The Nelson Leafs are hoping home ice is the answer to get back in the Kootenay Conference series against Kimberley Dynamiters when the two teams hook up in Game three of the best-of-seven affair Friday night in the Heritage City. The Leafs trail the Nitros 2-0 after Kimberley posted Kootenay International Junior Hockey League...

The L.V. Rogers Bombers concluded the 2022 High School Boys Basketball season with a tough 63-50 loss to St. Michael’s University of Sannich on the final day of the Provincial AAA Championships Saturday in Langley. Senior forward Samuel Orasuk led the Bomber attack, finishing the game with 21 points — including ...

The Salmo Falcons defeated Stanley Humphries Coyotes 35-20 to capture the West Kootenay Grade 8 Girls Basketball Crown at a tournament earlier this month in Castlegar. The Falcons, coached by Dale Verdon and Ryan Hutton, finished the season without a loss. “What an amazing team. . .. As a coach I couldn't have asked for...

The Nelson Leafs and Kimberley Dynamiters each advanced to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Conference Final after posting divisional-series victories Friday in Frutivale and Invemere. Nelson rallied from a 3-0 deficit early in the second period to edge Beaver Valley Nitehawks 4-3 to clinch the best-of-seven ...

We’re getting closer to spring. However, we're still not out of the woods yet. Just when the roads were clear and the weather was mild, mother nature threw another curveball at us. Oh well, we had a couple days of snow and then some rain.  It’s slowly transitioning into spring. And with that, we are spending more and more...

The Nelson Leafs live to play again. Ryan Quast scored a shorthanded goal early in the third period to power the hometown Leafs to a 3-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory Wednesday at the NDCC Arena. The Leafs, after being down 3-1, win the best-of-seven Murdoch Semi-final series 4-3. Nelson which ...

Nelson Leafs Mario DiBella has been recognized by the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League as Coach of the Year in the Neil Murdoch Division. DiBella is joined by fellow KIJHL coaches Derek Stuart (Eddie Mountain), Geoff Grimwood (Doug Birks) and Carter Rigby (Bill Ohlhausen) as winners of the award in their respective...

“This is bigger than the school, it’s the whole community,” said Salmo Secondary School Principal Jon Francis. Francis is referring to the upswell of local support from the entire Village of Salmo and rural areas for the school’s junior boys’ basketball team, the Falcons. The team is heading to the 2022 Junior Boys Provincial...

It’s never easy come playoff time for a top seed to kick a lower-placed club to the curb. Facing a 1-0 series deficit and trailing 2-0 midway through Game two, the Nelson Leafs rallied for three straight goals to edge Castlegar Rebels 3-2 Murdoch Division victory in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action...

Basketball Officials in the West Kootenay are once again joining with their provincial colleagues to raise money and awareness in the 13th annual Call a FOUL on Cancer — Pink Whistle campaign. The annual campaign, which runs through the month of February — strives to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society...