A Belated Awakening?
Is the climate crisis creating a global consciousness shift? By David Suzuki When an assassin killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914, no one called it the start of the First World War. That happened years later, after the implications, consequences and scale of the response could be assessed. It’s often the way....
The Seven Summits Centre for Learning Hits Its Stride
By Aerin Guy The Seven Summits Centre for Learning is gearing up for its third year of operation for Grade 8 - 12 learners in the region. After celebrating six Grade 12 graduates in June, the Centre’s staff and volunteers are excited for the possibilities that the new school year brings. The Visions for Small Schools Board ...
Selkirk College bids adieu to chair of board of governors
As chair of the Selkirk College Board of Governors, Bruce Morrison embraced the opportunity to help guide post-secondary education in the West Kootenay-Boundary. With passion for lifelong learning that meshes perfectly with the Selkirk College vision, the well-respected community leader has now passed the torch after four...
Community welcomes new medical trainees
Members of the Health and Hospital Committee of the LCCDTS were just some of the community members on hand to welcome seven new medical trainees to the Lower Columbia recently. The medical students and residents are part of two growing programs that are expected to have a positive, long term impact on recruiting new doctors...
Selkirk College Community Education Always Available for a Lifelong Learning Spark
The bustle in the Selkirk College hallways and classrooms slows during summer, but the excitement of educational opportunities never takes a break thanks to Community Education & Workplace Training (CEWT). Each year across the West Kootenay-Boundary region, Selkirk College offers hundreds of classes through its CEWT...
Fortis Donates Educational Bike to Rossland Museum
With the educational bicycle, the Rossland Museum learns (and now, can teach) how to conserve energy as well as artifacts. By Bill Coedy In the picture above, Libby Martin, president of the Rossland Historical Museum & Archives Association, rides an educational bicycle, donated to the Rossland Museum & Discovery...
This September We Build the Wetland!
North Jubilee Wetland: Summer Udate (Editor's Note: this article was sent in a format that I was unable to alter to "fit" the Telegraph's template -- resulting in some odd gaps. Just keep scrolling down past them ... thank you!) Rehabilitating the Wetland: Ø The Build The machine work to build the wetland ponds will take...
Castlegar kids corral KSCU kudos - and cash
Two Castlegar youth are $2,000 richer thanks to their own amazing efforts and Kootenay Savings' youth-based funding programs. Twenty-six young people throughout the region received bursaries, awards and scholarships. Community Champs Bursaries: Since 2001, the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation has awarded ‘Community Champs’...
Castlegar men gather to overcome trauma and barriers to employment
The Transitions for Men program, first developed in Nelson in 2013, will be offering a free group in Castlegar for the first time, beginning on July 20.The group provides support and tools for men who are seeking fulfilling employment by addressing some of the challenges of living with trauma.In the context of the Transitions...
Taking a Look at Post-Secondary Education from a North/South Perspective
Community college leaders from both sides of the Canada-United States border gathered at the Selkirk College Castlegar Campus last month to embark on a new north-south relationship aimed at enhancing opportunities for both students and educators. Administrative and academic leaders from Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS) and...
