Tax Tips To Avoid A Canada Revenue Agency Review
Tax time is getting closer than we think (2016 deadline to file is May 2) and The Nelson Daily, with help from H&R Block, is providing tips to the public leading up to the final day of filing to CRA. Today the focus is on tips for staying off CRA radar. What you can do to stay off the taxman’s radar Have you ever cheated...
Nelson & District Credit Union proud to support Kootenay Festival of the Performing Arts
Nelson & District Credit Union is proud to once again sponsor the Kootenay Festival of the Performing Arts with their venerable two-week festival that brings students from across western Canada and the United States to Nelson with the goal to inspire, educate, evaluate and promote the performing arts. Credit Union staff...
Miranda Hill reads at the Nelson Public Library
A pilot’s widow finds new ways to cope; a teenaged girl navigates an embarrassing sex ed class; a beautiful bohemian woman turns a neighbourhood on its head. These are just some of the nine stories in Ontario writer Miranda Hill’s award-winning collection Sleeping Funny. Hill reads at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, ...
Deadline nears for Writers Workshops at Third Convergence Weekend in Silverton
Time is running out for local writers wishing feedback on their writing from well-known environmental authors Sharon Butala and J. Edward Chamberlin, who will be participating in the Third Convergence Writers’ Weekend in Silverton, B.C., May 13-14. Participants wishing to participate in writing workshops with Butala and...
West Kootenay Global Awareness Network hosts movie night in support of refugee crisis
The West Kootenay Global Awareness Network is playing a movie Tuesday (March 29) at the Front Room with the three groups working to sponsor refugees — the Cathedral Refugee Committee, the Kootenay Refugee Coalition and the Nelson Friends of Refugees — in attendance. The evening begins at 7 p.m. at the Front Room at 901 Front...
New Student Access Card to the Nelson Public Library benefits Area E students
Students who live in Area E will now be eligible for a Student Access Card at the Nelson Public Library. The pilot project supported by Area E Director Ramona Faust through community grant funds allows students living outside of the Nelson Library’s service area to enjoy the same barrier-free access to library materials that...
Robots Ruled RoboGames
More than 170 competitors and spectators made the fourth annual RoboGames competition a major success when it was held recently at Selkirk College’s Mary Hall in Nelson. Almost 30 teams with almost 50 competitors between 10-16 years, with some as young a six years old, designed, built and programmed their robots to compete ...
TeckServ Student Internship Supports Rural Community Development
Funding is available to help organizations work with post-secondary students to undertake community-based research in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions. The annual TeckServ Internship, now in its sixth year, provides support for a Selkirk College student to engage in local community service through an applied research ...
Tax Tips for Post-Secondary and Graduate Students
Tax time is getting closer than we think (2016 deadline to file is May 2) and The Nelson Daily, with help from H&R Block, is providing tips to the public leading up to the final day of filing to CRA. Today the focus is on tips for students when filing tax returns. Get credit for textbooks: A post-secondary student can...
City crews busy building new children's swing at Lakeside Rotary Park
Recently the new greenhouse, destroyed by the July 2015 windstorm, was rebuilt by City of Nelson staff. Now, the new swing set at Lakeside Rotary Park, also destroyed by the same freak windstorm, is a week or so away from being operational. City of Nelson Public Works crews have been busy the past week building a new swing ...
