Photo by Kyra Hoggan: City councillors Russ Hearne, Kevin Chernoff, and Deb McIntosh, along with Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, senior city staffers Chris Barlow and John Malcolm, greatly aided by Cheryl Hearne and Trish Chernoff, decorate the City of Castlegar float for this year's Parade of Lights.  Castlegar's signature community...

 With homes lit up, trees decorated, fresh snow on the ground, and the anticipation of gifts and visits from friends and family, Christmas can be a magical season for children and their parents.   But beneath the traditional music and glitter may be enormous stress. Too often, partners’ and children’s expectations, built to...

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The highest ranking Japanese officer on Canadian soil will be visiting several areas of Slocan Valley, the Kyowakai Society in New Denver announced. Kyowakai Society president Gail Swanson said the consul general will come in March to pay homage to the thousands of Japanese Canadians that were interned in […]

Nelson Choral Society presents Voices of Winter Saturday, Dec. 11 (7 p.m.), Capitol Theatre Musical director Kathleen Neudorf has chosen a variety of choral pieces on a winter theme for the show, ranging from traditional to contemporary, religious to secular, warm Yule-tide fires to hushed winter landscapes where snow “falls down scarce audibly.” Joining the […]

Canadian mining and human rights in Guatemala will be the topic of a talk by human rights lawyer Grahame Russell this Sunday, Nov. 21 (7 p.m.) at Self Design High. Russell is the co-director of Rights Action, a Canadian NGO long engaged in community development, environment and human rights work throughout Central America. “Another world […]

Awareness and silence are urged in support of the Sinixt Nation. Friends of the beleaguered First Nation and now the Perry Ridge Wilderness Preserve Initiative are invited to an awareness raising benefit concert and silent auction on Sunday, Nov. 28 at The Royal on Baker (1 p.m. to midnight). The Sinixt are currently preparing...

Selkirk College Contemporary Music and Technology Instructor Cheryl Hodgehas been nominated for the 2010 Hollywood Music and Media Awards (HMMA) for Best Jazz Song-Indigo. She will be heading to Hollywood, California, to participate in the Awards that takes place on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at the world famous Kodak Theater Complex. This is Hodge’s first major award nomination. “I’m […]

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildThe Capitol TheatreWednesday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. 
Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist.
 In the crime-ridden New York City of the 1970s, he covers the city […]

 Kootenay Country boasts a proud history of naval namesakes; there were two HMCS Kootenay naval vessels, and both of them have histories well worth the telling as Remembrance Day approaches. The first HMCS Kootenay, a destroyer, was built for the Royal Navy and was commissioned as the HMS Decoy in 1933. During World War II,...

 Selkirk College is counting on the support of the community, foundations and organizations as it launches its campaign to raise $150,000 for the upgrade of Studio 80- the practice, recital and concert space for faculty, guest artists and students of the Contemporary Music and Technology program. The college is in the midst...