Selkirk students protest program cuts
As many as 100 people – staff, students and members of the community – showed up for a Selkirk College Board of Governors meeting Tuesday night to hear the proposed suspension in college programming that is the result of more than $1 million in funding cuts from the province. Current Selkirk students Christina Livingston, Arielle […]
First ever Kootenay Music Awards Friday at The Royal
The first ever Kootenay Music Awards are set to take place Friday (March 30) at The Royal on Baker. For the past two months nominations have been submitted, short listed by a panel of five industry professionals, and voted on by the public at kootenayquickshot.com. More than 8000 votes have been cast not including the […]
Sign up for the Columbia Basin Culture Tour 2012!
Registrations are currently being accepted for artists/venues in the Columbia Basin to participate in the Columbia Basin Culture Tour (CBCT). The CBCT is a two day celebration of culture taking place August 11-12, 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm. The CBCT is a self guided tour showcasing local arts, culture and heritage offered at […]
Grand Forks musician Amanda Thate needs your vote
Local country singer Amanda Thate needs your vote by Friday, March 30 to be the opening act in the Merrit Mountain Music Festival this summer. Thate, a Grand Forks graduate of 2011 who is now earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work at University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, has a noteworthy […]
Yves Engler to speak in the West Kootenay about Canada's peacekeeping tradition
Lone Sheep Publishing is proud to present Yves Engler, author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid. In his new book, The Truth May Hurt, Engler strips away the layers of former Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson’s past, exposing him as less of a Canadian peacekeeper and ...
Mir Centre For Peace And Allan Markin Present Karen Armstrong: Twelve Steps To A Compassionate Life
A former Catholic nun who first gained the spotlight with her 1993 book A History of God: The 4,000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Karen Armstrong is now an author of 20 books that focus largely on commonalities of major religions – including the nearly universally but often-ignored principle of compassion....
One Book One Kootenay 2012 nominees announced
Everyone’s favourite book club is back. One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. Once again, readers from across the Kootenay region will read and vote for the book they feel all Kootenay booklovers should read. Three Kootenay ...
Fugitives, Shred Kelly rock The Royal this weekend
The Fugitives, Vancouver’s wildly talented modern folk quartet are coming to The Royal Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. The combined talents of Vancouver artists Adrian Glynn, Barbara Adler, Brendan McLeod, and Steve Charles are quickly becoming favourites wherever they play with their poetic lyrics and their own unique style. Folk artist Rhoniel will open […]
A story of collapse and renewal: Award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk to embark on speaking tour of the Kootenays
In an upcoming speaker series, award-winning author and journalist, Andrew Nikiforuk will talk about the impact and evolutionary role that bark beetles play in the health of aging forests, and the critical lessons this tiny creature has to teach human society about natural cycles of collapse and renewal in all ecosystems....
Nelson B & E suspect ordered to have psychiatric evaluation
A 21-year-old male appeared in Provincial Court in Castlegar Wednesday after Nelson Police arrested the man during what is described as “bizarre” scene Tuesday, February 27. Police responded to a complaint in the Fairview area of Nelson of a woman reporting an intruder in her residence. Upon arriving police apprehended the male and took him […]
