Cutting edge design, art, illustration and ideas will be on display in Nelson’s downtown starting Friday when the Selkirk College Digital Arts & New Media Program presents its year end student show. Students in the Tenth Street Campus-based program are getting set to unveil the best they have to offer in a new downtown ...

Roof tops are dripping, sunshine is out, thoughts of summer are shining in!  We are excited to be celebrating our 5th Annual Christina Lake Homecoming Summer Festival  this  July 11 and 12 here in our beautiful community of Christina Lake. A new date this year, so mark it on the calendar the 2nd weekend in July as The Christina...

We are inviting all small farmers and businesses in the East and West Kootenays to attend Pass Creek Exhibition grounds for our First Annual Small Farm Animal and Poultry Sale and Swap. The venue will offer small farmers the opportunity to meet other farmers, exchange information, sell and trade. We are inviting businesses ...

Greenwood has some new art that residents and visitors can see as they drive through town. The Kettle River Art Club made 11 hand-painted banners depicting pieces of the city's history including old churches, city hall, the museum, O'Hairi Park, the old smelter and a phoenix.  The banners were installed by public works earlier...

After having witnessed the horrors that conflict thrusts upon innocent victims in some of the most unstable nations of the world for more than two decades, Sally Armstrong manages to stay incredibly optimistic. One of Canada’s foremost journalists, Armstrong has covered women and girls in zones of conflict from Bosnia and...

In celebration of all things spring (and all things spring break!) we’ve got some wonderful programs going on at the library – as well as our seed library and seed catalogs, books on gardening, backroads mapbooks for exploring and adventures, and DVDs for those rainy nights that will come from time to time. Let’s get right ...

The already-contentious City of Trail Recreation program has sustained another blow, as Warfield has now followed Beaver Valley's lead and opted out of the Trail Resident Program (TRP) rate structure. In a release issued this morning, Trail mayor Dieter Bogs expressed distress over Warfield's decision, arguing it may force ...

Fearing & White are heading to The Gem to perform on April 7th in support of their new album, Tea and Confidences. The album is currently streaming here.  Canadian singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing met Belfast troubadour Andy White backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1998. Forming an instant friendship, the two...

On Tuesday March 25 at 7:30 pm Spotlight Films will be showing “The Crash Reel” at the Gem Theatre. This film is done verite style, which combines improvisation and camera to unveil a truth or highlight subjects hidden behind crude reality, in this case the explosive issue of traumatic brain injury. This is a telling tale of...

Gallery 2’s century old heritage building provided elegant surroundings for the 3rd Annual Masquerade Ball spring fundraiser on Sat. night. Over 80 ticketholders danced the night away to the rock n’ roll tunes of Mad Dog 20/ 20, a local band that plays the event every year.  Tickets were $30 or a group of 10 for $275, including...