Taghum Hall’s Harvest Festival a chance to see outdoor improvements Some have called it The Little Hall that Could. Taghum Hall took these challenging times as an opportunity to get things done—and did! Now, it’s time to celebrate both the fall harvest and the Hall’s beautiful new grounds with a very special event. The Taghum...

The Church mouse was very cold and the boiler was very old at the St Saviour’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral. So a campaign kickoff in 2012 to replace the aging boiler and heating system at the Ward and Silica Street Pro-Cathedral was started. The 1899 heritage jewel of Nelson had been suffering through an aging, inefficient heating...

The City of Nelson is now accepting applications and nominations for its annual Heritage Award, which honours individuals, businesses or organizations who have made an outstanding contribution towards the preservation and/or promotion of Nelson's heritage.  The winner will receive an $1000 honorarium, to be announced in...

After three years that included leading a mostly-volunteer media outlet though the tremendous challenges of the pandemic, Kootenay Co-op Radio’s Rob Andrew is passing the mic to a new Operations and Programming Manager. Broadcast professional and audio engineer Ed Zych has taken on the primary role at the station, now in its...

The Alzheimer Society of B.C. will launch a new online education workshop initiative for caregivers and people living with dementia in October. These free virtual workshops are a smaller format, which allows more opportunities for in-depth discussions on a variety of topics related to dementia. Anyone in Castlegar, Nelson, ...

Nelson, B.C. author Ernest Hekkanen will read from and talk about his newest collection of short fiction on Thursday, Oct. 14 in a Zoom online presentation. The stories in his most recent book, I Seem to Recall This, are largely set in the BC Interior and offer their creator’s usual range of tone from humorously zany to...

Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History has extended the deadline to apply for the third instalment of a mural residency program which kicks off this October. ‘New Echoes in the Staircase’ invites Columbia Basin LGBTQ2S+ artists into one of the building’s heritage staircases that was once used daily in earlier days but...

The Cultural Development Committee (CDC), on behalf of the City of Nelson, is inviting applications and nominations for the position of Nelson’s 2022 Cultural Ambassador. The award comes with an $1000 honorarium, with the winner announced in December.   Applications and nominations are welcomed for established artists of all...

Slocan Valley’s Rita Moir, award-winning author and former freelance journalist for the Globe and Mail and CBC Radio, is no stranger to grief. Her mother and sister underwent heart surgery in the same week; a year later her sister was dead while her elderly mother lived for many more years.  She explores this disruption of ...

Nelson poet Elizabeth Cunningham launches her second book of poetry Watching the Light, published by Ekstasis Editions, on Wednesday, October 6 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. COVID protocols including distancing and masks are in effect. Registration is required due to space limitations. To register email [email protected]....