Rossland Secondary pioneers innovative learning approaches
Parents, students, and teachers gathered at the RSS gymnasium on Tuesday evening to learn more about the new system of "inquiry-based learning in a blended environment" that RSS plans to implement across its Grade 10 to 12 programs in the 2012-2013 school year.The new model is characterized by flexible timetables, a variety...
Tentative deal reached in the BCTF dispute
Generally in a contract dispute, both sides generally give a little to get a deal. Not so in the dispute between the B.C. Teachers Federation and the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association said BCTF president Susan Lambert. “After a long and difficult round of negotiations, we were compelled into this process under threat of […]
Unique international opportunity for Selkirk College
“Sino-Canadian Selkirk College of Taiyuan Normal University”: this sign rests on the side of a building at Taiyuan Normal University (TNU) in Taiyuan, China. The three-year English diploma program housed in this building represents a unique collaboration between TNU and Selkirk College in British Columbia. TNU develops and...
Selkirk College joins forces with Taiyuan Normal University to provide unique opportunity
There’s a sign on the side of the building at Taiyuan Normal University (TNU) in Taiyuan, China, that reads — Sino-Canadian Selkirk College of Taiyuan Normal University. The reason for the sign comes from a unique collaboration between TNU and Castlegar’s Selkirk College which offers a three-year English diploma program. TNU develops and delivers the […]
Is YOUR great idea worth $10,000?
Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is partnering with BC Ideas to provide five $10,000 cash awards to reward innovative solutions addressing issues which will improve the lives of residents in the Columbia Basin region. BC Ideas: Solutions for Stronger Communities is an online competition seeking to identify solutions to deal with challenges facing BC communities now […]
Fight the bite! Take precautions to avoid West Nile virus
Interior Health is reminding residents to take extra precautions against mosquito bites this summer. West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites, has been present in B.C. since 2009. West Nile virus (WNv) was first detected in B.C. in the South Okanagan during the summer of...
Labour board rules teachers can withdraw from extracurricular activities, but must attend meetings
The B.C. Labour Relations Board has ruled Friday that public teachers in the province do not need to participate in extracurricular activities as part of labour dispute with the government. However, the B.C. Teachers Federation must instruct its members to participate in parent-teacher meetings and other school meetings. In a release on the Labour Relations […]
US: Grieving father struggles to pay dead son’s student loans
By Marian Wang in ProPublica. A few months after he buried his son, Francisco Reynoso began getting notices in the mail. Then the debt collectors came calling. "They would say, 'We don't care what happened with your son, you have to pay us,'" recalled Reynoso, a gardener from Palmdale, Calif. Reynoso's son, Freddy, had been...
Clean, Drain, Dry will help prevent the spread of zebra mussels into the Kootenays
Clean. Drain. Dry. These simple steps will prevent zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species from spreading into the waterways of the Kootenays. Aquatic invasive species, such as zebra mussels, Eurasian water-milfoil and New Zealand mudsnails have devastating impacts where they are introduced. They can ruin fishing and...
Jubilation at Jubilee! Playing with final plans before new monkey bars come to town…
The final plans for the new RSS playground have come together with only a few more decisions to make—and a few more dollars to raise—before the new park is built, most likely in September. As Coun. Jill Spearn told council on May 28, "One way or another, the playground is going to go in this summer." After a long process of...
