Growing as Leaders -- while having a great time
Laughter, lively activities and moments of individual thought. At the 2023 Basin Youth Network Leadership Summit, these happened in abundance. The goal: to help youth absorb valuable life skills, plus express how they see the future of this region. Ninety youth from around the Basin attended the event, which took place in...
RCMP officers out on patrols on Christina Lake
The RCMP summer boat patrol program at Christina Lake is different then previous years, but still proving to be effective and popular. Grant Forks RCMP said that in the past, the local detachment was able to secure a Reserve Constable for the summer and have them work about 4 shifts a week, cruising around the lake and in the...
Rossland kids learn what keeps the City going
Rossland’s Public Works department put on an entertaining and educational day for Grade Four classes in Rossland on Thursday, June 15, and the kids loved it. They had an opportunity to suggest names for the snowplow pictured above; they got to play with a heavy-duty leaf (and whatever else gets in its way) blower,...
Column: Affordable ways to avoid climate catastrophe
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep the world from heating to catastrophic levels is entirely possible and would save money. Although emissions continue to rise, there’s still time to reverse course. Ways to slash them by more than half over the next seven years are readily available and cost-effective — and...
COLUMN: On the intelligence of other species -- such as bees
The more we learn about other species, the more our human-centric attitudes are challenged Up until about 400 years ago, it was widely accepted that Earth was at the centre of the universe, and everything revolved around it. When scientist Galileo Galilei challenged this “geocentric” view — confirming Nicolaus Copernicus’s ...
COUNCIL MATTERS: Rossland City Council Meetings, April 17, 2023
A proposed new Development Approval Process; Five-Year Financial Plan passes the next hurdle; Tax rate set for Rossland properties for 2023; Aqueduct Trail Improvement moving along; Rossland Farmers Market will have space; Rosslanders commit fewer crimes but more drunk-driving offences and other MVA violations so far ...
7S Student Profile: A driving need to serve and succeed
What does being the youngest ski instructor at Red Mountain, starting 100 per cent English Immersion for the first time, and participating in the most student volunteer events have in common? An amazing high school student by the name of Emerick Deslauriers. Always up for a challenge, this Grade 9 student who attends Seven ...
In-Demand Careers That Feed the Heart
Fulfilling and rewarding careers that await those with a desire to support others is the focus of an upcoming information session hosted by Selkirk College and School District 20. Providing specialized support for students with identified disabilities, education assistants are vital contributors to classroom success across ...
7S: The merit of supplementing academia with learning lifeskills
As important as it is to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic, hands-on workshops in high school teach essential life skills to prepare individuals to live independently. The development of life skills is an ongoing process. The World Health Organization identified five critical life skills: decision-making, problem-solving,...
Seven Summits Profile: Laser Focussed: the Human Photocopier
Ambition to achieve requires a vision for what is possible. Starting the final year of high school, with the primary aim of graduating, Myka Bretfeld needed guidance and support. “My only goal at Seven Summits was to graduate. I had been to many other schools in the area, but I fell off the pace and wanted to drop out. 7S...
