill ridings. In the new South Okanagan – West Kootenay federal riding that covers much of the rural area outside Nelson — a second candidate has stepped forward to seek the nomination for the NDP. Richard “Dick” Cannings...
Kettle River Q&A: The small place by the river
Editor's note: Graham chose to submit this creative work instead of his usual Kettle River Q&A after sharing it at a conference and receiving positive support. Enjoy. [For Ben - may you grow up tall] There once was a small place, a wet place nearby A river ran by it, and through it sometimes The cottonwoods swayed ...
Bilodeau, Hamelin roar to golden victories at Sochi Olympics
Canada continued to build on its medal total with three more medals Monday at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Alex Bilodeau won his second straight gold medal in Olympic moguls with teammate Mikael Kingsbury capturing the silver. The Canadians narrowly missed sweeping the podium as Marc-Antoine Gagnon finished fourth. Earlier...
Plenty of smiling faces at the Wilgress Lake fishing derby
Al Sandner has a secret. He uses mushrooms and mealworms when he fishes and this weekend his bait paid off when he caught a fish that weighed 0.65 kg (1 lb and 7 oz). It’s not even close to the biggest rainbow trout ever pulled out of Wilgress Lake, but it almost got him a top three position at the third annual Ice Fishing ...
Getting the 'Drop' on success
A young entrepreneur has proved that a “nimble” approach to production and delivery can bring success to a manufacturing company, even with its factory tucked away in the Kootenays. Now in its fifth year of manufacturing sprockets, couplings, bushings, drums and hubs in South Slocan at the Playmor junction, Drop Designs is ...
Four arrested with firearm/drugs
Four people are now facing charges after an observant resident noticed the passenger of a moving vehicle pointing a gun, according to RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "On Feb. 1 at 8:30 p.m., Castlegar RCMP received a complaint relating to a passenger of a vehicle who was observed to be pointing what appeared to be a firearm," ...
LIBRARY MUSINGS: Come take part in a Downtown Abbey tea party
It’s February, which can mean only one thing: time to start planning your garden! Here’s how we can help: we’ve ordered seed catalogs from a number of different seed companies, and we’ve made these available for you to check out. It seems to make more sense than each of us ordering our own catalog, I think. In related...
Midway RCMP bust grow-op in Beaverdell
Midway RCMP discovered a grow-up in Beaverdell in early January after stopping a driver for a broken light. The driver gave the police the wrong name in order to hide his identity but the RCMP discovered he has been in Canada illegally for 10 years. When they went to arrest him on Jan. 10, they found a grow-op in a Beaverdell...
CL Winterfest fills weekend with snowy fun
The Christina Lake Winterfest has been a pillar at the Lake for so long that organizer Brenda Auge can't put a date on when it first started, but she does know that community members look forward to it each year and this year was no different. "A lot of people have told me stories from Winterfest from when they were young,"...
Nelsonites gather to support Agricultural Land Reserve
Nelson and area residents who are concerned about food security in the region and the fate of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) in the province will be gathering together on Feb. 7 at the Nelson United Church for a Save the Agricultural Land Reserve Rally aimed at raising awareness about the issue. In the fall of 2013 the...
