Get ready for Zero Waste Market Challenge
The Earth Matters Zero Waste Project and the EcoSociety are excited to be collaborating on a project that will offer Wednesday Market participants the challenge of going waste free. The Zero Waste Market Challenge will be running at the Wednesday Markets on Baker Street for the month of August. This is an opportunity for ...
MarketFest rolls into Nelson Friday on Baker Street
Get ready for MarketFest Number II. The month-end extravaganza is once again back on Baker Street Friday (July 26) starting at 6 p.m/ and going until 10:30 p.m. This is a rain or shine event but with some luck the weather will be beautiful, the sun will shine, and the music will soar. This MarketFest musical line up includes...
One Book, One Kootenay vote deadline looms
The popular Kootenay-wide book club One Book, One Kootenay has kept regional readers busy trying to decide which of the three shortlisted books should get the nod. Each year, booklovers read, discuss, and vote on the book they think book all Kootenay folk should read. The deadline for voting for the 2013 One Book, One Kootenay...
Mount St. Francis reunion planned for September
Mount St. Francis may have been closed, but there remains many people who worked with the Sisters of St. Anne to care for the elderly in Nelson for years. Which is why a few movers and shakers are coordinating a reunion of sorts (Friday) September 6 from 2-7 p.m. at the Rotary Shelter at Lakeside Park. "Over the past few...
Summer Reading Club at the Library gets earthy
You never know when you might need a survival shelter, and you’re never too young to find out how to make your own! Kids aged six to 11 years can learn how to make a survival shelter and a paracord survival bracelet this Wednesday, July 24 from 1 – 2 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library with writer and forest educator Darcee...
Toy Run tickets running low
Don't look now but tickets are dwindling in the annual West Kootenay Toy Run Motorcycle Ride Raffle. First prize in the annual raffle is a 2013 Harley Davidson FXDC Anniversary Motorcycle. Second prize is a Harley Davidson XL 48-1200. Raffle is Sunday, September 8 following the annual West Kootenay Toy Run through Nelson,...
Scholarships available for Stop Motion Animation Camp at Oxygen
Stop Motion Animation Camp at Oxygen Art Centre begins Monday July 15. A couple of places remain in both age groups: Ages 9-11 from 9am - noon and Ages 12 - 15 from 2 - 5pm. Camp runs Monday to Friday, July 15 - 19. Register online at www.oxygenartcentre.org or contact us at P: 250 352 6322 E: [email protected] New...
Nelson Sea Cadets recruiting for new yeara starting in September
Are you between the ages of 12—18? Are you looking for something different to do? Do you want to meet new friends? Would you like to go to summer camp for free? Do you want to develop your leadership skills? Would you like to give back to your community? Do you want to earn high school credits? Would you like to have fun...
Make Hay When the Sun Shines
The Kootenay Local Agricultural Society is pleased to present "Make Hay When the Sun Shines," a FREE field day with the BCS 853 walking tractor and eco-farmer Cal Lorencz. Learn how to use a cutter, tedder, and baler to make hay just about anywhere with the beefy BCS walking tractor. Other BCS attachments —r otary plow, tiller,...
Free Slurpee Thursday at 7-11
Extra, extra . . . Slurpee drinks at Nelson 7-Eleven on Thursday. As temperatures rise across the country residents of Nelson are in luck as 7-Eleven is giving away more (and larger) Slurpee drinks on its birthday than ever before! In what has become a much-anticipated tradition, 7-Eleven is celebrating its 44th birthday and...
