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by Contributor on Wednesday Mar 21 2012
The first of five youth scholarships available to registrants aged 18 to 30 participating in the May 11 to 13 Convergence Writers' Retreat in New Denver has been awarded to a Creston woman.
The scholarship, awarded by the retreat's organizing committee, covers the $236 registration fee, which includes meals throughout the event.
Kristen Cook, a student at College of the Rockies...
by Contributor on Tuesday Mar 13 2012
Kootenay Permaculture is welcoming Spring with a series of permaculture workshops & courses.
Toby Hemenway (author of best-selling book Gaia’s Garden, A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture) and a well-known permaculture teacher from the West Coast is coming to Nelson for an evening talk and a full day workshop.
The evening talk on March 28th is "Permaculture:...
by Anonymous on Monday Mar 12 2012
The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians and the West-Kootenay EcoSociety are presenting an information session on the controversial issue of “fracking” on Thursday, March 22, World Water Day at 7 p.m., in the Seniors Branch 51, 717 Vernon Street (across from Extra Foods) in Nelson.
“Fracking” is a technique involving the injection of millions of litres of water and thousands of...
by Contributor on Sunday Mar 11 2012
Selkirk College Business Administration students will get a first-hand experience in a high pressure business environment, when they square off on March 15th in Selkirk College’s seventh annual Business Competition.
The public is invited to come and watch as students compete to see which group of first year students has the savviest marketing campaign and which second year students...
by Anonymous on Wednesday Mar 07 2012
Angus Buchan, whose life is depicted award winning film, Faith Like Potatoes, is coming to Nelson to share his travels in The Gathering, June 29 to July 1 at the Prestige Inn Convention Centre.
Buchan left war-torn Zimbabwe in 1977, piling his family and everything they had into a truck and moving to small farm in South Africa.
Years later, through hard work but...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Sunday Feb 26 2012
The Kootenay Rhythm Dragons are rolling out the red carpet for new paddlers with a membership drive Saturday, March 10 at the Community First Health Co-op Building in Nelson.
The membership drive is set for 10 a.m. to noon on the lower level CCCR Office at 518 Lake Street.
Coffee and muffins are provided.
The Kootenay Rhythm Dragons began as Nelson's first dragon boat team...
by Contributor on Monday Feb 20 2012
After a successful first year operating the area’s only licensed poultry abattoir, owner Judi Morton is beginning the new season with an educational event called “Chicken Day”.
The event will be held Saturday, March 10th at the Vallican Whole Community Centre and will feature an introductory session for beginners as well as sessions for experienced poultry producers and planning for...
by Contributor on Thursday Feb 09 2012
West Kootenay EcoSociety will open the doors of the Kokanee Creek Visitors Centre again this summer thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Columbia Basin Trust’s Environmental Initiatives Program.
“We are very pleased to be running the Centre for 2012,” says EcoSociety Executive Director David Reid.
“We’ve got lots of programs planned and the CBT has provided the backbone ...
by Contributor on Tuesday Feb 07 2012
Art is essential.
It connects us and brings great joy to our lives.
By making and creating, we become problem solvers, exercising both sides of our brains. It is a celebration of beauty, a mode to express what is deep within, and a tool to better understand our place in the world.
Which is why the Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to announce another two weeks of its popular...
by Contributor on Tuesday Jan 24 2012
The West Kootenay Kennel Club will be hosting a Canine Good Neighbour (CGN) Trial on Sunday, February 19 from 2-4 p.m. in Castlegar Castlegar and District Complex.
The Canadian Kennel Club's Canine Good Neighbour Program is a
full Obedience Title, open to all dogs, both purebred and mixed-breed dogs, and aims to identify and reward responsible, caring owners and their...
