Welcome to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Quick Shift, which provides a preview of each of the 20 teams, with insight from their respective general managers/head coach. Next up is the Nelson Leafs in the Neil Murdoch Division. The Leafs finished second in their division with a 24-15-4-1 record and lost in the opening […]

The Stanley Cup victory tour for the Vegas Golden Knights will touch down in the West Kootenay on October 15 with a visit from Nelson-raised Bruno Campese. One of the most legendary trophies in all of sport has been crisscrossing the globe since the Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in June to claim the franchise’s […]

More than a dozen boats took to Kootenay Lake to compete in the 100th Gray Creek Regatta Labour Day Weekend. Jim and Joanne Reaburn on Orbit topped the A Fleet while Anne Armstrong won the B Fleet on Coal Dust. C-Fleet winner was Richard Deane on Wing Song. Thirteen boats were divided into three fleets […]

The Nelson Leafs appear to have hit the ground running to start the 2023-24 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. The Leafs saw approximately 39 players attend training camp last weekend at the NDCC Arena, with 30 remaining with the team to begin the exhibition season, that opens Friday at home against the Creston Valley […]

The Nelson Leafs appear to have hit the ground running to start the 2023-24 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. Now that training camp 2023 has concluded, the Nelson Leafs Hockey club can focus on preparation for the upcoming Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Under the guidance of head coach Briar McNaney, players were put […]

There was a two-team tied for top spot at the Kennedy Shootout Sunday at the Granite Pointe Golf Course in Nelson. The Granite Pointe team of Nick Kennedy and Reg Clarkson finished in tie at minus-16 with Garret Kucher and Devon Cheveldaeff following the 18-hole two-person scramble golf tournament. The two-person scramble event had a […]

This weekend, the waters on the east side of Kootenay Lake will be filled with boats as organizers welcome skippers to the 100th Anniversary of the Gray Creek Sailing Regatta, September 2nd-3rd. The Kootenay Lake Sailing Association is hosting this event at Gray Creek. Sailors from Nelson, Castlegar, Gray Creek, and Vancouver will be participating. […]

The smoky skies didn’t deter a strong-turn out for the Rob Wright West Kootenay Open tournament held at the Nelson Tennis Club between August 18-20. More than 50 entrants came from as far afield as Fernie, Kelowna and beyond, with the local talent sweeping the bulk of the hardware and entertaining the appreciative spectators. On […]

The Slopitch Team of women from the West Kootenay recently added their names to the local history books by capturing the SloPitch National Women’s Provincial Championship. Earlier this month, a group of 13 women from Kaslo, Nelson and Warfield, with only a handful of practices under their respective belts, made the journey to Chilliwack to […]

With submissions by the Rossland Curling club Fire has invaded and disrupted – even ended — so many lives recently, in BC and around the world – and so far Rossland has been very fortunate, suffering only a few days of dense smoke.  We can all be grateful for that, even as we send donations […]