Ice move faster than Rockets to earn first win of season
By Bruce Fuhr,The Nelson Daily SportsIf this keeps up Derek Georgopoulos may soon be playing in his home town of Cranbrook with the Western Hockey League’s Ice instead of those younger siblings in Nelson.Georgopoulos scored a goal in each period to spark the Kootenay Ice to a 6-3 victory over the Okanagan Rockets in B.C....
Who says it's hard being Green? Lone Sheep welcomes The Nelson Daily!
By Adrian Barnes, Lone Sheep Publishing This week, we’re proud to announce the latest addition to the Lone Sheep family of newspapers: The Nelson Daily.Owned and operated by Timothy Schafer and Bruce Fuhr, both formerly of the now-defunct Nelson Daily News, the new The Nelson Daily promises to be a vital and vigorous replacement...
Students fill streets of Nelson on 2010 National School Terry Fox Run Day
The Nelson Daily SportsSchools across the country joined hands today with classmates in the Kootenay Lake District to participate in the Terry Fox National School Run Day 2010.Students challenged students and classrooms dared classrooms to raise money to help find a cure for cancer.Students at L.V. Rogers in Nelson decked out...
Highway 3A fenderbender slows traffic Thursday afternoon
The Nelson Daily StaffTraffic on Highway 3A west of Nelson slowed to a crawl Thursday afternoon after a 2006 Nissan Ultima collided with a Kenworth gravel truck near the viewpoint parking lot overlooking CPR flats.At approximately 2:15 p.m., an empty Kenworth truck towing pup trailer and working on the highway construction ...
A recipe for cultural tourism created
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Why anyone would choose to visit the West Kootenay is obvious to those that live here. But making it obvious to those outside of the Kootenay confines is a curious kettle of questions. According to a new report, the Cultural Tourism Strategy, commissioned by the City, the Village of Kaslo...
Kutenai Landing developer in trouble over Kamloops project
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A story in the Kamloops This Week has suggested a project by Kutenai Landing developer New Future Building Group in Kamloops is in trouble. The 54 units to be constructed in the first phase of the Mission Hill development — being built by Mike Rink and the New Future Building Group — are...
Fire ban lifted in West Kootenay
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A decreased risk of wildfires in the region means large open fires are now permitted in the West Kootenay. The Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar lifted the open fire ban at noon Wednesday, allowing fires that are larger than two metres in height and three metres in width, as well as stubble...
Nelson's Kinrade one of 16 players released by Ottawa Senators
By The Nelson Daily SportsWhen your play once every five games the odds of making the big club are pretty, well, they’re very, very low.Which is why Geoff Kinrade was one of 16 players sent to the American Hockey League as the NHL’s Ottawa Senators reduced its roster Wednesday.Kinrade was joined by goaltenders Mike Brodeur ...
U.S. Soldier describes shooting Afghan civilians contested tapes
One of five soldiers accused by the Army of involvement in the premeditated killings of Afghan civilians is scheduled to appear before a military judge today — on the same day ABC News aired tapes that show his confession to investigators about his own involvement and the involvement of several other soldiers in the slayings. In...
Highway near Revelstoke closes due to mudslide
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily A mudslide that closed the Trans-Canada Highway early Tuesday morning near Revelstoke had traffic stopped on the nation’s highway for over 12 hours. The highway was expected to open at 5 p.m. Tuesday after the slide closed a stretch of highway in eastern B.C. between Revelstoke and Golden,...
