For people who want to make a difference in Nelson by finding a solution instead of letting the courts take over following the aftermath of crime and other harmful behaviour, a position with the Restorative Justice team is an opportunity to achieve this goal. The Nelson Police Department Restorative Justice (NPDRJ) program ...

Users of the Slocan Valley Heritage Trails please take note of some upcoming maintenance in the weeks and months ahead. From Monday to Friday (July 25-29) certified fallers, workers, vehicles and very noisy machinery will be present on the trail during these dates to clear marked trees encroaching along the tread-path. "The...

Nelson and area faith groups have teamed up with the West Kootenay EcoSociety to launch a monthly gathering, Kootenay Climate Vigil. This series will take place on the 22nd of every month with a major community event on Earth Day, April 22, in 2017. Faith communities will take turns rotating the service amongst their centres...

Members of 81 Hampton Gray Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corp and 561 Osprey Royal Canadian Air Squadron from Nelson left recently for Summer Training.   The Cadets who are aged 12 to 18 years of age where traveling to Cadet Training Centres in Comox (Quadra Cadet Training Centre), Victoria (Albert Head Cadet Training Centre) and...

Kootenay Kids Society will be back on Baker Street Wednesday (July 20) for  the Kootenay Kids Lemonade Stand at the corner of Ward and Baker Streets in the Heritage City. The Lemonade Stand Sale goes from between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. outside the Scotiabank Branch in Nelson. Anyone looking to quench their thirst for social good...

Many people have been asking how they can get information from the April 22-23 Hot and Bothered Forums and now there is information on the website and Facebook page “Hot and Bothered in the Kootenays” as well as a guide for starting conversations in your community or neighbourhood. The website http://www.hotandbotheredinthekoots.org/...

This summer Oxygen Art Centre is offering a weekend workshop with award winning artist and fashion/costume designer Natalie Purschwitz.  Developing Your Creative Process workshop will expand and develop your creative process by breaking down the blockages of set ways of thinking, seeing and doing.  The workshop is suitable ...

Harvest Rescue volunteers are ready and eager to get picking – cherries, raspberries, garden peas, and all the later summer produce that’s soon to arrive. Harvest Rescue is a program of the Nelson Food Cupboard that coordinates volunteers to harvest excess produce from backyard gardens in and around Nelson, and then shares ...

Summer blooms glorious at the library in stunning fabric paintings by Nelson artist Kate Bridger. Five flower portraits are delicately rendered, resulting in a surprisingly painterly take on petal, leaf, and glass.   Kate has been a practicing fabric artist since the early 1980s. Over the years she has invented, refined and...

Camp Koolaree on the south side of Kootenay Lake is hosting an Open House Saturday (July 9th) to celebrate its 85th anniversary. Established in 1931, Camp Koolaree is a 137 acre camp located on the West Arm of beautiful Kootenay Lake. Surrounded by beach, trails, mountains and lake, it makes for a true wilderness experience. ...