Province creates six regional rapid response teams to help schools with Covid
Six regional COVID-19 rapid response teams are now in place to support K-12 schools and school districts with safety plans and exposure assessments. “Rapid response teams are a critically important addition to the health and safety measures that are keeping schools safe for students and staff,” said Jennifer Whiteside,...
Ojibwe Author Tanya Talaga Joins Selkirk College’s Truth & Justice Series Conversation
Veteran journalist and acclaimed Ojibwe author Tanya Talaga will discuss the current state of Indigenous resurgence in Canada on March 4 as part of Selkirk College’s Truth & Justice Speaker Series. A journalist at the Toronto Star for more than 20 years, Talaga garnered national attention with the 2017 release of her first...
Rossland’s Seven Summits Centre for Learning a perfect match
Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but the Seven Summits Centre for Learning (7S) in Rossland is using the special day as a springboard for its 2021 ‘matchmaking’ campaign. The innovative educational setting is the perfect match for teenagers looking for something a little bit different from their high school education...
Rosslanders come together for unique opportunity to help provide dementia support at virtual breakfast
This March, people in Trail, Rossland and across the Kootenays will take action and change the future for the estimated 70,000 people living with dementia in B.C. at Breakfast to Remember, the Alzheimer Society’s of B.C.’s virtual fundraiser. It features a keynote address and live Q&A with astronaut Chris Hadfield, the ...
Kootenay Girls take Quantum Leap into Science & Technology on International Women’s Day
Kootenay, B.C. - Quantum Leaps: Girls in STEAM and Leadership Conference is a virtual and FREE event for all girls in the Kootenay Boundary in grades 8 to 12. Organized by GLOWS (the Kootenay Association for Science & Technology’s youth program), this virtual conference is a community-led initiative taking place on Monday,...
Ike Barber Scholarships Keep Selkirk College Transfer Students On Track
Beginning their post-secondary journey in a rural setting, 26 students from Selkirk College are carrying on their education at university with a financial boost from the Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship Program. Offered by the Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society, each year up to 160 transfer students from smaller institutions...
BC mandates masks at middle and secondary schools, tightens guidelines
Enhanced safety measures and $121.2 million in federal funding are on the way, as the Province continues to strengthen health and safety plans in K-12 schools to keep students, teachers and staff safe during the pandemic. All middle and secondary students and K-12 staff will now be required to wear non-medical masks in all ...
Climate Adaptation Conference Focuses on Rural Regions
Bringing to light climate change issues and priorities in rural British Columbia is the focus of an upcoming conference that aims to build the skills and knowledge necessary to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to an uncertain future. Registration is now open for Bridging Silos: Advancing Climate Adaptation and Low Carbon...
Opinion: Worried about earth’s future? The outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp
By Corey A. Bradshaw, Daniel T. Blumstein, and Paul Ehrlich, for The Conversation Anyone with even a passing interest in the global environment knows all is not well. But just how bad is the situation? Our new paper shows the outlook for life on Earth is more dire than is generally understood. The research published...
Rossland Refactory project: an update
Creating Products from Waste –Community Based Recycling The Rossland Refactory is a project of the Kootenay Outdoor and Environmental Learning Society whose mission is “to provide for a more environmentally sustainable future for residents of Rossland and the surrounding area by influencing the habits, policies ...
