Winlaw author Tom Wayman awarded BC’s 2022 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award
Winlaw, BC author Tom Wayman has been awarded the province’s 2022 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, the book review newspaper BC BookWorld announced Friday. Since 1994, the prize has honored an outstanding literary career in the province. The award, which comes with a $5,000 honorarium, is presented jointly by the...
Selkirk College welcomes live music back to Tenth Street Campus
Selkirk College is amped to be once again sharing live music with the community when it welcomes The Slocan Ramblers on March 22 for the first full concert at the Shambhala Music & Performance Hall in more than two years. After the necessary two-year pandemic pause, instructors in the Contemporary Music & Technology...
Call for entires to Columbia Basin Culture Tour
Call for entry: registration is now open for artists/venues in the Columbia Basin to participate in the 14th annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour (CBCT), a celebration of culture taking place August 6 & 7, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The CBCT is a self-guided tour showcasing local arts, culture and heritage offered at no...
Selkirk Pro Musica presents 'Echoes Across the Atlantic'
The Selkirk Pro-Musica is proud to introduce its second concert of the year. The Concert Series continues its tradition of bringing compelling chamber music to the Capitol Theatre in Nelson on March 12th at 7:30 p.m. with “Echoes Across the Atlantic – Intercontinental Innovations, Past and Present.” Featuring Vancouver Symphony...
Daily Dose — Local Designer Improves Lives One Old Cabinet at a Time
Robin Gallant’s road to owning her own business in Nelson is a unique one that goes back to her teenage years when her love of design started. At age 15, on a whim, she entered a contest that changed the course of her life. “I won the Ikea Canadian Dream bedroom designer of the year,” says Gallant. “It...
Daily Dose — Nelson Recognizes Athletic Leader Travis Hauck
If Nelson was looking for a person to champion its sporting interests, then the committee selecting Nelson's 2022 Sports Ambassador have found the right person for the job. Travis Hauck lives and breathes sports, and is thrilled to be chosen as the City of Nelson's 2022 Sports Ambassador in December. "I'm honoured to be...
Daily Dose — Local Entrepreneur Support Patients to Navigate Health Care System
Health care advocacy is a new but swiftly growing field in Canada, and Nelson’s Paige Lennox is at the forefront. Lennox’s former work as a nurse in acute critical care, addictions, and end-of-life care meant advocating for patients every day. “I was always drawn to advocating for my patients,” says Lennox. “I want to help ...
CKCA invites artists to apply for funding
Artists in all disciplines — as well as arts and culture organizations — are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts and Culture Program on behalf of Columbia Basin Trust. The Trust partners with CKCA for the delivery of arts and culture programming, as well...
Daily Dose — Opening Hearts through Afrocentric Performance, Storytelling
Shayna Jones ended up in Kaslo in a relatively standard way: she lived in Vancouver and had visited friends here many times and felt drawn to the area. "But what keeps my kids and me here," says Jones, "is this land's magnificence and raising my kids in a peaceful, beautiful, loving environment. This land nourishes my ability...
Learn about life during WWII in Dear Bill - The War Years
A Balfour resident has collaborated with her sister in Kelowna to bring to life in a book seven years of life experiences during World War II, beginning in 1939 until 1945. Wendy Hamilton and Cathie Pavlik of Kelowna recently completed and published a memoir, Dear Bill - The War Years. Dear Bill, is a compilation of 141 letters...
