Community

Earlier this month guides from Nelson Whitewater Rafting Company volunteered their time and teamed up with L.V. Rogers Secondary School ATLAS students to clean up litter and garbage on the Slocan River. The float took place between Slocan Park and Crescent Valley Beach.

A public appreciation event is planned Tuesday morning to thank everyone who responded to the Kerr Apartments fire.

The Nelson Fire Service and Nelson Hydro are teaming up to promote energy efficiency. Firefighters will hand out LED exit light upgrade kits during their safety inspections of local businesses.

L.V. Rogers student Logan Shubin is brazing a trail toward national recognition for his welding talent.

Breeding season for the western screech-owl is well underway and with it comes a bird call that the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program is asking the public to listen for. Listed as an endangered species both federally and provincially, the program is looking to track these owls to better understand their distribution, range and habitat use.

The College of Registered Nurses of B.C. presented a pair of Nelson residents with nursing excellence awards at a ceremony last month at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

The green transformation that spring brings has come to Trafalgar Middle School in a big way. The school community recently planted more than 80 native trees on the school grounds.

On Sunday, June 5, the tenth annual West Kootenay Walk for ALS will take place at Lakeside Rotary Park.

May 31 is Hunger Awareness Day. You can help make a difference for Canadians who are hungry.

Touchstones Nelson celebrated Nelson’s first Chinatown Week with a spring family fair on Sunday.