As the month of November passes and you see more and more men (and perhaps a lady or two) sporting moustaches about town, don't be alarmed – it's not a new trend, and 'staches are not back in style. Not unless, that is, developing a fine crop of facial hair will ensure money and awareness for an important cause.   The Element...

Former Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson was in town this week, conducting interviews for a book she’s planning to publish next year. Entitled Room For All Of Us, the book will focus on a variety of immigrant populations coming out of places of struggle, how coming to Canada impacted them, and how they themselves […]

Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College (KSA) has unveiled a unique display of Bernard Leach Pottery thanks to the generosity of the late Carol Proudfoot Couch. It is recognized world-wide that Bernard Leach was a famous British potter and is thought of as the “founder of studio ceramics in our time”. One of the great figures of […]

 The ever-popular Castlegar Hallowe'en favourite, Spooks on Zuke, will not take place for the first time in more than a decade. The annual fundraiser for the Castlegar and District Heritage Society will not be creeping out Castlegar this year as organizers take a hiatus to improve the event.   “We just have nothing new to...

 The first Castlegar Sculpturewalk program has been an overwhelming success. Over 1,500 people have voted and a Gala Awards event is being held at the Element Bar and Grill on Oct. 16. The purpose is to honour the artists who have graced our community with their talent and present cash awards and the selection of the People’s...

 Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College (KSA) has unveiled a unique display of Bernard Leach Pottery thanks to the generosity of the late Carol Proudfoot Couch.   It is recognized world-wide that Bernard Leach was a famous British potter and is thought of as the “founder of studio ceramics in our time”. One of the...

 Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series invites you to explore the foundation for peace on the planet with Vancouver-based Emotional Intelligence Specialist David Cory.   As a specialist in the Emotional Intelligence field for the past 12 years, David Cory will share stories and review humankind’s ability to ...

Anne DeGrace’s first novel, Treading Water, a series of linked stories based on the flooding of Renata in the 1960s, has been chosen for the second annual One Book One Kootenay (OBOK) selection. One Book One Kootenay covers the East and West Kootenays and Boundary, and each year chooses one book written by an author […]

If you enjoy art, culture and history then visit the 60 Tibetan Pearls exhibit at Gallery 2 in Grand Forks between Nov. 5 and Dec. 24. This is a unique collection of paintings by a Tibetan monk that reflects on over thirty years of his life.  This exhibit displays artist Choegyal Rinpoche’s painted memories of Tibet during […]

Kristopher Ede from Invermere takes the prize for the SCRATCH Writing Challenge Readers’ Choice Award. The 18-year-old won this portion of the creative writing challenge, put on by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), with his short story “the girl with the plastic pirate hat and the boy who loved her so.” Ede’s story earned 29 per […]