Slocan artist Paula Cravens at the Nelson Library
Slocan Valley artist Paula Cravens brings her personality to the canvas, engaging paint, collage, abstract and a touch of whimsy in her portfolio of original works. Cravens’ paintings brighten the walls at the Nelson Public Library through March and April. Raised between the soy bean, corn and oil fields of a central Illinois...
West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium goes this weekend
Columbia Power is a sponsor of the 18th annual West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium taking place Saturday and Sunday (March 25-26), at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. The event is free to the public and includes a variety of activities for young and old including casting demos, kids’ fly tying, a speaker series and displays...
Everest challenge inspires Nelson community
The ski community took the fight against cancer to high elevation this winter, raising over $100,000 through Slopes for Hope in B.C. The Nelson version of the Mount Everest challenge, hosted at Whitewater Ski Resort March 4, contributed $10,500 to the total raised for the Canadian Cancer Society between six participating...
Nelson Students Step Out Into The Wonder Of Winter
This winter, over 3,000 elementary students throughout the Columbia Basin stepped out of their classrooms and into the magical world of Winter Wonder. In the Nelson area, Winter Wonder educators Genna Lazier, Mary Searchfield and Monica Nissen took fifteen Kindergarten to Grade 4 classes from Rosemont Elementary, Blewett...
SASKATCHEWAN’S 2016 POET LAUREATE GERRY HILL AND NELSON, B.C.’S SUSAN ANDREWS GRACE READ MARCH 17 AT NELSON’S OXYGEN ART CENTRE
The West Kootenay will take on a prairie flavor on St. Patrick’s Day when former Nelson, B.C. writing student Gerry Hill, who was Saskatchewan’s 2016 poet laureate, will read from his work together with Nelson author and fibre artist Susan Andrew Grace, a long-time resident of Saskatchewan, at Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre on ...
Vikings Take Home Trophies at Selkirk College Top Chef
Congratulations to Selkirk College Top Chef 2017 winners, Team Viking. Naomi Bourge, Fred Greene and Sebastian Marr proudly took home all four of the evening’s honours at the competition that was held at Nelson’s Mary Hall on March 9. The Viking team prepared a meal of Jarlsberg meatball purse with lingon berry glaze, beetroot...
Nelson Library launches Jennifer Craig’s new novel
Jess is a fiercely independent senior with a problem: she’s lost her job and she needs a new way to keep the wolf from the door. In Jennifer Craig’s new novel Gone to Pot (Second Story Press) we find out how Jess gets creative about making money—with hilarious results. Craig launches her book on Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m. at...
Exciting time at 561 Nelson Osprey Squadron
The 561 Nelson Osprey Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets recently held an awards ceremony. The evening started with Les Johnson, President of the Nelson Eagles Club inspecting the Cadets. He then assisted in the presentation of several awards and promotions. Promoted from Air Cadet to Leading Air Cadet were: Riley...
Habitat for Humanity tackles affordable housing
In January, 2016 Habitat for Humanity Southeast BC Nelson Chapter was created. Since that time, the Chapter has been busy finding a partner for the vacant home in Castlegar. Now that the Chapter has successfully entered into a partnership agreement with a wonderful family, there's a new project in the Nelson area. ...
Nelson Hydro power outage for Trevor, East Oak and John Streets
Nelson Hydro is advising customers in the Trevor, East Oak and John Streets of a planned power outage for Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to noon. The outage is for system maintenance. The streets affected include 1400 Block of Trevor Street; 100 Block of East Oak Street and 400 Block of John Street in Nelson. Nelson Hydro...
