It was a golden moment for the Nelson Selects U15 Boys at the inaugural Kootenay South Eye of the Storm tournament in Castlegar. Nelson Selects, playing up a division, outlasted their U16 rivals 5-3 to claim the gold medal in the U16 Boy’s Division Sunday in the Sunflower City. “It was a very challenging weekend for us due ...

We're back from the Westcoast And this year proved to be a great one.  There were lots of salmon around and fishing was fantastic.  Daily limits of Chinooks were fairly normal as well as Coho mixed in.  The Chinook fishing was consistent all summer and the Coho were on again off again.  Some weeks saw the banks littered with...

Linda Henke came away with the top prize at the 25th Annual Ladies Open Golf Tournament earlier this month at the Balfour Golf Course. Henke was the low gross winner in a field of 72 players from the Okanagan, Washington State and both East and West Kootenays. Balfour's Linda Bobic was the other top winner, taking home the ...

Jordan Davie is having a great start to the 2015-16 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. The Kaslo native scored his fourth goal of the season with just under four minutes remaining in the game to lift the Nelson Leafs to a 2-1 victory over the Grand Forks Border Bruins Sunday afternoon in the Boundary City. ...

Jordan Davie said after Leafs' two opening weekend losses Nelson would be a different team come week two. Davie didn't disappoint, scoring twice to lead the Leafs to a 4-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the visiting Spokane Braves Friday night at the NDCC Arena. The Leafs were clearly a different...

A silver medal won at the Little Bear Youth Soccer tournament last weekend in Revelstoke sure seemed like gold a Nelson Select U15 girl’s squad. Not only did the team — which dropped a 2-1 decision in the final to Calgary Blizzard — overcome sickness to some key players and the fatigue factor of playing in blistering heat, ...

At 5’11”, 195-pounds, Jordan (call me Jo) Davie moves through the NDCC neutral zone like a heat-seeking missile as he hounds opposition defenders for the puck. Acquired in a trade with Victoria Cougars of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, the 20-year-old Davie looks to be a key cog to a Leafs team filled with young...

Two BC Sheriffs along with a RCMP civilian represented the Heritage City in the recent Cop for Kids Ride that tour Southern Interior recently. BC Sheriffs Mike Kosof, Rob Crowder and RCMP civilian Karen Armstrong braved saddle sores and tired muscles to join the 2015 Thomas Alan Budd Foundation Cops for Kids Ride Team. Since...

Some Nelson Youth Soccer teams traveled south of the 49 parallel while others trekked into Columbia Country. The Nelson Selects took their game across the border and returned with a bronze medal after scoring a 2-0 victory over the Spokane Shadown in the consolation match at the Sandpoint Youth Soccer Tournament Sunday. "The...

More than 100 kids and youth are expected to be part of the action at the Sixth annual Six in the Stix Mountain Biking Festival September 19-12 near Cranbrook. Riders from Alberta and the Kootenays will participate in one of three races as a way of celebrating participation, health, fitness and the simple joy of riding a...