The Lions Club of Nelson will be holding a hotdog and bake sale in the Safeway Parking lot on Anderson Street, Saturday (May 10) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will go to Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. The Lions Foundation of Canada trains six types of dog guides. Dog Guides for Canine Vision (for blind or visually...

With the 'cling cling' of bicycle bells and shouts of “Bikes Not Pipes” the little tour pedalled up the Slocan Valley Rail Trail this week.  The four-person crew — Tom Nixon, John Alton, Keith Wiley and Shannon Lanaway — took just one day to go from Nelson to Winlaw, avoiding highway riding almost the whole way. After an...

The Arthritis Society is hosting a Arthritis & Chronic Pain Management Workshop for all ages Friday (May 9) from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Kootenay Lake Regional Hospital Boardroom in Nelson. The workshop is for all ages and will deal with the different types of arthritis and ways to manage the disease and chronic pain. Cost...

The Hume School Parent Advisory Committee were thrilled to be cutting the ribbon Wednesday (April 30) to celebrate the opening of the newly installed climbing structure, a Berliner Spaceball, as an extension to the existing playground which is has a limited capacity for the use exclusively of younger children.  In the Fall ...

Saturday (April 26) 25 volunteers turned up to help restore a section of the Nelson Dog Park shoreline with over 50 native shrubs and trees. This event was coordinated by the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) and the Friends of Kootenay Lake in collaboration with the City of Nelson and was made possible with...

Springtime marks the unofficial start of gardening season across British Columbia. It’s also traditionally the time of year when utilities such as FortisBC see a spike in the number of calls to repair damage to its underground natural gas pipes.   According to FortisBC, 99 per cent of the damage to its natural gas system is...

Kids in classrooms around the Columbia Basin celebrated Earth Day this past week with students from Nelson and Castlegar visiting the Ooleschenia Landfill, the Brilliant Recycling Centre and Nelson Transfer Station.  Celebrated around the world, Earth Day (April 22), is a time to celebrate the earth, our home. Kids participating...

Ninety-five percent of British Columbians support the idea of donating a kidney to someone in need, according to a survey released by The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch during National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week (April 20-27). When an Ipsos online survey* conducted in the last week of March asked British...

The stock market…that’s for experts, right? Not necessarily, says Online Trading Academy graduate and presenter Cal Reeks. A successful stock market trader since 2008, Reeks offers to demystify online trading at a special presentation Tuesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. Using live online examples, Reeks...

Are you a Kootenay Co-op member seeking funding for further education? If so, then the Kootenay Co-op has a great opportunity for you. The $1,000 Members’ Scholarship offers financial support to an active Kootenay Co-op member, or the child of an active member, to attend an accredited post secondary institution. Are you are...