Selkirk College Students Host Fifth Annual SROAMazing Race in Nelson
It's a race through Nelson that always has shopper's heads turning. The Selkirk College Ski Resort Operations & Management Program is back to host the fifth annual 2016 SROAMazing Race starting at the Nelson District Youth Centre. SROAMazing Race, set for Saturday, October 17 in beautiful downtown Nelson, is open to all...
Practical Financial Solutions — Retire yourself, but not your business
You’ve built a thriving business over the years – now you’re ready to retire and you want your business to thrive without your daily guidance. The solution is effective succession planning – and one of the most important components of your plan should be reducing the tax burden on you and your successor(s) by maximizing the...
Tom Wayman launches new book at Nelson Library
Tom Wayman launches his new book of short stories, The Shadows we Mistake for Love, on Thursday, October 22 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. Set in the Slocan Valley, the collection brings together loggers and environmentalists, pot growers and lawyers, homesteaders and skiiers in stories that draw from the underlying...
RDI Partners with AKBLG to Host Aging in the Kootenays Learning Event
The Association of Kootenay-Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) is partnering with the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI) to host a learning event focused on regional demographic shifts relating to our region’s aging population. These shifts will create new challenges and opportunities for our region. The event...
Fred Rosenberg exhibits photographs of the 60s and 70s at Library
Fred Rosenberg is a familiar figure in Nelson, shutter clicking at Remembrance Day ceremonies, Baker Street parades and other gatherings. He’s been the man behind the beautiful black-and-white photographs that chronicle transformations, from the growth of our public radio station to the death of a friend. In 2010, Touchstones...
CIBC Wood Gundy chips in with generous donation to Kootenay Kids Society
Kootenay Kids Society had a very successful fundraising summer thanks to One of our very generous supporters was CIBC Wood Gundy in Nelson with a cheque for $1000 from their 'Miracle Day' initiative where CIBC Wood Gundy Investment. Advisors & CIBC's wholesale banking arm donate their fees & commissions in support of...
Practical Financial Solutions: Retirement Myths and Realities
Planning for a person's retirement is tough enough these days. That's why it's important to avoid being misled by the growing number of myths surrounding the difficult job of preparing for and living in a financially comfortable retirement. Whether your retirement is just around the corner or way down the road, you probably...
Wayne the Star Guy offers close up look at rare Total Lunar Eclipse
In the North, Central and South America, this rare Total Lunar Eclipse of a Supermoon on Sunday evening. Wayne the Star Guy will have the telescopes set up at Taghum Hall, located 10 kilometers west of Nelson on Highway 3A, from 6:30 p.m. to the end of the eclipse. Wayne the Star Guy said as the Moon rises in the east at 6:34...
IH relaxes Boil Water Advisory for Taghum Improvement District Water System
Residents of the Taghum Improvement District Water System can go back to almost regular water use after Interior Health relaxed the boil water advisory. Tests by the IHA testing lab taken September 14th and 16th show no significant level of Total Coliform present. "The IHA water protection officer has communicated that it is...
Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up makes stop in Crawford Bay
The Eastshore Freshwater Habitat Society and Friends of Kootenay Lake are teaming up to organize a community shoreline clean-up event at Crawford Bay Beach. Take action against shoreline garbage by joining the group on Saturday, October 3rd for the Crawford Bay Shoreline Clean-Up event. This will be a great opportunity for...
