Up, Up & Away! Young Dancers, New Opportunities
It doesn’t take long for people to realize that we do things a little differently in the Kootenays. In keeping with that long held Kootenay tradition, dance studio development in Rossland hasn’t followed the usual path. When Renée Salsiccioli set up her studio in Rossland about 7 years ago, she initially went the conventional...
Selkirk students break bread, discuss healthy choices and substance abuse
The challenges and temptations of college life can take a toll on students not equipped to handle the consequences of poor decision making. With the aim of creating a healthier post-secondary experience, students at Selkirk College have been coming together to break bread and discuss issues that revolve around substance use....
Alien Invaders are Here!
It's almost Spring -- the weeds will soon be flourishing. Many noxious invasive weeds are busy taking over Rossland and environs: Orange Hawkweed, Japanese Knotweed, Burdock, Spotted Knapweed, Common Tansy, Hoary Alyssum, Field Bindweed, and many more. (Click on their names to learn more.) Japanese Knotweed is very...
Council to create connections with kids
City councillors Florio Vassilakakis and Bruno Tassone met with SD 20 school board representatives last Monday during the board’s regular meeting to pitch an idea designed, not to bring youth into civic politics, but rather to bring civic politics to our youth. “I thought Florio’s idea was an excellent one, and I thought it...
Feeling Underemployed? Training Available.
Project Based Training Programs Opening Doors of Opportunity: In Forestry Ross Spur resident Tina Paterson was looking for a new direction in life when an email from her child’s elementary school introduced her to the Safety in Resource Industry Forestry Training Program (SiRI) offered at Selkirk College. A single mother of...
$15,000 Farming Scholarships Available
The Canadian Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is accepting applications for their 2016 program. Applications are due by April 30, 2015 and forms can be downloaded from the Nuffield Canada website at http://www.nuffield.ca. Three scholarships of $15,000 each are available for 2016. Nuffield Farming Scholarships are awarded to enthusiastic individuals, with a passion for agriculture and […]
LETTER: School superintendent speaks to carving almost $.6 mill from budget
Trustees and district staff have been working on the 2015/16 school year budget since January. On Feb. 23, the first draft of the budget was released. It is basically a status-quo budget, which means that this draft of the budget maintains everything that we had in the current year’s preliminary budget, with the following...
Rossland Students Argue in Provincial Debate Tourney
Rossland Debate students joined JL Crowe, Stanley Humphries, Kinnaird, Trafalgar and LV Rogers to attend the Law Foundation Cup Provincial Debate Tournament that was held on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28, in Vancouver at St. George’s School. The Rossland Summit School members included Scarlet Guy and Brian Chan, and the Seven Summits...
FREE Career Fair at Selkirk College - Castlegar Campus, March 5
Selkirk College Career Fair Provides an Edge for Students On Thursday, March 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The annual Selkirk College Career & Education Fair brings together more than 50 exhibitors with community members, students, prospective students and parents for a day of building connections and providing insight into the available avenues for […]
Female Space Traveller Lands in Abbotsford March 7 to Inspire 10,000
10,000 girls, women and their families gathering from around BC are excited to discover why the sky really is no limit and meet with Astronaut Wendy Lawrence, veteran of 4 missions to space. January 12, 2015– When the Apollo 11 crew landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, a ten year old Lawrence watched in black and white from...
