The Nelson and District Arts Council and Elephant Mountain Lit Fest are thrilled to announce this year’s recipient of the Richard Carver Award for emerging writers. Writer and poet Ellen Burt has been chosen by an arms-length jury to receive the award this year....

Fall’s arrival in the Kootenays brings the return of shorter days, cooler temperatures — and the law for winter tires on many provincial highways starting on October 1. “Driving for work or pleasure can be dangerous, no matter how much experience you have,” says Trace...

Farm life combines early mornings and earthly connections to grow fresh, nutritious food to share with a community. But what else does it take to run a farm? For Michael Silver, Owner of Earth Temple Gardens in Argenta and Meadow Creek,   that answer has evolved over...

Through October this year, the Nelson and Area Elder Abuse Prevention Program (EAPP) activities are transitioning. The volunteers who founded and operated EAPP since 2008 would like to thank all the community groups, individuals, BC Community Response Network,...

A school can be many things: a place to learn, a place to grow, a place to socialize with friends. For many, it is a positive and safe environment. Yet, far too commonly, this is not the lived reality of schoolchildren across Canada. National School Safety Week is...

The saws and woodchipper were buzzing during the first week of class at Selkirk College with second-year students in the Forest Technology Program lending many hands to wildfire mitigation efforts at Castlegar’s Zuckerberg Island. A partnership between the City of...

Dona Grace-Campbell National Recognition for Kootenay Based Organization and Founder. Born in the Kootenays, Stop Ecocide Canada (SEC) a campaign to criminalize ‘mass damage and destruction to nature’ or, ECOCIDE has been nominated for a national Clean50 award as a...

The Village of Kaslo and RDCK Area D are excited to introduce you to a groundbreaking initiative that aims to transform your neighbourhoods into a FireSmart community – a place where safety, sustainability, and unity thrive. As the threat of wildfires continues to...

Two local programs help communities and businesses transition to renewable, low-carbon, clean energy sources. Wildfires, extreme heat events, damaging floods - around the world, the climate is changing and we are not immune to the effects here in the Kootenays. The...

Groundwater monitoring in the Columbia Basin shows variability in response to drought conditions. July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth and set the stage for rampant and worsening drought impacts across Western Canada. Dry creek beds, stranded fish,...

The trend in BC is for more frequent and higher intensity wildfires. Five of the provinces worst fire seasons have taken place within the last 10 years. This in combination of extended fire seasons and changes in annual precipitation create a scenario where smoke and...

Trust support helps keep the culture at The Langham strong. Over the 125+ years of its existence, the current Langham Cultural Centre has been a boarding house, a bank, a bar, a bottling plant and a boat factory. At its darkest moment, it was home to 80 Japanese...