PANAMA: Poor but not forgotten thanks to online videos
Coco Solo was once a United States Navy submarine base on the Panama Canal Zone, near Colón, Panama. Today, Coco Solo is the home of some of the poorest, most marginalized Panamanians. In 2008, Reuters published a story about the “poverty and decay” in Coco Solo, where John McCain (then Republican presidential...
TAX TIP: Canada Learning Bond
The Canada Learning Bond provides money from the Government to help you start saving early for your child’s education after high school. Your child could get $500 NOW to help you start saving early for your child’s education after high school, and an extra $100 each year up to age 15. That’s up to $2,000 (plus interest) in ...
Selkirk College 2012 grads
Selkirk College held its graduation ceremonies last week and extends congratulations to all its new alumni....
K-12 at RSS the only ‘decent’ solution, claims local group in school board presentation
Rossland's Neighbourhoods of Learning (NOL) committee gave a presentation to the School District No. 20 (SD20) board on Monday evening, arguing that K-7 at MacLean Elementary makes no sense, but that K-12 at RSS is doable, even a "win-win-win" solution to the problem of closing a $1.5 million gap in SD20's limited budget....
