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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.

Nobody likes a back seat driver. “Watch out! Turn left — no, right — no, left! Don’t forget to signal! Wow! You took that corner on two wheels! Could you park any further from the curb?” And yet, backseat drivers are exactly what the library’s looking for.

It’s a book club anyone can join — and you don’t even have to provide hors d’oeuvres.

Walk or Wheel on Wednesday is an initiative happening at South Nelson Elementary this year to encourage students to walk or wheel to school.

The Amnesty Canada Stolen Sisters campaign has officially been completed as of last week.