New fee to address health/wellness/transitions for Selkirk students
The Selkirk College Board of Governors has approved a Student Service Fee that will focus on student health and wellness, and supporting students to transition to employment. At its regular board meeting on Tuesday evening at the Castlegar Campus, the Board approved the fee which will take effect in the 2016-2017 school year....
WANTED: Public reports of bat activity during winter months
Our local batsare gone for the winter and their whereabouts is currently unknown in the Kootenay region. Biologists are requesting reports from citizens of bats found hibernating during the cold season. “During summer, we receive a lot of reports from residents who have bats roosting on their property in houses, barns or...
The True Story of Jumbo -- Wild!
Come on Sunday March 6, at 7:00 pm to the Rossland Miners Union Hall and see Patagonia’s Jumbo Wild – a gripping, hour-long documentary film by Sweetgrass Productions that tells the true story of the decades-long (and on-going) battle over the future of British Columbia’s iconic Jumbo Valley. The Jumbo Valley, located...
COLUMN: FROM THE HILL; ON EDUCATION AND DEBT
By Richard Cannings, Member of Parliament As the NDP critic for post-secondary education, I’ve met with a number of groups over the past weeks and months to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing universities, colleges and technical institutions, as well as with the students who are working hard to better their...
Stretch Your Mind with TED Talks -- at the Rossland Library
The Rossland Public Library will be live-streaming one day of the TED Talks conference taking place in Vancouver on Thursday, February 18. TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). A conference has been held each...
Canadian Literary Icon Lawrence Hill Returns to Region for Workshop and Lectures
Canadian literary icon Lawrence Hill is returning to the West Kootenay-Boundary this spring to speak on his latest timely and acclaimed novel The Illegal, a fictional narrative inspired by the plight of real refugees. In recent conversation with the CBC, Hill — known best for his epic novel The Book of Negroes — said he wanted...
Lab to expand innovation in our region
Local entrepreneurs, students, academics and makers will be able to work with innovative materials, test out original products and get help bringing unique ideas and products to market at a new laboratory in Trail. Known as MIDAS, the laboratory will help create new business opportunities, expand the skill sets of people who...
Selkirk College and the Ski Industry -- in China
Selkirk College Connects to China’s Massive Ski Industry Bob Falle doesn’t mind seeing his students daydream about skiing. “You walk into the classroom, and if it’s snowing outside, you can see the students looking out the window, dreaming the same thing,” says Falle, the Chair of the School of Hospitality & Tourism at ...
Another Success for Rossland's ThoughtExchange
Wait, what's ThoughtExchange? Rossland-based ThoughtExchange makes use of technology for what we might call "crowdthinking." It has created a system for sharing information and eliciting thoughts and ideas from any number of people, from 5 to 50,0000, and allowing them to respond to each other's thoughts, ideas and points...
SD 20 chair says Kindergarten comes with great second language options
In School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia), Kindergarten registration week is Feb. 1 -5, 2016 at your child’s catchment area school. This is such an exciting time for families as they look forward to this major milestone in their child’s life. We all want to give our children the best education possible that will help them...
