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Last month Daphne VanAlstine’s Grade 3/4 class at South Nelson Elementary School filled shoeboxes with gifts for kids in Slave Lake, Alberta who lost their homes to forest fires.

If you love the outdoors, cycling, and would like to help those in need, you are invited to join the sixth annual Peddle Along a Rail Trail (PART 6) on Saturday, July 23.

Georgia is a country that wants to move its economy into the new millennium. Not an easy task for a former Soviet republic that has been in conflict on and off with Russia since the summer of 2008.

Firefighter Greg Proctor (left) from the Nelson Fire Department joins the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation’s Bryna Idler to gauge the 85 foot chip shot for this weekend’s Legacy Event Golf Ball Drop at Granite Pointe golf course.

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.