Greg Nesteroff

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Castlegar’s Selkirk Challengers compete in Creston, Nelson

Local gymnastics club having successful year.

West Kootenay Timberwolves getting ready for three weekends of home games

Junior Lacrosse team plays in Castlegar

GORD TURNER: Accidental treasure hunt for books pays rewards

You never know what treasures you might discover on a book shelf

Nils Jensen’s battle against the Toronto-Dominion bank, which he sued for overcharging him $8.61 on his credit card, was recounted in this Nelson Daily News story of Oct. 7, 1980.

As a Nelson lawyer, Nils Jensen ‘kicked the bank in the knee’

The former mayor of Oak Bay, who died this month, was once a Nelson Crown prosecutor

Nils Jensen’s battle against the Toronto-Dominion bank, which he sued for overcharging him $8.61 on his credit card, was recounted in this Nelson Daily News story of Oct. 7, 1980.

COLUMN: The pros and cons of the new North American trade deal

By Richard Cannings

Walter Volovsek: Coming home, part 3

A Castlegar man continues his series recounting his return to Slovenia

The Regional District of Central Kootenay has its headquarters in Nelson. Photo: Nelson Star file

10 RDCK incumbents seek re-election

Most rural directors want another term

The Regional District of Central Kootenay has its headquarters in Nelson. Photo: Nelson Star file
Joan Reichardt, a prominent Nelson seniors advocate, died May 5. Photo: Greg Nesteroff

Nelson seniors advocate passes

Joan Reichardt (1928-2018)

Joan Reichardt, a prominent Nelson seniors advocate, died May 5. Photo: Greg Nesteroff
Redfish elementary school at Longbeach currently has about 100 students in kindergarten to Grade 5. Photo: Greg Nesteroff

UPDATED: Grades 6 and 7 returning to Redfish school

School board agrees to begin switch sooner than expected

Redfish elementary school at Longbeach currently has about 100 students in kindergarten to Grade 5. Photo: Greg Nesteroff
Curtis Bendig

Nelson trustee resigns from SD8 board

Curtis Bendig steps down to resume teaching career

Curtis Bendig
RCMP have the east entrance to Beasley Road blocked off. (Google Maps)

UPDATED: Possible human remains found at Beasley

Beasley Road has been closed off since Tuesday

RCMP have the east entrance to Beasley Road blocked off. (Google Maps)
The spectacular view from the now-closed Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Museum. (Greg Nesteroff photo)

PLACE NAMES: Hardy Mountain, Hayes, Hilltop, Hodges

Among them was a member of the namesake family, Edward Blake Hardy (1873-1962).

The spectacular view from the now-closed Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Museum. (Greg Nesteroff photo)
The spectacular view from the now-closed Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Museum. (Greg Nesteroff photo)

PLACE NAMES: Hardy Mountain, Hayes, Hilltop, Hodges

Two hundred twenty-sixth in a series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names

The spectacular view from the now-closed Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Museum. (Greg Nesteroff photo)
Walter Gardner was the namesake of Gardners Landing on Kootenay Lake. (Craig Weir collection)

PLACE NAMES: Fisherman, Fry Creek, Gardners Landing

The sternwheeler stops of Fry Creek and Gardners Landing honoured Richard Fry and Walter Gardner

Walter Gardner was the namesake of Gardners Landing on Kootenay Lake. (Craig Weir collection)
Richard Fry as depicted in An Illustrated History of North Idaho (1903). Fry Creek is believed to be named after him.

PLACE NAMES: Fisherman, Fry Creek, Gardners Landing

The sternwheeler stops of Fry Creek and Gardners Landing honoured Richard Fry and Walter Gardner

Richard Fry as depicted in An Illustrated History of North Idaho (1903). Fry Creek is believed to be named after him.
601 Front Street in Nelson, probably during the winter of 1911-12. The building was erected as the Kootenay Jam Co. by the Fox brothers of Fox Landing. At the time this building was the Kootenay Columbia Preserving Works, the Doukhobor-operated jam factory. Seen at far left is a bit of what’s now Ellison’s Market, while at right is the building now home to DHC Communications and Tu-Dor Lock and Security, formerly Reo’s Video, which is now in the former jam factory. (Courtesy Pete and Dasha Hadikin and Marlene Anderson)

PLACE NAMES: Destiny Bay, Florence, Fox Landing, and Friendensthal

Destiny Bay is on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, near the mouth of Akokli Creek.

601 Front Street in Nelson, probably during the winter of 1911-12. The building was erected as the Kootenay Jam Co. by the Fox brothers of Fox Landing. At the time this building was the Kootenay Columbia Preserving Works, the Doukhobor-operated jam factory. Seen at far left is a bit of what’s now Ellison’s Market, while at right is the building now home to DHC Communications and Tu-Dor Lock and Security, formerly Reo’s Video, which is now in the former jam factory. (Courtesy Pete and Dasha Hadikin and Marlene Anderson)
601 Front Street in Nelson, probably during the winter of 1911-12. The building was erected as the Kootenay Jam Co. by the Fox brothers of Fox Landing. At the time this building was the Kootenay Columbia Preserving Works, the Doukhobor-operated jam factory. Seen at far left is a bit of what’s now Ellison’s Market, while at right is the building now home to DHC Communications and Tu-Dor Lock and Security, formerly Reo’s Video, which is now in the former jam factory. (Courtesy Pete and Dasha Hadikin and Marlene Anderson)

PLACE NAMES: Destiny Bay, Florence, Fox Landing, and Friendensthal

Destiny Bay is on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, near the mouth of Akokli Creek.

601 Front Street in Nelson, probably during the winter of 1911-12. The building was erected as the Kootenay Jam Co. by the Fox brothers of Fox Landing. At the time this building was the Kootenay Columbia Preserving Works, the Doukhobor-operated jam factory. Seen at far left is a bit of what’s now Ellison’s Market, while at right is the building now home to DHC Communications and Tu-Dor Lock and Security, formerly Reo’s Video, which is now in the former jam factory. (Courtesy Pete and Dasha Hadikin and Marlene Anderson)
Marysville is seen on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake on Perry’s Mining Map of 1893.

PLACE NAMES: Davie, Deep Creek, and Deep Water Landing

An obscure townsite on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake honoured the Virgin Mary and a BC premier

Marysville is seen on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake on Perry’s Mining Map of 1893.
Marysville is seen on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake on Perry’s Mining Map of 1893.

PLACE NAMES: Davie, Deep Creek, and Deep Water Landing

An obscure townsite on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake honoured the Virgin Mary and a BC premier

Marysville is seen on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake on Perry’s Mining Map of 1893.
The Canyon City Land and Lumber Co. Ltd. began advertising Creston fruit lands in the Lethbridge Herald in 1908.

PLACE NAMES: Canyon City, Crystal Creek, and Deschamps

W.S. Fletcher had big plans for a townsite 21 miles north of Westbridge. It was all for naught

The Canyon City Land and Lumber Co. Ltd. began advertising Creston fruit lands in the Lethbridge Herald in 1908.