Selkirk College Board of Governors Approves Balanced Budget
The Selkirk College Board of Governors has approved an annual budget that allows the institution to continue providing high quality, sought after programs and services to students and to grow in areas that address future needs. At its monthly meeting in May, the board passed the proposed $45 million budget that sets a financial...
THIRD UPDATE FOR MONDAY: MSSS to remain closed Tuesday, Silverwood trip cancelled
Officials at Mount Sentinel Secondary School have indicated the school will remain closed Tuesday. They issued the following bulletin on their website at 5 p.m. Monday: “Mount Sentinel Secondary School will be open for staff members. “As this decision came late in the day today (Monday, June 27) there will be no school for students […]
Young Castlegar family hits jackpot with Canada's Luckiest Baby contest
A young local family is still reeling with happy shock after winning Parent Life Network's Canada's Luckiest Baby contest, which comes with between $50,000 and $60,000 in cash and prizes. Proud Momma Keahna Ingram, 21, won the contest after generating a ton of entries to the contest. “It's chosen totally at random, but the ...
Man to appear in court after Mount Sentinel threats
Police are finally breaking their silence regarding an emergency evacuation of two schools in the Slocan Friday, issuing a press release this afternoon. An 18-year-old man will be appearing in court in Castlegar today. “On June 23 at 2:30 p.m. the Kootenay Boundary (Nelson Rural RCMP) received a report of a possible threat ...
COURT CHALLENGE FILED AGAINST BILL C-14
A legal challenge to the constitutional validity of Bill C-14 has been filed. In a unanimous decision last year, Canada's highest court declared that the Criminal Code provisions against physician-assisted dying "are of no force or effect to the extent that they prohibit physician-assisted death for a competent adult...
Man charged three years after the murder of Mission teen
On March 16, 2013 a Missing Person’s investigation was opened by Mission RCMP after 18-year-old Rachel Pernosky could not be located by family and friends. Her disappearance was out of character and caused great concern for her family. On March 19, three days after she was last seen alive, Rachel’s body was located in a rural...
Students Won’t Bear the Cost as Selkirk College Introduces Tuition for Upgrading
Students won’t be out of pocket to pay as Selkirk College joins other British Columbian post-secondary institutes in implementing tuition fees for high school upgrading courses in their School of Academic Upgrading & Development. In late-2014, the Provincial Government announced it would no longer provide the $6.9 million...
LETTER: Speak up during government review of Canada Post
Dear Editor: Canada Post management has given every indication that they will lock out their clerks and letter carriers and rural drivers any time after July 2. Negotiations have been ongoing for six months and in the spring, management applied for conciliation and requested that process be speeded up so they could lock us ...
Not even a little rain or wind will stop the Balfour Ferry from its mission
The Balfour Ferry Terminal, and the Balfour Ferry have been in the news of late. So has the crazy June weather. Rudy Benno saw a little bit of everything from his Queens Bay cottage as he caught the Balfour Ferry fighting through a recent storm on Kootenay Lake. Benno took a few pictures of the Balfour Ferry making its way ...
Mount Sentinel to remain closed Monday after threats and emergency evacuation Friday
While police continue to maintain absolute silence regarding the emergency evacuation of Mount Sentinel Secondary School after threats to same, SD 8 has released a third update in three days on the MSSH webpage. While offering little new information regarding the nature of the threats, the release announced the school will ...
