Nelson’s new E-bike Program keeps rolling along
In June 2020, Mayor and Council approved the rollout of an E-bike Program for residents to promote active transportation and community wellbeing and help reduce GHG emissions and assist with parking challenges in the downtown core. The program provides low-interest financing for Nelson homeowners to purchase a commuter bike....
Selkirk College Welcomes Métis Author and Academic Jesse Thistle for Virtual Event
Exploring the depths of Indigenous homelessness through personal experience and a growing body of ground-breaking academic work, acclaimed Canadian author Jesse Thistle is the featured speaker in Selkirk College’s latest Truth & Justice Series event on June 2. A Métis-Cree-Scot Ph.D. candidate in the History program at ...
Dig into the new Seventh Street Park Greenhouse this Spring and Summer with SEEDS Nelson
The SEEDS Nelson Seventh Street Greenhouse project is ‘shovel ready’ and is finally ready to break ground at the end of June. The project crew consists of city planners, an engineer, a project manager, and SEEDS Nelson volunteers including the board. They are ready to create a promising gem in the heart of this neighbourhood....
Dementia webinars offer practical tips to Nelson residents and explore links between music and brain
The Alzheimer Society of B.C. continues to provide residents of Nelson affected by dementia with practical tips and information through its regular webinar series. Upcoming June events include sessions on music and dementia, as well as the opportunity to hear directly from people living with dementia as they reflect on what...
Climate Change Show highlights Nelson
A local tech company is aiming to inspire meaningful conversation with kids around climate change. Called, LIVE IT EARTH, the company produces a series of eight interactive episodes per school year including lessons that take kids up close and personal with wildlife, trek them to lava-spewing volcanoes and explore issues like...
Easter Seal Camps Holding 50/50 Raffle
Easter Seals BC/Yukon is thrilled to launch their first-ever 50/50 online raffle to send kids and adults with disabilities to Easter Seals Camps both in person and online this summer. “Easter Seals Camps provide both a lot of fun and skills to campers with disabilities,” says Lisa Beck, CEO and President of Easter Seals...
J.V. Humphries Leadership Students Plan School-Wide Event
Students at J.V. Humphries (JVH) school in Kaslo have spent the year circumventing one another while at school, keeping to their grade level cohorts, in adherence with social distancing protocols. For this small close-knit school community, it’s been a hard year. This past winter, two JVH students, Emma LeCouffe and Faye ...
Nelsonites walk their own way at IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's
It’s not too late for Nelson residents to join the thousands of British Columbians walking their own way for the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s. Participants simply set themselves a walking or fitness challenge throughout May, while fundraising to support Alzheimer Society of B.C. programs and services. Participants...
Essential Paramedic Training returns to West Kootenay
Local students wanting to become a paramedic can now train closer to home thanks to both an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) course and a blended Primary Care Paramedic program (PCP) that will be returning to Castlegar. The EMR course lasts two weeks and allows individuals to license for work as an entry-level paramedic. ...
May is Lyme disease awareness month
With the arrival of spring and warmer weather the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) is hoping you will give some consideration to the spread of Lyme disease and the ticks that carry it. May is Lyme disease awareness month. Reliable statistics are not yet available in Canada but a recent American study by the U.S. ...
