Inthekoots: The Kootenay Network

Summer Career Placement Job Opportunity ANKORS is NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS      for an AIDS WALK For Life COORDINATOR   The AIDS WALK For Life Coordinator will coordinate, develop and organize aspects of the 2012 AIDS WALK for Life in Nelson.  The AIDS WALK is the premier fund raising event of the year to support people living with HIV/AIDS in the [...]

 If you have volunteered with ANK ORS or for an ANKORS event, s uch as the annu al AIDS Walk , yo u are invited!                                                                               [...]

Gonorrhea is increasingly becoming antibiotic-resistant. When penicillin was first introduced in the 1940s, it was a highly effective treatment for gonorrhea. Back then, as little as 72 mg of penicillin could cure that infection. Over the subsequent decades, gonorrhea began to lose its initial susceptibility to penicillin. By the late 1960s, a 40-fold increase in the [...]

Are you thinking about trying a new supplement? Do you need to refill your vitamin supply? Buying your vitamins at the Kootenay Coop, March 4-10, provides an opportunity to support vulnerable members of our community. The Community Partnership: For every supplement purchased by an active member during Wellness Week, the Co-op will donate $1 towards the purchase of [...]

Hi friends!! It’s true.  ANKORS has a Drop-In!  Perhaps you have already been to our West Kootenay office and had coffee with us … or perhaps you didn’t know that you could.  Here are some things we’d like you to know about our Drop-in: What is the ANKORS “Drop-In”? A small, safe and welcoming space, for anyone to come [...]

Some of our readers who access the ANKORS Needle Exchange may have been aware of or taken part in a recent survey. The survey was administered on behalf of the BC Center for Disease Control (BCCDC). It was meant to discover baselines around drug use, by region. The regions involved were: Prince George, Vancouver’s Downtown East Side, [...]

Give yourself a Valentine treat: come in to ANKORS on Tuesday, February 14, for free acupuncture.

What Do I Need To Know About E? Given the 12 BC and Alberta E-related deaths, here is some information about MDMA-like substances. This information is for those who use MDMA-like substances, and for those who care about those who use MDMA-like substances. Please pass it on! BC is the hub of Ecstasy production, and recently [...]

Connect with your community through a gentle and relaxing hatha yoga practice. The practice combines asanas (postures) with breath, Light and mantra. Trained at Yasodhara Ashram, on the east side of Kootenay Lake, Gordon aims to take yoga beyond a physical exercise and use it as a method to help each student access their highest [...]

Come in to ANKORS, 101 Baker Street in Nelson, the second and fourth Tuesday of every month for free acupuncture, courtesy of the good people at Nelson Community Acupuncture Clinic.

Happy Holidays to everyone! Everyone at ANKORS wishes you all a very wonderful holiday season. May your lives be filled with peace and joy and fun and contentment, during the holidays and throughout the new year. Please join us to celebrate the holiday season at our festive open house, Wednesday, December 21, 10 am – 4 [...]

The Nelson Community Acupuncture Clinic has received funding from the Columbia Basin Trust and is now doing FREE Acupuncture Clinics twice a month: the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday of every month. The next session is Tuesday, December 13 th from 1 to 4pm … only once in December due to the holidays. downstairs at ANKORS, 101 Baker [...]

World AIDS Day 2011 Every 12 seconds another person contracts HIV.  Every 16 seconds another person dies of AIDS. World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 st each year around the world. It has become one of the most recognised international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, [...]

COMMUNITY CONNECT DAY 2011: A UNIQUE COMMUNITY APPROACH TO WELL BEING ANKORS invites you to join us on Saturday, November 26, 10 am – 2 pm for the 4 th annual Community Connect in Nelson. Given the community support that is building, it is sure to be a great day. Community Connect Day is a  free & inclusive  event that provides  easy [...]

        The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize people who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held world wide and this year Nelson will hold a vigil on Sunday Nov. 20 th, 5:00 – 6:00pm at Ward and Baker Streets. This event started with [...]

                The second meeting of a new group for all queer, gender-queer, lesbian, gay, two-spirited, bisexual, pansexual, transgender … however you identify … proudly diverse human beings will be Monday, November 14, 6 – 8 pm at ANKORS, 101 Baker Street, Nelson. This new group is primarily social and [...]

The Nelson Community Acupuncture Clinic has received funding from the Columbia Basin Trust and is now doing FREE Acupuncture Clinics twice a month: the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday of every month. The next dates are November 8 th and 22 nd and December 13 th from 1 to 4pm … only once in December due to the holidays. downstairs [...]

Come on out and support this new group for queer, gender-queer, gay, lesbian, two-spirited, bisexual, pansexual, transgender … however you identify … proudly diverse human beings. The group will start out as a once-a-month drop-in, with the first gathering to be Monday, October 17, 6 – 8 pm and will be held at ANKORS, 101 [...]