Community

With a little help from their sponsors, Nelson Search and Rescue broke ground Wednesday on a new five-bay garage at the North Shore hall that will store their vehicles and equipment.

As a wrap up to a schoolwide water study, Redfish Elementary families came together for a water walk, comparing our local abundance of water with children around the world who have to walk long distances for clean water each day.

For the second consecutive year the daily peak count of Gerrard rainbow trout at the main spawning site in the Lardeau River hit a record high.

Selkirk College’s School of University Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the anthropology department at Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.), has provided an exciting opportunity for students to uncover their local history.

Fill up your summer calendar with fun events for you and the family at the Kokanee Visitor’s Centre at Kokanee Creek Park beginning this Friday for Canada Day.

Patients interested in changing the face of health care in B.C. are invited to take part in an initiative coming to Nelson for the first time on July 20.

Faculty members of the School of Environment and Geomatics (formerly School of Renewable Resources) at Selkirk College have spent the last year re-designing curriculum in four environmental diploma programs. The new curriculum is ready for fall 2011.

Lions Park was the place to be on Sunday as the local service club held a celebration at the Uphill park. There were games for kids, food, a doggy competition and smiles all around.

Rocco Mastrobouno of the Canadian Italian Society recently donated $1,000 to Wendy Lacroix, chair of the Onagawa fundraising committee, with mayor John Dooley looking on

The Nelson Youth Employment Resource Centre is inviting youth between the ages of 15 and 30 to participate in the Nelson YERC Scavenger Hunt.