Community

The automobile reigns supreme in North America today. A quarter of our working lives are spent paying for them; communities fight each other for the right to manufacture them; cities are torn down, remade and planned to accommodate their needs; wars are fought to keep their fuel tanks filled; songs are written to praise them.

Things haven’t been going so well. Maybe you need to change direction. But how? The answer may be as close as your local library for some Shelf Help.

With the L.V. Rogers Class of 2011 getting set to embark on their post-high school journey through life, the Nelson Star is pleased to present a list of scholarship award winners.

Everyone is invited to join in the first Slocan Valley Walk for Hope in memory of Alan Zdrazil (right).

As part of National Aboriginal Day, Touchstones Nelson put out special displays and activities revolving around local First Nations on Saturday

The Kootenay Rhythm Dragons are hard at work preparing for a busy upcoming rowing season.

The L.V. Rogers boys Bombers finished 13th at the recent senior boys rugby provincials in Abbotsford — but made the eventual champions earn their crown.

Building community is not monkey business, particularly when the Nelson and District Credit Union decides to get involved, but hanging out on a sunny day with the kids at Blewett School seemed like a fine way to show support for the new community playground at Blewett School.

The Nelson Lions Club is hosting Lions Park Day once again this year on Sunday.

Earth Matters, a program of Nelson CARES Society and a local non-profit organization, has been leasing two community gardens from the City of Nelson for over 10 years with a commitment to maintain these gardens and provide local programming to the community.