East Shore Trail and Bike Association Community Trails Day – TODAY!
Come out and Enjoy the East Shore Biking Trails! Crawford Bay Park and Community Corner, Saturday August 29, 10-5 Free Shuttles to trail heads, guided Peninsula trail ride, Kokanee Springs loop, and a tour of the new board walk through the wetlands! Toddlers bike obstacle course and skills training with a BBQ and membership drive. […]
Kootenay Work Experience – Bringing Jobs and Improvements
Participants brush up on fire safety and trail planning skills NEWS RELEASE Aug. 20, 2015 CRAWFORD BAY – With wildfire safety top of mind this summer, participants in two Kootenays work experience projects are sharing wildfire awareness tips and gaining hands-on practice in wildfire prevention and trail building, thanks to more than $135,000 from the provincial Community and […]
Hire A Student – Get Subsidized
APPLY FOR A WAGE SUBSIDY: HIRE A STUDENT Popular School Works program now provides wage subsidies for apprenticeships (Columbia Basin) – Businesses and organizations around the Basin can once again get support to hire students through Columbia Basin Trust’s School Works program. The program provides a wage subsidy of $8/hour to encourage employers to provide […]
Global Gesture Language Camp – POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING!
Notice to all: The language camp scheduled for this week (August 4 to 7) is going to happen in the spring at Easter time. We apologize to those who have registered for this week and hope you can join us in the spring. We are still waiting to hear on a grant through the federal […]
MEDLEY ARTS CAMP – ON NOW!
July 27 – 31, 2015 MEDLEY ARTS CAMP CRAWFORD BAY, BC MEDLEY ARTS CAMP is an opportunity for families from near and far to join in five days of fun and learning, among the mountains and near the lake. There is lots to do for family members who might prefer to golf, hike, bike, shop, […]
Gray Creek Museum Days -2 more days
Museum Days 2015 is starting this Friday (July 24th) at the Gray Creek Hall, and will run four days through to Monday, July 27th, from 12 noon to 6 pm each day. The Gray Creek Historical Society will be showing off lots of new finds this year. There will be fun stuff like a trunk […]
Starbelly Time!
Our 2015 line-up: Mother Mother . Ozomatli . Aidan Knight Oliver Swain’s BIG MACHINE . Coco Love Alcorn Abstract Rude w/ DJ Rippel . Dreamtree Project.Add Form Adham Shaikh . Shred Kelly . Moody Amiri Gurpreet Chana “The Tabla Guy” . Hornography High As Mountains . Gabriel Palatchi Trio . HarpPixie Trio Sofiella Watt & the Huckleberry Bandits . Leeky […]
East Shore Man Performs “Rap Guide to Religion” Tonight!
Baba Brinkman, originally from the East Shore and a graduate of CBESS, is coming to Nelson tonight with his show – “Rap Guide to Religion.” This is his latest off-Broadway hip-hop theatre show and it’s for performance only. More about the show: Kootenay boy turned international hip-hop playwright Baba Brinkman brings his latest critically-acclaimed performance to […]
High Speed Internet Coming to the Columbia Basin-Boundary Region
High-Speed Internet Coming to the Columbia Basin-Boundary Region Wednesday, July 08, 2015 MP David Wilks and Minister James Moore announce major investment that will bring fast, reliable Internet services to 11,000 homes Everyday tasks that were once done in person, such as shopping, communicating, learning and banking, are now done online. To help Canadians have […]
FireSmart Workshop This Weekend! (Take the workshop and win a team coming to you to help protect your property from wildfire!)
Hello friends, We are urgently trying to get the message out about the Fire Smart workshop this Saturday and the draw to win a crew for a day. We want all East Shore residents to know about this. Residents, volunteer fire fighters, ambulance personnel and first responders are invited to attend for free […]