Join the Lake Biodiversity Photo Challenge
This summer Living Lakes Canada is calling on all Columbia Basin residents to get involved in the Lake Biodiversity Photo Challenge. Simply snap a photo of your favourite lake(s) and submit it to the contest for a chance to win prizes from Kicking Horse Coffee and Lush. Photo submissions will be accepted until July 31, 2021...
Board refresh takes Kootenay Film Society forward
The Kootenay Film Society took a major step forward May 31, with four important artists and filmmakers joining as directors of the Board. The KFS welcomes Gary Deatherage, Alison Masters, Sarah Kapoor and Marty Agabob, replacing departing board members Rick Brown and Perry Ditzler, and joining remaining board members --...
New Sculptures Grace Castlegar, The Sculpture Capital of Canada™
It’s time to put your Sculpturewalking shoes on! Castlegar has once again welcomed a huge variety of amazing artwork to beautify and enliven the city’s downtown core and offer a welcome attraction for residents and regional visitors “The past year has very challenging for arts and culture organizations,” says Sculpturewalk ...
West Kootenay Camera Club exhibition set for Kootenay Gallery in June
“Photography is not a great mystical thing,” says Ken Ferch, a founding member of the West Kootenay Camera Club, “once you know the basics, the rest of just happens…photography is an art form, a medium of art.” The WKCC started 31 year ago with a dozen members. It has grown to a club with over 50 members. Part of WKCC mandate...
Opening Doors to Indigenous Culture in Trail
In Trail, two organizations have come together to build a dedicated ceremonial space to promote inclusion and remove barriers for Indigenous-led ceremonial practices. Located outside of Trail Family and Individual Resource Centre Society (FAIR) on Columbia Avenue, a 12-by-12-foot enclosed gazebo is bringing visibility to...
Rossland Golden City Days and Fall Fair cancelled for 2021
It is with great sadness that we must announce the Cancellation of Rossland Golden City Days and the Rossland Fall Fair The Golden City Days Committee and the Rossland Fall Fair committee have made the difficult decision to cancel this year's event due to Covid-19. After discussing the current circumstances surrounding...
Pass Creek Fall Fair cancelled for 2021 due to pandemic
Pass Creek Fall Fair, one of the beloved events in the Kootenay’s hosted at Pass Creek Exhibition Grounds, today regrets to announce that the annual event, scheduled for Sept. 18 - 19, will not happen in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 situation. President Donna Smith of the volunteer driven not-for-profit community organization...
Join online rally to support three local authors as they Fear Less
Ed. Note: Transparency demands I acknowledge that I, the editor of The Source, count two of these authors among my best friends. I find them to be relentlessly kind, thoughtful, generous, and driven to be the best versions of themselves they can possibly be. I highly recommend this book as the product of beautiful minds and...
Rossland Museum hosts Our Living Languages Travelling Exhibition
How many of us in BC can say “hello” in the language of the people on whose traditional territory we live, work, and play? You might find yourself expanding your vocabulary—and appreciation for the over 30 Indigenous languages spoken in BC—after visiting the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre to view Our Living Languages:...
Vera Maloff provides glimpse into Doukhobor history as one of two authors sharing local memoirs
The authors of two new memoirs — one on the experience of a journeywoman carpenter, and the other on growing up in a Doukhobor activist family — will be featured at the third Zoom reading in the 2020-21 author reading series presented by Nelson, B.C.’s Oxygen Art Centre. Reading from and talking about their work on Wed., Feb....
