The West Kootenay EcoSociety and Common Sense Canadians founders Damien Gillis and Rafe Mair present a provincial townhall tour for common sense Canadians. Salmon, rivers, oil tankers, democracy.  These will be the subjects of a tour of BC this fall and spring, led by Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis, founders of the popular new...

Combine great West Coast blues harmonica with blues guitar and you have the makings of one great show.That great show will be at The Royal on Monday, Oct. 25 as Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors (with Rusty Zinn) take the stage (7:30 p.m.) — a Legendary Blues Promotions and Kootenay Co-op Radio presentation. Hummel is...

In a world where poets rarely intersect with stardom, the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics introduced us to Shane Koyczan.With a collective “wow” across Canada, the poet of our generation was found, and we weren’t even looking for one. He will be found this Saturday night at the Capitol Theatre (8 p.m.) as the...

Call it a film to inspire people to oppose privatization of the province’s rivers.In People Power: Building Social Movements to Protect Public Power in Canada, the six-chapter, 50-minute film explores private versus public power economics, environmental issues and meaningful First Nations engagement. It will be a free showing...

It’s a little known fact that oysters support literacy. Indeed, oysters are for literacy, libraries and the vast oceans of opportunity that open up with reading. They’ll prove it on Friday, Nov. 12 at Oysters, Authors and Ale, a gala benefit for the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, the Learning Place, and the Nelson...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Nelson’s Denis Kleine won the best in show (bronze II) in the gala awards for the Castlegar Sculpturewalk Kleine’s Peace Sign took the award as well as the People’s Choice Award when the first Sculpturewalk held its awards at the Element Bar and Grill in Castlegar on Saturday night. Four...

This is how we live. And this is how the current Gallery A show at Touchstones Nelson confronts that thought, the thought of how we live. In Shelter: How We Live — that runs until Nov. 14 at Touchstones Nelson —insightful questions of what constitutes shelter, a basic requirement for living and one of the fundamental building...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Staying sane while all around you go crazy is a trick for the ages. It is also the trick we are being asked to pull as economic hard times, climate change and “messy issues of oil” assail us on an ever increasing scale. It is also the topic of a public talk and discussion with Kathy McMahon,...

This is about more than books.The people of Nelson have a large stake in the referenda that will take place this Saturday in the regional district areas of E, F and southern H. It means expanded library hours, a bigger collection and the promise of more provincial funding and a sustainable future, according to the numbers...

By Chris Holland For generations the Capitol Theatre has been bringing in talented and diverse groups that inspire the imaginations of the children of the Kootenay region. With spirited live entertainment that inspires and contributes to the culture of our community, the Capitol Kids Series has been a perennial host of the ...