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Join Twitter town hall on skills training in B.C.

Join Twitter town hall on skills training in B.C.

Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Pat Bell is asking the public to join in on a Twitter town hall to talk about skills training in B.C.

The first two weeks of the Skills for BC engagement have shown that British Columbians are eager to be a part of the solution, to bring forward ideas that will help ensure that they, their children, and their grandchildren are first in line for the jobs that come from economic prosperity.

Since Premier Christy Clark posed the first Skills for B.C. question during Global BC's News Hour Nov. 1:

ThoughtStream: Local innovators capture the wisdom of groups in a new "community learning" tool

ThoughtStream won "Most Innovative Company 2012" (right) in the Kootenays

Its ancestors were decision-making tools for management consultants, but now ThoughtStream has evolved into a broadly applicable, collaborative software that groups of any size can use to merge many people's ideas to answer difficult questions, identify priorities, and more—all using technology that's as simple as email.

INTERVIEW: Meet our new CAO, Cecile Arnott

"Rossland" by Louise Drescher

Cecile Arnott is completing her final two weeks as CFO and deputy CAO at the City of Grand Forks as she transitions to her Oct. 1 start date as the CAO/CFO here in Rossland. I met with her on Sept. 13 at City Hall.

The Mountain Chef: Local talent cooks up a new recipe for awesome TV

Chef Brad Brown with filmmaker Ryan Gibb in Brown's kitchen

A trio of Rossland-based artists have produced a 12-minute teaser for a completely new genre of television program they'll be taking to major networks: one part outdoor adventure, one part excellent food, and one part youthful energy, Chef Brad Brown is in the spotlight, working his cutting-edge culinary magic in wild locations, making meals for pro athletes using local, organic, seasonal, and unusual ingredients. 

Finding Mika's Voice: local family raises funds to take cutting-edge training for autism

Finding Mika's Voice—the mountains ahead, 18x24 by Stéphanie Gauvin

Full-size, mounted canvas prints of this Stéphanie Gauvin original are available for only $100 to help support Geneviève Fortin's efforts to attend a unique and intensive course in New York to help her daughter Mika progress with her autism.

MP calls for change in Canadian international military involvement

MP calls for change in Canadian international military involvement

As Canada prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, it is time to reflect on the future role of our military in the world.

Our active involvement in Afghanistan transformed Canada into a “nation at war”. The tragic loss of 158 Canadian men and women to this war along with the enormous price tag of $18 billion is a constant reminder of Canada’s longest-ever war. The Conservatives are constantly glorifying war and the fact that they spent $30 million to celebrate the War of 1812 is another testament to this effect. 

A "distinctive" make-over and cascading falls for the Esling Park water feature

Dave Morris and Caleb Demmler contemplate the third tier of the new Esling Park falls

After weeks of work on a complete revamp of the Esling Park pond and creek, Dave Morris is just now building in the pièce de résistance: the third tier of an elaborate waterfall feature that flows into the pond.

New U-brew brings all-grain goodness to Greater Trail's beer aficionados

Ryan Arnaud stands beside sacks of malted barley and wheat

Trail Brewing—a new "from scratch" U-brew located opposite the Safeway on Second Ave. in Trail—will swing open it's doors within a month to offer customers a choice from seven all-grain beer recipes and the option to brew wine from kits.

Customers just pitch the yeast and come back to fill their bottles, said the brewery's co-owner Ryan Arnaud. Better yet for those with an instinct for the easiest, simplest solution, bottling can be eschewed entirely and customers can go home with kegs.

The Trail Regional Airport: A legacy of volunteerism

Left to right: Kent Willner (PC Pilot), Al Doherty, Michael Whitehead, Gordon Cook, Brent Lee, Don Nutini, and Nathan Kirby (PC Pilot). Missing: Neil Craig.

The Trail Regional Airport (TRA) is fundamental to affordable and reliable air transportation in the Lower Columbia, and that is central to the area's economic prospects, argued the airport's chief volunteer Don Nutini and Mike Martin, the chair of the LCCDT—Lower Columbia Community Development Team—in recent interviews with the Rossland Tele

UN advisor returns to Kootenays from Rio with new hope for local solutions … and little faith in global ones

Aaron Cosbey, advisor to the UN Convention on Trade and Development

United Nations trade and climate change advisor Aaron Cosbey—a Rossland resident—attended the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and he was back again last

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