Under the bright lights of North America’s foremost showcase of burgeoning woodworking talent, Selkirk College alumni shone bright in Las Vegas with stellar results in the Fresh Wood Student Furniture Competition. Every two years, the Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers (AWFS) holds a massive fair at the Las Vegas Convention Centre that brings together […]

As Kootenay Co-op Radio celebrates its new transmitter to the top of Elephant Mountain, the Co-op rings in the New Year with the iconic Nelson Polar Bear Swim fundraiser at Rotary Lakeside Park, Monday, January 1, 2024 at Noon. The event is a fundraiser for KCR and Friends of Kootenay Lake. Prizes will be awarded […]

New Democrat MLAs Brittny Anderson and Katrine Conroy say local organizations and parent advisory councils will be able to support young artists and extracurricular activities thanks to over $500,000 in Community Gaming Grant funding. “People benefit tremendously from our local arts, culture and heritage organizations as well as the parent advisory councils,” said Brittny Anderson, […]

The City of Nelson and its Heritage Working Group (HWG) are proud to present the Hume Hotel with the 2023 Heritage Award for their work in restoring the original Hume Hotel “ghost sign” as painted on the KWC building block in the 1950s. This award comes with an $1000 honorarium. A ghost sign is an […]

Kootenay Entrepreneurship and Simulation Showdown Event The Kootenay Entrepreneurship Program (KEP), a collaborative program offered by College of the Rockies, Selkirk College, and Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST), is thrilled to announce the upcoming Startup Showdown, a dynamic business simulation competition set to take place on February 3rd and 4th, 2024. The two-day […]

Local New Democrat MLAs say that funding distributed to local food banks and food security programs across B.C. will help support people in need in the Kootenays. “It’s important that people in our region know they have somewhere they can turn if they run into challenging times,” said Brittny Anderson, MLA for Nelson-Creston. “Our local food […]

Choir directors Kathleen Neudorf (Nelson Choral Singers) and Noémi Kiss (Cottonwood Singers) join forces to create one big beautiful choral celebration: “Let It Shine.” Two local choirs, some 75 singers, a jazz trio, and a whole lot of joyful sound. Performances are Saturday December 9th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday December 10th at 2 p.m. […]

Bringing the waves and vibrations of a semester’s worth of hard work to Nelson’s Spirtbar stage, students in Selkirk College’s Contemporary Music & Technology Program will greet the holiday break with the Winter Sonic Showcase. An annual semester-end tradition, the holiday-themed showcase presents a six-pack of bands that feature students with their faculty mentors who […]

Kootenay Lake Hospital is the only hospital in the Kootenay Boundary that offers Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The OCT Machine provides non-invasive imaging that aids in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and retinal diseases such as macular degeneration. Your donation to the Light Up the Hospital! campaign will help us purchase […]

The Anglican Churches of Nelson and Kaslo welcome The Rev’d David Burrows. Burrows was raised in Nunavut, Nova Scotia and Ontario. In his priesthood, he has served faith communities in Southern Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador. For the past twenty years, David’s ministry has traversed the boundary between faith communities and non-profit agencies. Burrows founded […]