West Kootenay Winemakers Press On with the Help of the Nelson Italian-Canadian Society
Every year, winemakers worldwide eagerly anticipate the end of September as the time to make a new vintage of wine. And in the West Kootenay, winemakers were worried they were going to miss their annual opportunity because an area retailer would not be bringing in the coveted grapes and wine juice from California this year....
Snowcapped Mountains Entice Selkirk College Brazilian Student
Cicero Gouvea was ten years into a successful career with IBM in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro when he uprooted his life in Brazil and headed north to the West Kootenay in search of a powder-filled dream. A student in the Ski Resort Operations & Management (SROAM) Program based out of Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus...
Kootenay Lake School District launches Schoolkit Hub App
An important new communication tool is now being offered for staff, parents and students in the Kootenay Lake School District to stay well-informed and better connected. The mobile app, Schoolkit Hub, is now available for download free on both iPhone and Android. The new mobile app provides audiences with the latest announcements,...
Building a community one tree at a time
W.E. Graham Community School students opted for shovels and wheelbarrows instead of pencils and Chromebooks this week, with the delivery of nearly 30 trees and shrubs to their school. Green Team leader and Educational Assistant, Tanya Wright, was thrilled to learn that the funding she had applied for through Tree Canada’s...
New Canadian hit romcom opens at Civic Theatre
This Friday, the new Canadian hit romcom I PROPOSE WE NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN AFTER TONIGHT starts its first week at the Civic Theatre in Nelson. A funny, touching story of two lonely twenty-somethings who meet while pushing a stranger's car out of the snow in deepest winter, this cross-cultural romcom rocketed into Canada's...
Lions Club hosts annual Firewood Sale
The Nelson Lions Club, social distancing of course, is hosting its annual Firewood Sale, Saturday, October 3 at the new location — across from the Blewett Elementary School — beginning at 8 a.m. Cost is $250 per cord of dry fir wood, but customers will only be charged for what they take. The new site, located west of Nelson...
Call for 2021 Cultural Ambassador Applications/Nominations
The Cultural Development Committee (CDC), on behalf of the City of Nelson, is inviting applications and nominations for the position of Nelson’s 2021 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...
Nelson residents help the Alzheimer Society of B.C. mark World Alzheimer’s Month
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, a time to push the global conversation about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias to the forefront. With an estimated 70,000 British Columbians currently living with some form of dementia, it is likely that most residents of Nelson and other West Kootenay communities have some connection...
BC SPCA Wildlife-in-Focus photography winners
Amateur wildlife photographers in B.C. have once again made tough work for judges as the BC SPCA’s 12th annual Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest winners are announced. In addition, there were a number of incredible honourable mentions that celebrate the beauty in B.C.’s wild and urban environments. The People’s Choice...
Nora Young on the Future of Libraries: A Nelson Public Library online event
If Google is a verb and Wikipedia everyone’s information go-to page, where does the library fit in? Nora Young, host and creator of CBC’s Spark, explores A Home in the Cloud: The Future of Libraries in the Digital Age in an online Zoom event on Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m. The event is part of the Nelson Public Library’s...
