Welcome to the Community News Section of The Nelson Daily. Realizing the importance of community news in the Nelson and Area, The Nelson Daily would like to open this section to any and all community organizations. Whether is be a cheque presentation, a public service announcement (PSA) or information about an upcoming event, anything you think your community needs to know about, the Community Section is where it can be published and read.
A very special event is planned for the Kootenay Shambhala Centre Monday, Oct 31.
Open house is presenting Acharya Eve Rosenthal from Halifax, NS.
Acharya Rosenthal will be giving a talk entitled "Riding the Edge of Wakefulness." Everyone is invited to come. Open house is from 7-9 p.m. with tea after.
Acharya...
The next big project for the KBRH Health Foundation is underway as support builds for the purchase of digital mammogram equipment for Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital.
The 11 health care auxiliaries of the Kootenay Boundary — the KBRH Health Foundation — gathered Sept. 16 at the Prestige Mountain Resort in Rossland for their annual general meeting and announced...
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m. for a Halloween program you won’t forget.
Scary tales (and some not so scary) ghostly jokes and riddles like “What do ghosts serve for dessert? (I scream),” spooky songs and more. Did you know the largest pumpkin pie ever made was 2,020...
The winner in the Humorous Speech Contest at the Kokanee Speakeasy Toastmasters was Mary Mortimer, while Ryan Oakley won in the Table Topics Contest.
Held on Monday, Sept. 29, they had a very exciting, entertaining and quite funny Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest.
Overall, it was a fun, competitive...
Are you a descendant of a British child immigrant? Is there a ‘home child’ in your family background? How would you know?
Join historian and author Art Joyce at Nelson’s Touchstones Museum of Art and History, Shawn Lamb Archives, Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7 pm for his presentation Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Honouring Canada’s Child Immigrants....
And this Hallowe'en night, Oct. 31, marks the start of a six-week playwriting course at Nelson's Oxygen Art Centre, where students will develop their skills at creating character, dialogue and plot while crafting a half-hour play.
The course, taught...
What better way to enjoy the changing of the seasons than going for a ride along the historic Slocan Valley Rail Trail?
On Sunday, Oct. 16 beginning at noon, the Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society (SVHTS) would like to invite cyclists of all ages to come join them on an enjoyable ride along a portion of the 52 km long former CP Rail Trail.
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Two new books have been launched by Slocan Valley authors in the past few months and the community is gathering to celebrate.
Both authors will host readings on the books — one a personal journey, while the other reveals the journey of the Slocan Valley — at the Harold Street location of the Slocan Community Library (Main Street).
On Saturday,...
Nelson was a wild and woolly place at the start of the last century, where characters with names like Cayuse Brown, Roughlock Perry, Weary Willie, and The Yellow Kid might sidle up to the barstool next to yours and order up a shot of something strong enough to curl the hair on a tenderfoot’s chest.
It’s in the spirit of these times that the Nelson...
CBT welcomed six new members to its Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) this past weekend in Golden.
YAC members are motivated and involved youth age 15-29 who provide advice on youth-related grants and events at CBT.
"Engagement and leadership are two key areas of CBT's recently finalized 2011-2016 Youth Strategic Plan," said Wayne Lundeberg,...
