Kootenay Carshare showcases Wheelchair Lift Van at Lakeside Park
Kootenay Carshare is excited to announce the launch for its new Wheelchair Lift Van during the Canada Day Ceremony hosted by the Nelson Chamber Commerce Saturday between 10 a.m and 3 p.m. at Lakeside Park. The Carshare marketing student and volunteers are hosting a booth in the park to showcase the new lift feature on the new...
Salmo Celebrates Canada 150 with Salmo Days
Salmo is going all out for Canada 150 Celebrations. A community beautification campaign includes celebratory banners along the highway, floral planters in the national colours, a brand new Canada flag pole installed at the Village office, a limited edition Canada 150 Salmo Lumberjack bottle, and an exciting itinerary for this...
Future looks bright as WKTEP graduates class of 34
The future looks bright for the teaching profession in the region after the West Kootenay Rural Teacher Education Program (WKTEP) graduated 34 new instructors at a recent graduation ceremony hosted by Dr. Blye Frank, Dean, Faculty of Education, UBC at the Adventure Hotel in Nelson. The 11-month WKTEP is located in Nelson and...
RBC kicks in $1000 to Nelson MS Walk
RBC Nelson employees donated their time to volunteer at the Nelson MS Walk. RBC, in turn, donated $1,000 to the Walk through their Volunteer Days of Service program. The Nelson MS Walk raised over $7,600, which will be used to fund MS research and support programs for people living with MS and their families. Photo Caption:...
Chuckleberry Community Farm Hosts Live-in Workshops on Sustainable Living and Abundant Food Production
Chuckleberry Community Farm – a local year-round producer of micro greens for the West Kootenay and Okanagan regions - is taking big leaps as an inspiring model of sustainable food production. This summer, the farm is hosting several live-in camp style workshops each with a focus on sustainable living and abundant food...
BC Summer Reading Club 2017: Walk on the Wild Side
The Nelson Public Library invites children aged 6-12 to join the 2017 BC Summer Reading Club. This year’s theme is Walk on the Wild Side. Programs are free and drop in at the library and run from Tuesday July 4 to Thursday August 17. Children receive a reading record to help keep track of their summer reading fun: if they...
The Kissing Project is on Google Street View
Vancouver artist, Sylvia Grace Borda, in partnership with Nelson area residents have worked together to create the first staged net artworks in the Columbia Basin area to reside in Google Street view. Borda is known for her pioneering work to create unconventional photographic staging and to produce the first ever global...
Grand Opening of Nelson Community Solar Garden
The public is welcome to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Nelson Community Solar Garden and Customer Appreciation Saturday (June 24th) at the Nelson Hydro facility in Bonnington. The event will include opportunities for the public to take a guided tour of the Hydro Power Plant and the opening ceremony for the Solar Garden....
Kootenay Co-op Radio launches membership drive
Kootenay Co-op Radio is currently running its One and Only Membership Drive live on-air week this week to Friday June 23rd at 93.5 FM in Nelson. The membership drive is the only membership offering this year. This is a big departure from the way things have done things in the past. Kootenay Co-op Radio is finding that our...
Stetski helps allocate more than $ 632,000 for Kootenay-Columbia Student Jobs
Kootenay Columbia MP Wayne Stetski was instrumental in awarding $632,913 in federal assistance to create summer jobs for Kootenay-Columbia students. The Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Initiative contributes annually to aid in creating jobs for students aged 15 to 30 years of age. The federal government provided $600,000 this year...
