New Chief for Balfour Harrop Fire Department
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is pleased to welcome and introduce Pat Hergott as the new Fire Chief of the Balfour Harrop Fire Department. “The Fire Chief plays a very important role in the community, and the responsibilities include everything from the administration of the hall, operational readiness of...
Columbia Basin Trust helps create 198 new spaces, improve 1,256 existing spaces
Many families in the Columbia Basin rely upon child care. To help meet this need for quality spaces, 67 child care providers in 24 communities will be creating up to 198 new spaces and improving 1,256 spaces. These projects are being undertaken with nearly $1.4 million from Columbia Basin Trust’s Child Care Capital Grants. ...
Oxygen Art Centre hosts final 'The Big Draw' event
Oxygen Art Centre transforms the gallery into a community open studio over three Sundays this Fall as part of the world-wide event known as “The Big Draw.” The third and final session will be held on Sunday, November 17, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Facilitated by Oxygen Art Centre member and artist Anita Levesque, “The Big...
SEEDS Nelson annual calendar sale
SEEDS Nelson would like to announce the launch of their 5th annual fundraising calendar. Called ‘Best of the Best’ the calendar contains the best local photos and art from the previous 4 calendars. The calendar is available for purchase at the Kootenay Co-op Country Store, Touchstones Museum of Art and History, Otter Books,...
MLA Mungall's community office opens in Creston, Kaslo, Salmo
MLA Michelle Mungall’s community office is hitting the road and visiting Creston, Kaslo and Salmo for mobile offices next week. These mobile offices give people who live in all areas of the riding a chance to access MLA Mungall’s community office services in person. "It has always been important to me that constituents can...
Author’s multimedia presentation recalls Chilcotin wildfire
Wildfire. It’s on the minds of Kootenay residents, and for good reason: every year hundreds of fires ravage forests in British Columbia, threaten communities, and put homes in peril. Authors Chris Czajkowski and Fred Reid offer a first-hand account of personal standoff between human and inferno in their new book Captured by...
Touchstones Nelson presents the story of Nelson’s print media
“The Miner is printed on Saturdays provided the staff is sober.” — Masthead, 1893 Since the Nelson Miner published its first edition in June 1890, Nelson has always had a newspaper (and often more than one) to chronicle its evolution. Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History presents the story of Nelson’s print media, ...
City of Nelson partners with Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society to Remove Invasive Knotweed
Japanese knotweed is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species. Knotweed is among the highest priority plants to be eradicated for the Province of BC and the Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society (CKISS). There are four species of knotweed found in BC –...
Public reading workshops launches Author Reading Series at Oxygen Art Centre
Much-honored B.C. author Kristjana Gunnars and Selkirk College creative writing instructor Leesa Dean will read from their works on Wed., Oct. 23 to inaugurate the 2019-2020 author reading series at Nelson, B.C.’s Oxygen Art Centre. The reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Oxygen, at 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance), the city’s only ...
Nelson’s Covenant Church Gift of Giving
When the pastor of Nelson’s Covenant Church, Jeff Strong, read a report in early September that the costs associated with going Back to School are now comparable to the amount of dollars spent at Christmas time, he saw an opportunity to serve his community and to give back. A Kootenay Lake School District’s initiative to offer...
