Nelson's Tyler Podgorenko earns ASET Capstone Project of the Year Award
Tyler Podgorenko of Nelson teamed up with former Red Deer College engineering technology colleagues to capture the 2021 Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta’s (ASET) Capstone Project of the Year Award. The team earned the honour for modernising a centuries-old device and transforming...
SD8 celebrates the 2020-2021 graduating class’ achievements
As this anything-but-normal school year winds to an end, SD8 Kootenay Lake District staff and administrators are marveling at the fortitude and resiliency of this year’s graduates. Students in all schools faced unprecedented challenges throughout the year, having to learn new ways of learning and make sacrifices to attend...
Selkirk College President Hits Road to Build Connections
Using the simple power of pedal, Selkirk College President Angus Graeme is connecting communities across the region and around the world. Now serving in his final year of a career at Selkirk College that spans three decades, the local college’s president will spend six days in July on his road bike pedaling 500 kilometres of...
Bikes’n Bytes - Kids can cycle, code this summer
Traction on Demand in Nelson is partnering with Kootenay Mountain Biking and Cycling BC iRide to offer a summer camp like no other — Bikes’n Bytes. The camp, which runs from August 16-20, 2021, is the best of both worlds for youth between the age of 9-12 in Nelson and area. “By 2030, the demand for advanced IT and programming...
Preventing and responding to sexual violence on campus
Students and staff at British Columbia’s post-secondary institutions now have access to more resources to help them prevent and respond to sexualized violence and misconduct on campuses. The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Training Series, developed by BCcampus in collaboration with representatives from post-secondary...
L.V. Rogers Grad awarded Beedie Luminaries Scholarship
Most high school graduates spend their final Grade 12 year applying for scholarships to cushion the financial burden associated with post-secondary studies. L.V. Rogers senior Avie Waterfall can relax a little. The Nelson Grad was one of more than a hundred B.C. Grade 12 students to receive a scholarship through the Beedie ...
Nelson's Adrian Moyles overcomes many hurdles before being chosen 2021 Valedictorian at Selkirk College
The Selkirk College Class of 2021 is taking a collective step forward into a world of opportunity after months of exhibiting resilience that required fortitude on an unmatched level. A fitting representative for the Class of 2021, Selkirk College valedictorian Adrian Moyls knows plenty about overcoming struggle to find success....
Police investigate vandalism at L.V. Rogers High School
L.V. Rogers High School principal Ben Eaton said student classes at the Fairview facility were cancelled Monday as a result of overnight vandalism. Eaton said in an emailed statement that staff closed the school today for "health and safety reasons due to the nature of the vandalism." “Police are involved,” Eaton told The ...
Cavalcade of Grads from L.V. Rogers ride through Heritage City
There's nothing like the L.V. Rogers Calvalcade to raise the spirits of Graduating high school students in Nelson — especially during the past year of dealing with learning in a pandemic. Saturday spectators did their best to social distance as crowds saluted the Graduating Class of 2021 at L.V. Rogers during the ...
LVR Class Valedictorian Chirag Mathias — A year of unique challenges
The past year for high school students, especially those in Grade 12, to say the least, has been extraordinary in terms of challenges,. But it has also been a time of outstanding accomplishments. This year, every student graduating from high school has been through the immense difficulties of endless hours of online classes,...
