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1 week ago | 
mykootenaynow.com | Drew Wilson
A fake doctor pushing prescription pills has pocketed $660, as TRAIL RCMP uncover another method for scammer to cash in on unrecoverable e-transferred money. “You may not want to consume prescription medications obtained over social media, despite a doctor shortage. Please visit your doctor or a open clinic to get treatment,” sayid Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. Meanwhile, another victim lost $300 to an unnamed friend asking for a gift card.
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1 week ago | 
mykootenaynow.com | Drew Wilson
Trail RCMP are looking for red and while Ford trucks in the theft of 800 litres of gas stolen from a commercial tank near Fruitvale. Police say the heists happened just before 2am on April 4th, just before 11pm on April 6th and at about 10am last Wednesday. A man with his face covered, dressed in full camouflage was caught on video.
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1 week ago | 
mykootenaynow.com | Drew Wilson
Castlegar City Council has approved a 150-thousand dollar contract for the District Chamber of Commerce to recruit Physicians. City Manager Chris Barlow says it’s important to start the process as soon as possible. “Doctors are looking to leave the United States and so our business is to build the ability to for them to shift, so now suddenly, that physician recruitment position is going to shift and now we are going to start to look at conferences and physicians in the States.” said Barlow.
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1 week ago | 
trailtimes.ca | Drew Wilson
It’s time to become road warriors again.
The Smoke Eaters face elimination in Cranbrook this afternoon, a rink where they have won four out of five games, including regular season and playoffs.
The lone loss came during Wednesday’s triple-overtime marathon and if this series has proven anything, it’s that anything can happen.
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2 weeks ago | 
trailtimes.ca | Drew Wilson
The Smokies and Bucks take their BCHL playoff acts tonight to Cranbrook.
The first round series is tied at a game each after two hard fought weekend battles at Cominco Arena.
The Bucks came back from a 2-0 third period deficit to win Friday’s opener 3-2 in overtime, and the Smokies responded with a three goal third period outburst to post a 5-1 victory in the Saturday night showdown.
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2 weeks ago | 
trailtimes.ca | Drew Wilson
The predictions of a hard-nosed, highly competitive, grind-it-out playoff series between the Smokies and Bucks were bang on in game one at Cominco Arena.
For the second time this season, Cranbrook battled back from a two-goal, third period deficit to win in Trail.
Patrick Murphy’s deflection of a pass into the crease during a goal-mouth scramble 8:10 into overtime gave the visitors the 3-2 win.
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2 weeks ago | 
trailtimes.ca | Drew Wilson
Let the excitement begin!
Playoff hockey is here as the Smokies host their BCHL Kootenay rival, the Cranbrook Bucks tonight in game one.
Although Trail took the regular season series 4-2, the Bucks won both of their games in Trail; in fact the Smokies posted the only home ice victory in the six-game showdown in early March with a 6-3 decision after firing the final four goals in that contest.
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Drew Wilson
A Goldsboro man was sentenced Monday to more than 21 years in federal prison for a 2021 armed robbery of a Wilson internet sweepstakes business. Fremandeus Connell Williams, 45, had pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Williams to an active term of 258 month, which equates to 21 years and 6 months.
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1 month ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Drew Wilson |Lisa Boykin Batts
It was a day to celebrate partnerships and opportunity Friday as Johnson & Johnson symbolically broke ground on a $2 billion state-of-the art biologics manufacturing facility under construction in the Wilson Corporate Park. “We are proud, we are justifiably proud, that Wilson was the chosen location by Johnson & Johnson over every town in the world,” Gov. Josh Stein told a crowd of dignitaries invited to the event at Barton College’s Kennedy Family Theatre. “It’s incredible.
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1 month ago | 
trailtimes.ca | Drew Wilson
The Trail Smoke Eaters outshot and outchanced Blackfalds, but the Bulldogs’ last line of defence was the difference.
Import goalie Kirill Kapustin made 38 saves, including 15 in the first period to secure the 2-1 victory for the basement bound Bulldogs who recorded their fifth straight win, to remain the hottest team in the BCHL.
The 20-year-old Russian’s biggest saves came during a Blackfalds power play in the third period.
