Golden Knights amateur Scout Bruno Campese knew he would have the opportunity to experience a day with the Stanley Cup after the Vegas won the NHL Finals back in June. Sunday afternoon at the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena, the Nelson native returned to his hockey roots to celebrate the Stanley Cup with hockey […]

A conservation coalition is calling for the management of grizzly bears to put into the proper hands before the species is placed back into the cross hairs of endangerment. A group of 55 environmental and animal care organizations, conservationists, scientists and nature-based businesses signed a joint letter to the Province in opposition of a recently-released […]

And the bears came back, the very next day, as the saying goes. Removal of an adult female grizzly bear and her two yearling cubs from the urban confines of Nelson last week did not take. On Friday, provincial officials — including Ministry of Environment (MOE) conservation officers and Ministry of Forests (MOF) wildlife biologists […]

RCMP said a 22-year-male from Edmonton was charged with excessive speeding after police clocked a vehicle going more than twice the posted speed limit on Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park on Sunday, October 8th. The vehicle was stopped as part of patrols by BC Highway Patrol from Cranbrook, who spent the Thanksgiving weekend patrolling […]

BC Hockey, along with the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) announced Thursday that the Kimberley Dynamiters (KIJHL) will host the 2024 BC Hockey Junior A Championship, April 18-21, 2024. BC Hockey said in a media release that the four-team tournament […]

Sometimes you are up, sometimes you are down. Sometimes you are both. The Kootenay unemployment rate was higher in September than August — and compared to last year — but is still lower than the provincial and national rate of unemployment, going against a historical trend, according to Statistics Canada. At 5.3 per cent, the […]

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Teacher Sean Marechal has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Marechal teaches Grade 9 and 10 students in the Valhalla Wilderness Program at W.E. Graham School in the Village of Slocan. “I can’t think of a teacher more deserving of this recognition than Sean. His dedication and passion for building […]

A new era of openness has begun in the regional district. Citing the identification of accessibility and inclusion barriers for Regional District of Central Kootenay staff and community members “in the course of interacting with the municipality,” the RDCK has officially launched an accessibility advisory committee. Approved by the RDCK board of directors on Sept. […]

Creston RCMP is asking the public’s assistance in locating missing person, 58-year-old Felix Ference. Ference was last seen by family on the evening of October 7th, 2023 at his residence in Creston. His time away has been troubling for his family and police. Felix Ference is a described as the following: 6’2 (188 cm) Approximately […]

Interior Health (IH) has released a five-year Climate Change and Sustainability Roadmap that provides long-term, strategic direction for preparing for and mitigating the health impacts of climate change. IH is committed to being a leader in creating a sustainable and resilient health-care system that equitably contributes to the well-being of clients, patients, staff, communities and the […]