Community

The student vote of 2011 will be happening tomorrow at LVR along with many other schools from across the country.

Get out the rake and hoe, it’s time to celebrate 10 years of local gardening expertise at the 10th Annual Nelson Garden Festival Saturday, May 7, in downtown Nelson.

Nelson Lions Club is hosting the Lions Foundation of Canada Walk for Dog Guides this Saturday. Registration starts at 9 a.m. at the gazebo near the Prestige Lakeside Resort.

The Crescent Valley fire department christened its newest addition last week: a tanker-tender with one-third larger capacity than the usual standard.

Nelson mayor John Dooley and former Whitewater resort owner Mike Adams are recipients of an honorary diploma and distinguished alumni award respectively from Selkirk College.

The Nelson CARES Society dropped by the Nelson Star office on Wednesday with a gift basket to thank the paper for its continued support

It’s estimated that Canadians have three or four pairs of shoes in their closet that they don’t wear and are still in good shape.

Brian Cusack, general manager of Whitewater Winter Resort presented the Blewett School community playground project with a generous donation for the construction of the new apparatus at Blewett School.

Climate change and finite global resources may lead us to a future of escalating violent competition and poverty. Can adequate public engagement processes support us to create a better scenario?

There is one day each year when we officially celebrate the Earth and (re)commit to making choices that are good for our planet, our future and our sustainability.