The Nelson Grans for Grans hosting the annual Grans Annual Children’s Craft Event Saturday (February 8) at the Nelson United Church Hall. Fun is planned for children three to 12, accompanied by a parent. There will be storytelling, cupcake walk, face painting, crafts and snacks. The event runs from 1-3 p.m. Saturday. Admission...

Master Dean Siminoff of Kootenay Christian Martial Arts recently announced plans to issue a Nationwide Board Breaking Challenge during the month of April to all Martial Arts Schools in efforts to raise awareness and financial support to help free modern day slaves. There are more than 27 million slaves in the world today....

For those who have lost someone through death, the cycle of loss through detachment, despair and anger to recovery can be a lonely, frightening and overwhelming experience, even when family and friends are trying to support us. A grief support group provides a safe, supportive environment where no one is expected to say or ...

The Fontaine family is beside themselves after friends raised more than 16,000 to help Katrina Fontaine during a Burger & Beer event Friday at Finley's in Nelson. The pub was packed with friends eager to raise money to help Katrina Fontaine with her fight a rare genetic condition affecting the collagen in her body called...

When Castlegar-based graphic designer Kathy Verigin discovered a new passion, it wasn’t enough to just pursue it; she had to share it. The result is a marriage of two passions—design and sport—in an easy-to-navigate, informative website all about stand up paddle boarding. Verigin grew up in the Okanagan region of British...

Two Okanagan poets with an interest in the intersection between the arts and environmental awareness will read from their poems and speak about their work at Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre on Friday (January 31) at 7:30 p.m. Authors and University of B.C. Okanagan instructors Sharon Thesen and Nancy Homes co-edited the UBCO...

The staff at the Kootenay Co-op joined in on Robbie Burns Day by dressing up for the occasion. Scotland's best know poet, Robbie Burns was born on January 25, 1759, and his birthday is marked around the world with dinners featuring the oatmeal and offal-laden national dish of Scotland, plenty of single malt, and the traditional...

The City of Nelson and its Cultural Development Committee are pleased to announce the ongoing initiative to devote up to 35 percent of the Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiative funding to local arts, culture and heritage projects. Last year over $40,000 was distributed, helping to create a stable funding base to sustain...

Kaslo is rolling out the red carpet on the Kaslo Snowmobiling Invitational beginning Friday in the North Kootenay Lake Village. The downtown core is going to be converted into a snowmobiling mecca from January 24-26 at the Kaslo Snowmobiling Invitational. All weekend with free activities around town, information sessions,...

The Flathead River Valley is well known for charismatic mega fauna such as grizzly bears and moose, but, over the past few years teams of researchers have discovered it’s also home to dozens of uncommon, tiny critters such as bugs, bats and birds. The discovery of a brand new spider species, the first Canadian record of a...