Selkirk encouraging women to explore trades
Julie-Claire Hamilton fully understands the challenges faced when delving into what has traditionally been known as a man’s world. Though she has been plying her trade for more than a decade, it hasn’t always been easy on the jobsite frontlines for the journeyperson electrician. “As a woman in trades, I still encounter the...
Message From Our Mayor about Fire
Hey all- I know the smoke is intense these days but the danger is far away from us (despite the ash on my desk!) City staff is monitoring the emergency updates and progress of all fires in the Southern Interior. We will know, well in advance, if anything is a threat to Rossland. However, it’s good to be prepared: IF there ...
Some Shocking Facts about the Liquified Natural Gas Project Agreement Act
Our provincial government is holding up the 25-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal recently approved as an achievement which will serve our long-term economic interests. It is a done deal, but it nonetheless merits closer examination. We need to reflect on it even though we do not have the power to do anything about it. ...
One Year Later: Province Still Lagging on Recommendations
Editor's Note: Lack of safeguards in mine operations cost many Rosslanders their lives back in the day of Rossland's mining operations. You can read their names and the causes of their deaths at the Museum. Inadequate mine safety now is less about miners' lives, and more about acid drainage and events like the Mount...
Taking Action on a Plan to Boost the Kootenay Economy
An initiative to enhance the regional workforce and strengthen the economy in the Columbia Basin-Boundary has been launched. The Kootenay Workforce Development (KWD) is a two-year project that builds on the recommendations of the Kootenay Regional Skills Training Plan that came out of stakeholder roundtables conducted between...
Selkirk College Adds Tourism Industry Veteran Jim Greene to Faculty
Former Red Mountain Resort general manager Jim Greene has taken up a teaching post at Selkirk College and will begin passing on knowledge he has earned over a 25-year career as a leader in the tourism industry. Beginning this month, Greene will teach a number of Fall Semester classes in the School of Hospitality, Tourism &...
Being Ripped Off by Drug Companies -- and Trade Agreements
One way of looking at the current election is to see it as a massive civic literacy test, not just for those who actually intend to vote but for those who mistake cynicism for sophistication and stay glued to their iPads instead. As David Akin of the Toronto Sun once said, "Bad governments are elected by good folks who don't...
Billions and Billions: The Economic Costs of Invasive Species
Rossland: an Invasive Weed Demonstration Site As I walk up the lower portion of Centre Star Gulch Trail (or nearly any trail around Rossland), Hoary Alyssum and Common Tansy and Spotted Knapweed and Giant Burdock are busy crowding out the native plants beside the trail. If you have a furry pet, you may have noticed that the...
Selkirk College Puts Out Call for Homestays
A surge in international students coming to the West Kootenay to study English at Selkirk College has opened up further opportunities for local families to experience a cultural exchange close to home. Starting in late-August, the Selkirk College English Language Program will immerse more than 100 international students in ...
UBC Chancellor Scholar Spending Summer at Rossland Museum
A Chancellor Scholar Fraser Sutherland entered Selkirk College with an open mind to the meanderings of her post-secondary interests, confident the School of University Arts & Sciences would point her in the right direction. “If you are not sure what you want to do or where you want to go, Selkirk provides that opportunity...
