A rollicking tale of long hours, camaraderie, and bodily fluids—along with a healthy dose of humour—comes to Castlegar & District Public Library on May 13 at 7 p.m. with a presentation by author Jennifer Craig.   Yes Sister, No Sister, is a funny, engaging memoir of the author’s life as a trainee nurse in the 1950s […]

Win a chance to play floor hockey with TREVOR LINDEN!  This exciting contest is part of the “Let’s Go Green To Keep Our Kootenays Clean” Kid’s Poster Contest.  To enter, pickup up an entrance poster at the Trail, Castlegar or Nelson Recreation Centers and create a unique poster that explains what YOU can do to help keep our...

You’ve heard the term “currying favour” (fancy way of saying ‘sucking up to…’)? Well, these noodles will do the trick – all my friends love them. They are hot, though – I recently made them for a friend, and she kept saying her face was on fire (but she kept eating anyway, so they must […]

Columbia Power is a sponsor of this year’s U19 Film Festival, taking place Saturday, April  27 at 6 pm at the Royal Theatre in Trail. Organized each year by the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture, the U19 Film Festival showcases short films by young (under 19 years) filmmakers in the West Kootenay. Categories include drama,...

When CBC began their Spotlight Search in search of the nation’s next musical sensation, no one would have known the last two standing would include Cranbrook’s The Good Ol’ Goats. Fresh off of the Spotlight Search, The Good Ol’ Goats will be bringing their brand of bluegrass alt-folk to the 2013 Starbelly Jam Music Festival […]

Winners of the Giller Prize, Governor-General's Literary Award, Trillium Book Award, Canada Reads, and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor are among the lineup of presenters at Nelson's second annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, July 11 to 14.      And along with the roster of nationally-known and local authors and ...

A theatre company is coming to town. Directors, sets, costumes, props, make-up –everything is there to put on a show except the cast. And who is neededto bring this show to life? Children and teens currently in Kindergarten to Grade 12. This is the scenario when the Missoula Children’s Theatre comes to Trail April 29 […]

The JUNO Awards are ready to cap off a weekend of entertainment Sunday evening on CTV with the annual ceremony. This year the JUNO’S  have a bit of a Nelson Flavour with the John McCauig Band performing during JUNOFEST, the lead up to Sunday’s finale. The JUNO Awards are presented annually to Canadian music artists  […]

Marit Kassels, age 9, will attend the Professional Division Summer School at Alberta Ballet after auditioning this past winter.  Marit lives in Salmo, and travels to Rossland four days a week to dance with Renee Salsiccioli of Kootenay Danceworks. Marit has been dancing with Kootenay Danceworks since she was six, so for...

The Kootenay Gallery presents the annual Young Visions 2013 exhibition from April 25 to May 25, showcasing the work of students in grades 8 to 12 and their teachers from three high schools in School District #20. Young Visions 2013 provides art students and teachers from Stanley Humphries, Rossland and J.L. Crowe Secondary Schools the […]