In the shadow of the towering Valhalla Mountains in the Slocan Valley, post-secondary students and educators are meticulously documenting the human history of our region that stretches back more than 3,000 years. The Slocan Narrows Archaeological Project is once again bustling with activity along the shores of the Slocan...

The Rossland Public Library is adjusting its hours,  starting  June 27. With the library’s operating funding short-fall this year, library staff took a close look  at library usage and  found that Wednesdays after 5pm and Saturdays before noon were very quiet.  In order to remain within budget, hours at those times of low...

Trading textbooks for tools of the trade, first year Selkirk College Forest Technology Program students wrapped up their semester in the bush. Though outdoor work in the natural surroundings of the West Kootenay is a fixture of the nationally accredited two-year program, the semester ending ten-day field study session is an...

The science group Evidence for Democracy is launching a ‘Science Pledge’ campaign today asking Members of Parliament, candidates, organizations and citizens to pledge their support for science and evidence-based government decision-making. The campaign launches in the wake of recent demonstrations by government scientists...

By David Suzuki In 1962, biologist and writer Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book about the widespread use of agricultural pesticides, and how toxic chemicals like DDT were threatening insects, birds and other elements of our natural world. It garnered widespread critical and popular acclaim and is heralded as the...

By Caley Mulholland As of Monday morning, students and visitors to Jubilee Field in Rossland have been enjoying a new spot to hang out. Over the weekend, a lively and efficient volunteer work crew, including Mayor Moore, planted trees and shrubs at the new outdoor classroom space and forest walk on the East side of Jubilee ...

Selkirk College is opening doors to multi-industry opportunities by offering an additional intake for the popular Plant Operator Program. Based out of Nelson’s Silver King Campus, the 24-week Plant Operator Program prepares students for entry level positions in a multitude of areas like oil & gas, refineries, pulp mills,...

By Zaynab Mohammed, The Nelson Daily The Heritage City is going to see a lot more teachers roaming around in the downtown core after the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program decided to move its operations from Castlegar to Nelson in September. For the past 26 years the WKTEP has been located at Castlegar’s Selkirk College....

By Laura Brandes, Communications Director, POLIS Water Sustainability Project British Columbia can learn valuable lessons from California’s extreme drought and recent groundwater law reforms as it drafts its own groundwater regulations, which will have impact in communities across the province.   Released today by the POLIS...

Former Rossland  resident Agathe Bernard has a dream and hopes to realize it this year:  she wants to be part of an all-female research team sampling the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to discover what humankind has done to them, and to the creatures who live in those waters.  She hopes to document the team's work and findings...