The School District 20 annual elementary track and field meet has become the latest casualty of ongoing strife between the province and its teachers, as day two of rotating job action in the district unfolds. The following letter was issued to local parents yesterday by SD 20 Superintendent Greg Luterbach: Dear Parents, With...

For those of you that don’t know, Trail BC maintains the quaint tradition of the Miss Trail pageant – but MISS TRIAL is not that pageant, and will be far from quaint. Saturday, May 31 at 5 pm in the impressive Cominco Arena, the Rossland Trail Roller Girls (RTRG) will have hometown fans at their backs as they face Valley...

Relying on speed and determination, the Nelson Selects U14 Girls finished with a hard earned third place at the annual Terry Walgren Tournament at Lakeside pitch. Playing up two years in the U16 division, the U14 Selects were introduced to a larger field and bigger opposition. “We knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but playing...

Montrose native Luke Bertolucci have come a long way since putting on the skates in Rossland/Trail Minor Hockey Association. The former Kootenay Ice star of the BC Major Midget Hockey League helped the Edmonton Oil Kings win the first MasterCard Memorial Cup title with a 6-3 victory over the Guelph Storm Sunday at the Tier ...

Nothing, even Mother Nature, could stop the Nelson Select juggernaut at the Terry Walgren Youth Soccer Tournament. The host association captured a handful of medals during the weekend tourney that attracted teams from Creston, Fernie, Invermere, Cranbrook, Salmon Arm and Kelowna. The U18 Selects had little trouble capturing...

Roma Crispin and Sherry Hartridge combined for a 79 to capture the low gross honours at the 2014 Tournament of Roses Ladies Golf event Saturday at the Granite Pointe at Nelson course. The Crispin/Hartridge tag team edged out Tammy Avis and Sherry McIvor for the top prize in the Low Gross category. Sandra Roy and Maureen...

The Lakeside Pitches will be filled with excitement as the Nelson Youth Soccer hosts the annual Terry Walgren Tournament beginning Friday. Teams from Creston, Fernie, Invermere, Cranbrook, Salmon Arm and Kelowna join the host Nelson Selects for three days of action. The tournament kicks off Friday with play in the U16 and U18...

Matt Hughes formerly of Kamloops is the new skipper of the Good Ship Leafs. Hughes was officially welcomed to the position today by Nelson interim society president Larry Martel. "All his references spoke very highly of Matt and said we would be foolish not to hire him as coach," Martel told The Nelson Daily. Hughes, originally...

A host of interested students recently signed up to participate in the first annual Emergency Services Camp to experience life an emergency official. The camp, coordinated by the Nelson Police Department in conjunction with the Nelson RCMP, Nelson Fire Rescue, Nelson Search and Rescue, and BC Ambulance, involved students from...

Local Nelson Little league baseball player Brendan Martel was the winner of the Rollie Lussier Memorial trophy for top Nelson Baseball Association umpire and the Dean Wells Memorial for sportsmanship and dedication to the game for the 2013 season. Martel is now playing Midget AAA baseball for the West Kelowna Diamondbacks in...