Community

If you live in the interface zone, where our forests meet our city and homes, the Nelson Fire Department is coming to see you.

Save-On-Foods has presented the Square Foot to Freedom campaign with $1,462 — the cash equivalent of points donated by customers.

Willi Bohmke, a longtime East Shore resident whose early life included adventure at sea, has died at 96.

The West Kootenay EcoSociety will open the downtown Nelson local market next Wednesday on the 400 block of Baker Street for the second year.

Regional District of Central Kootenay staff in Nelson are reducing their carbon footprint by leaving their cars at home this week as part of the nationwide Commuter Challenge Week.

Two schools from Kootenay Lake school district — L.V. Rogers Secondary and Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary — will be taking home new Sony equipment to document their environmental action stories for future projects.

People came to Lakeside Park on Sunday from Kamloops, Kelowna, and Trail for the tenth annual West Kootenay Walk for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike pulled into Nelson last month with several community groups taking part in the fundraiser.

It was all about giving a very different kind of Mother’s Day gift!

The Lions Club of Nelson took a tour of Studio 80 at the Tenth Street campus (currently under renovation) and bought a seat for $500 as part of Selkirk College’s “Count Me In” fundraising campaign.