The Selkirk College Board of Governors has begun the process of finding a new president and is seeking community input on what traits will be most important in guiding regional post-secondary into the future. Earlier this year, Selkirk College President Angus Graeme announced that he will be retiring from his position in May...

Ti Loran of Mount Sentinel High School in South Slocan is one of four students to be chosen as recipients of the Columbia Basin Trust Neil Muth Scholarship. Loran joins Jet Noble and Robert Tinney from Creston and Emjai Deschamps from Revelstoke as the 2021 Neil Muth Scholarship award winners. Each student receives $2,500...

It did not take long for the Kootenay Lake District Board of Education to find a replacement for departing Superintendent Christine Perkins. Friday, the Kootenay Lake District Board of Education announced that Trish Smillie has been selected the new Superintendent of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake), effective August 1,...

Kootenay Lake School District is encouraging everyone in schools to wear the colour orange this week in honour of all Indigenous children who were forced into the residential school system.  “Last week's news of the discovery of the mass grave of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is a...

The pandemic has demonstrated just how essential BC's trails are to the health and well-being of British Columbians, and the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC) says that it's our turn now to give back.  On Saturday, June 5, outdoor recreation groups all across British Columbia will be uniting to celebrate the first-ever...

“If you want to keep the temperature low enough that civilisation will survive, you have to keep coal and oil and gas in the ground. That sounded radical a decade ago. Now it sounds like the law.” – Bill McKibben Call it what you will: a setback; a rude awakening; a kick in the behind; a stumbling block; or just a bad few...

The Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) and Selkirk College’s Applied Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) have been working together to measure the tech sector’s impact and its economic health within the region. KAST is thrilled to present the Kootenay Technology Sector Assessment 2020, the ...

Due to the ever-evolving nature of COVID, the plans for the Selkirk College Fine Woodworking Gallery have also been, ever-evolving. However, things are now finalized for the May 28th online premiere, which features: each students profile/portfolio each students pieces that will be for sale (appears to be about 6-10 works that...

Risk factors are everywhere in our day-to-day lives. Some risks are manageable, some are questionable… and some just simply aren’t worth the risk. To mark National Road Safety Week, May 18 – 24, the Canada Safety Council and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police want to draw your attention to four specific risks behind...

With the din of student activity on Selkirk College campuses dullened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Campus Manager Tarunjit Jassar says providing space to Interior Health for its vaccination clinics has brought vital energy back to previously quiet hallways. Since the vaccine clinics began on the Castlegar Campus and Nelson’s...