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PEOPLE in Pendle are invited to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the first and second world wars and in other conflicts around…

Details and plans have been announced for Remembrance parades and services across Pendle.

Storytelling can take many forms from the oral tradition to the written word. On Tuesday, September 20 at the Nelson Library, budding and experienced cartoonists from ages 7-100+ can learn to tell better stories through comics. Cartoonist and illustrator Adam de Souza will lead two free workshops, one for children at 3:30 pm and one for teens and adults at 7 p.m. In his

RESIDENTS are being offered advice and support sessions as bills continue to rise and the cost of living crisis deepens.

A MULTI-use community hub complete with cafe, indoor sports facilities, a creche and educational facilities is to be built in East Lancashire after…

As in-person events return across B.C. this summer, Elephant Mountain Literary Festival retakes the stage for visitors to the mountains and cultural scene of Nelson, B.C., June 23–26. Most events take place at the Prestige Lakeside Resort, as well as venues around town.

Stories aren’t only told through the written word. Photographs can also tell a story of a person, a place or community. Photographer Fred Rosenberg has been telling stories from the streets of Nelson with his camera for four decades. Rosenberg shares his experiences in a talk, “Anecdotal Evidence: A Personal History of Candid Photography,” at the Nelson Library on Wednesday,

In the spring of 2020, Valemount novelist, Maureen Brownlee was planning a book tour to promote her new novel due out in the fall of that year. Like many things, the pandemic put a pause on it all. Now after almost two years, Brownlee celebrates the launch of her new novel, Cambium Blue with an author reading and chat at the Nelson Library on Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. Cambium

Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, an 1829 book by agriculturist Jethro Tull (later adopted as the name of a British rock band) belonged to early Nelson Institute member, and later New Zealand Premier, Alfred Domett. It was found by Christopher Vine among a treasure trove of books in a Teal Valley cottage. Committee member Christopher Vine, 89, said the institute was born at sea, in the mid-Atlantic off Tenerife in the Canary Islands, in 1841. Captain Arthur Wakefield, one of Nelsons founding fathers, c...