Road Kings presents funds to Our Daily Bread
The Nelson Road Kings Queen City Cruise is one of the most successfully staged events in the Heritage City, bringing in thousands of people for the event scheduled every September. Nelson Road Kings recently presented the Our Daily Bread with funds to help support the local charity. Photo caption: Nelson Road Kings car club...
NBA Santa on Baker Street event helps Room To Live campaign
Christmas came early for the Room To Live campaign thanks to a charitable donation from the Nelson Business Association. Every year the NBA organizes the Santa on Baker Street event and contributes proceeds from the event to a local charity. This year Room To Live campaign, roomtolive.ca received a $600 donation from the ...
Try out for the First Annual Youth Arts Festival Talent Slam
Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to announce the First Annual Youth Arts Festival. The premiere event of the festival is the Talent Slam at the Capitol Theatre on February 14th at 8 p.m. Anyone aged 15-29 years and performing in any discipline is welcome to audition for a spot in this showcase of the Kootenay's best young...
Nelson’s own Rebecca MacLeod and Sophie Baird-Daniels part of Selkirk Pro-Musica
Rebecca MacLeod of Nelson and Sophie Baird-Daniel of Seattle, together Duo 51, have been heard concertizing as a harp and violin duo around the Greater Toronto Area for the past two years. The two are getting ready to be part of the Selkirk Pro-Musica in the New Year. Their dynamic partnership began two years ago when Ms....
Nelson Cares Room to Live Campaign receives cash infusion from Kootenay Co-op
The Room to Live Campaign is off to a great start! Following on the heels of their successful launch at the Capitol Theatre in mid‐November, the affordable housing campaign has received another significant financial donation‐‐this Rome from the business community. The Kootenay Co‐op is making a $15,000 commitment to the Room...
Emerging Kootenay artist exhibition heralds in the New Year at Oxygen
The Oxygen Art Centre is inviting the public to the opening of Mater Familias a sculptural installation by ceramic artist Kathi Hofmann in the New Year on (Friday), January 9, 2015. Hofmann was born in the Okanagan and has been living in Nelson since 1996. After a short career in Geology and some global travelling, she...
Columbia Basin Trust Receives Environmental Award
Throughout the Columbia Basin, many educators, volunteers, community groups and organizations dedicate themselves to enhancing environmental well-being through education. As a supporter of these efforts, Columbia Basin Trust has earned an award from the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. It received...
RDCK transfer station holiday hours
The Regional District of Central Kootenay transfer stations and landfills will be closed December 25, 26 and January 1. All resource recovery facilities scheduled to be open on December 24 and 31 will close at 2 pm. To celebrate the holiday season and encourage residents to recycle and compost during December and January...
Columbia Power sponsors Salmo Community Christmas dinner
Each year, volunteers from Salmo and Ymir host a free Christmas dinner to bring together members of their two communities. It’s a time for food, fellowship and getting to know your neighbour. Columbia Power is a sponsor of the event, which takes place on Sunday, December 14 at the Salmo Valley and Community Youth Centre. Mavis...
Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus Hosts World Showcase
It was a coming together of cultures in late-November on the Castlegar Campus as Selkirk College hosted its annual Intercultural Fair. Hundreds of students, staff and special guests gathered in The Pit on November 20 to take in the sights, sounds, tastes and trivia of the many different cultures represented at Selkirk College....
