Due to the busyness of everyday life for so many people, the West Kootenay Toy Run has a shortfall of available people to help with the great events and raffle  that our group puts on every year. The annual event raises more than $30,000 every year, along with hundreds of toys, all for local underprivileged children and...

Within the first two weeks of the start of residential unit sales, Nelson Commons developer (and Kootenay Co-op General Manager) Deirdrie Lang was happy to report that sales have been brisk. “We’ve had substantial interest ever since we opened the show suite in August and we were tremendously happy and relieved to know that...

The City of Nelson honoured some employees during the annual City Reception Monday at the Prestige Inn Lakeside Resort. Pictured in the submitted photo, Nelson Mayor John Dooley (second from right) and City Manager Kevin Cormack (far right) are pictured with the worthy recipients, from left Nelson Fire Chief Simon Grypma (35...

Frasier vs. Ali, Tyson vs. Holyfield, Edward vs. Jacob… all epic battles, but none of them can hold a candle to the robot vs. robot competition of the Nelson Tech Club (NTC) RoboGames 2013, being held this Saturday (December 14) at Nelson's Selkirk College Tenth Street Campus, Mary Hall Building.   Robots are awesome… No...

This event was an opportunity to not only provide those in need in our community with food and warmth, but to give Nelson’s dedicated roller derby fans that hard-hitting entertainment they love so much and so rarely get to see in our hometown. This event included not only a derby game but also food and coat collections, KAAP...

Did you know that one in five children under the age of six in British Columbia lives below the poverty line? That B.C. has the worst child poverty rate (18.6%) of ANY province in the country? Or that B.C. has the worst child poverty rate of the provinces for both single mother families AND two parent families? These troubling...

Hopefully no one in the Nelson area will go hungry this holiday season. At least, that’s the plan of Nelson’s emergency food service providers as they are busy preparing food hampers and organizing holiday meals. “The hamper I got from the Nelson Food Cupboard last year was loaded with healthy food and allowed me to give my...

Don't forget about the CPR Holiday Train, coming to Nelson Wednesday (December 11). Following stops in Creston during the morning and Castlegar at 3:45 p.m., the Holiday Train makes its way back to the Heritage City for a 6:45 p.m. stop at Lakeside Park. The 2013 CP Holiday Train program launches on November 25 in Kahnawake,...

Tis the season to give. This year, Michelle Mungall’s community office is collecting food in support of a number of service-providers throughout the region. In addition, Mungall is encouraging people to take it a step further this year when they drop off their donation by signing a postcard for a poverty reduction plan.  ...

Come one, come all to the Royal Hotel garage sale Saturday at the Baker Street location with all the proceeds going to the Nelson Fire Department Charity. "The Royal Hotel is having a garage sale to clean up the basement . . . Owner/Manager Luke Menkes has decided to put the money towards a Fire Department charity," said...