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Chinese influence celebrated

Chinese influence celebrated

Just before the beginning of the Chinese New Year, mayor John Dooley proclaimed the week of May 9 to 15 as Chinatown Week. May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, and Nelson is celebrating its first Chinatown Week, in recognition of the significant contribution made by its Chinese community to the city’s rapid growth in its early days.

Bahrain and beyond

What’s it like teaching in a country about as long as the Slocan Valley? Where each student has their own car and driver, and Sharia law may not be a kind friend in your time of need?
Credit union throws support behind disc golf course

Credit union throws support behind disc golf course

The Nelson Disc Golf Society received some major financial support from the Nelson and District Credit Union to install a proposed disc golf course (also known as Frisbee golf) in Uphill Nelson.
Making a world of difference

Making a world of difference

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a human rights activist, president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, former Miss World Canada and Miss World first runner-up and the upcoming speaker for Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace winter lecture series.
Merry Kerr-stmas

Merry Kerr-stmas

Santa returned to the Chahko Mika Mall on Saturday to visit the children who lived in the burned-out Kerr Apartments. Kids received Christmas presents and stuffed stockings to make up for the presents lost in the fire, and also had a chance to sit down with the jolly man in red one last time
Past meets the present

Past meets the present

A Big Slice of Ice

A Big Slice of Ice

Fun and games at the library

What could be more fun than an evening of board games with family and friends?
Spirit burning bright for Kerr residents

Spirit burning bright for Kerr residents

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.

Alzheimer’s Disease... it’s more than you think

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.