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For several days now the old “Minto” whistle has no longer been heard in Nakusp, and in its place the original mill whistle has been marking the start and end of the shifts.

Back in 1961, The Canadian Girls In Training program, a group sponsored by the United Church, brought a handful of young ladies aged 12 to 17 together on Tuesday evenings to learn about becoming young women with a strong foundation for life.

Includes practice test, guide, video tips

Staff and volunteers at the Creston Museum have been busily working on a brand new exhibit, and would like to invite you to come down and check it out...

The Arrow Lakes News welcomes back organic gardening columnist Linda Kendall for her third season on organic gardening hints, tips and news from the local agriculture scene.

With the last Concert Series performance of the year on Sunday, the Arrow Lakes Arts Council and local musicians celebrated history, marking the 100th year of S.S. Bonnington and the 25th anniversary of the Bonnington Arts Centre.

The New Denver Kyowakai Society and the New Denver Buddhist Church, both organizations with close ties to our community and Japan, have established a Japanese earthquake relief trust fund at the New Denver Kootenay Savings Credit Union. Each organization has generously donated $1,000.

Special Olympics has been referred to as an unprecedented global movement through which, quality sports training and competition at an international, Canada wide, provincial and now a local level, is actively helping to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, as well as the lives of everyone they touch.

The Arrow Lakes Arts Council announces the second of two Community Artists’ Concerts to be held on Sunday, April 10 at the Bonnington Arts Centre starting at 2 p.m.

2011 The Year of the Cat is a Canada-wide initiative to increase awareness about cats as pets (See www.careforcats.ca).