Community

What could be more fun than an evening of board games with family and friends?

He’s among the burned-out tenants of the Kerr Apartments, but rather than worry about where he’s going to live, Dave Sprague has been concentrating on his neighbours.

An online survey of baby boomers across Canada conducted by the Alzheimer Society reveals a troubling lack of awareness about Alzheimer’s disease. The gap in awareness in B.C. is sounding alarm bells as to whether our largest population is prepared for the rising tide of dementia that is ahead.

So what, might you ask, does Istanbul, Sydney, Caracas, Moscow, Barcelona or Nairobi have in common with Nelson? On Saturday, people in these communities, plus hundreds more around the globe, will be participating in the Global Day of the Breath, a day dedicated to the art of conscious breathing. In this rural community you may notice many people pausing at noon on that day to pay attention to their breath.

The first semester is almost over, and tensions over exams are taking hold of the students at L.V. Rogers. Exams go from January 24 to 28. But, of course, we’re still having fun and looking forward to the new set of classes coming up. Or some of us are anyway.

Vote for KAAP (Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society), and bring $25,000 into our community for animal care.

The Douglas fir is one of the most recognizable and common trees in the Pacific Northwest, but do you know who it’s named after? Spokane-based naturalist and author Jack Nisbet does!