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Beginning with last May’s video evening at the Civic Theatre that explored what public space is and how it benefits communities, then through 10 "park bench" conversations and a public survey, some 650 people have weighed in on how our public spaces are valued, how they could be improved, as well as having a vision for the future. The community conversations and survey

A piece of the historic Gyro Park bridge will live on in the Shawn Lamb Archives at the Nelson Museum, thanks to a donation from the Nelson Gyro Club. The bridge was recently dismantled due to failing structural integrity. The plaque was installed in 1952, when the bridge was dedicated to Robert Hampton Gray VC, a World War II pilot who was the last Canadian recipient of the

Don Konrad considers himself a cartoonist at heart. He’s been sketching and painting since elementary school, taking his inspiration from nature, people and his life experiences. Birders and art-lovers alike will enjoy Konrad’s whimsical bird artwork now on display at the Nelson Public Library. After many decades of creating art, Don Konrad still has a sense of wonder about

Property taxes in Area E could go up by an average of $35 if an alternative approval process vote this fall is successful. The approval of the electors is sought in Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Area E for the library financial service bylaw, for the purpose of funding the Nelson Public Library. Although a positive vote would increase taxes, it is far less than

Over $100,000 of new money could be flowing into the Nelson Public Library in the next two months. The voting residents of Regional District of Central Kootenay Area E will have their say over drawing the entirety of electoral Area E into the Nelson Public Library service, delivering access that sustains both sides. RDCK staff have been instructed to obtain approval of

The people will now decide the relevancy of library services and whether or not to dig deeper and fund it. Residents in the Regional District of Central Kootenay Area E will be moving to a public consultation period over drawing the entirety of electoral Area E into the Nelson Public Library service, delivering access that sustain both sides.

A process is underway that could draw the entirety of electoral Area E into the Nelson Public Library service, delivering access that sustain both sides. Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) staff have been instructed to prepare a service establishment bylaw for electoral Area E’s library contribution service “subject to staff conducting a public consultation process.”

Nelson poet Elizabeth Cunningham reads from her two poetry collections, A Fragile Grace and Watching the Light Below the Storm, on Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. Watching the Light Below the Storm was recently published by Ekstasis Editions. “The poems were written in my late 60s here in the Kootenays,” says Cunningham. “They include explorations

The squeaky wheel has been given some grease. The City of Nelson has beefed up its Snow and Ice Control policy in response to an ongoing court case in which a woman sued the city, alleging negligence over its downtown snow removal.