Nelson Fire Rescue Services Reminds Residents — Hear the Beep Where You Sleep.
Location matters when it comes to your smoke alarm. That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep. Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm!” Along with firefighters and safety advocates nationwide, Nelson Fire Rescue Services (NFRS) is joining forces with the nonprofit...
Endless Harvest closes doors
After 17 years in business, Endless Harvest, the Kootenay’s organic food home delivery service, has closed. ‘The time has come for me to do something new,” says Velvet Kavanagh, the owner of Endless Harvest. “I’ve been at this for quite a while, and I’m looking forward to a change in my life.” Endless Harvest served customers...
NEW WAYS TO SIGN UP FOR UBC’S CREATIVE WRITING COURSE IN NELSON
Quality doesn’t always come easy, but relief is in sight for area residents having trouble mastering UBC’s registration process for the university’s creative writing credit course in Nelson beginning (Friday) September 25. “Lots of people reported to us a level of frustration with UBC’s online registration system,” said Verna...
Junior Dragons Den expands throughout the Columbia Basin in 2016
Modelled after CBC’s “The Dragons’ Den”, where qualifying entrepreneurs pitch their business idea to a group of potential investors, Junior Dragons’ Den, which started as a West Kootenay-Boundary wide student business competition two years ago, will expand throughout the Columbia Basin starting in the fall of 2015! Launched...
Cops for Kids On-going Bottle Drive tops $3000 mark
The Cops for Kids ride received quite a boost from during its stop Monday in Nelson when the organization was presented with a cheque for $3052 Cops for Kids On-going Bottle Drive. Ten-year-old Che Steffler and seven-year-old Aven Steffler were on hand to make the presentation. The group had set a fundraising goal of $2015,...
Nelson Food Cupboard one of five Good Food Organizations to receive $50,000
The Nelson Food Cupboard Societyis pleased to announce it has been awarded one of five $50,000 grants from Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC) as part of its Good Food Organizations program. The grant will enable the Nelson Food Cupboard to launch a community kitchen program, enhance its garden activities and build organizational...
Kootenay Storytelling Festival — From Bard to Beat: Music and Storytelling Intertwined
The 2015 Kootenay Storytelling Festival — a weekend of performances for every age in Nelson, British Columbia, from September 25-26 — is coming. Friday's opening night features short stories from all of our 2015 tellers. One of the highlights of the 2014 festival, the evening is sure to whet your appetite for full length...
Numbers are in — Keep the Beat team raises $8,500
When these kids put their minds to organizing an event, good things happen. The latest edition of Keep the Beat Nelson turned day at the park into an $8,500 donation to the War Child Canada during the nine annual event in early August at Lakeside Park. "We raise over $8,500 through generous donations from individuals and the...
Nelson trio add local flavour to annual Cops for Kids Ride
A trio of Nelsonites have been putting in miles on the road all summer for a chance to ride to help local kids. BC Sheriffs Mike Kosof, Rob Crowder and RCMP civilian Karen Armstrong have joined the 2015 Thomas Alan Budd Foundation Cops for Kids Ride Team. The trio leaves Kelowna on Friday (September 11th) on a 10-day, 1,000...
NELSON FAMILIES LEARN WHAT TO EXPECT ON DEMENTIA JOURNEY
A diagnosis of dementia affects an entire family. And more and more Nelson families are being affected. Already, one in 11 Canadians over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia and the incidence is growing. That’s why the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. is offering a free education session locally for...
