Lab to expand innovation in our region
Local entrepreneurs, students, academics and makers will be able to work with innovative materials, test out original products and get help bringing unique ideas and products to market at a new laboratory in Trail. Known as MIDAS, the laboratory will help create new business opportunities, expand the skill sets of people who...
Selkirk College — Building Careers in Metal Fabrication
Tyler Hwalstad knew from a young age that his future was in the trades, but once he discovered the challenge of working with metal he was hooked. Having completed the Metal Fabricator Foundation Program at Selkirk College, Hwalstad is now working his way through a metal fabrication apprenticeship at Rossland’s Columbia Steel...
College food bank scores after Selkirk Saints food drive
A weekend food drive at a pair of Selkirk College Saints hockey games scored valuable resources for the Selkirk College Food Bank. The student-initiated food drive took place at the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex on Jan. 8 and 9 where the Saints were kicking off the second half of their B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey...
Avalanche Awareness Day at Red
Avalanche Awareness Day is planned for Saturday, January 16, 10 AM to 3 PM, outside the Base Lodge at Red Mountain Resort. This free event, hosted by Rossland & District Search and Rescue, offers hands-on avalanche safety gear clinics, competitions for kids, demonstrations, races, and prizes. Those interested should dress...
Kootenay kids kill it in contraption contest
Imagine! Your children head off to school in the year 2050. Your child in Grade 2 learns how to properly hold a pencil and craft letters using the Letter Better. In Grade 3, each child has his/her own personal robot, while in Grade 4, students enter the classroom and don a headset that creates a virtual learning center. In ...
SD8 primary grade class size averages come in slightly above provincial average; secondary class sizes below the mark
Class sizes across School District 8 are not an outsized problem, and remain slightly above or below provincial averages, according to a recent report delivered to the school board. The Class Size Report handed to the School District 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of trustees on Nov. 10 found most primary grade class averages slightly...
Enrolment in Kootenay Lake SD8 drops
Enrolment for the entire school district has fallen by nearly 48 full-time equivalent students for the current school year versus last year according to a recent report delivered to the Kootenay Lake school board. The sharpest drop out of the entire roster of SD8 facilities is Mount Sentinel Secondary School with a 21.6 FTE...
Selkirk College Asks: Are You Made for Trades?
Selkirk College Welding Program instructor Bruce Davis’s passion for his trade is obvious when he starts talking about his early days as a student at Nelson’s Silver King Campus. “I always strive to be better,” the 34-year-old says. “The second I laid my first [welding] bead, I thought ‘that’s not very good, I want to make ...
Selkirk prepares Gurpreet Kaur for future in Gerontological Nursing
Gurpreet Kaur was living in her home district of Tarn Taran in India when she realized that she wanted to do something different from her current work as a nurse-midwife. A quick search on Google brought her information on Selkirk College in Castlegar and the college’s two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing....
Provincial government kicks in $18.9 million investment into new training facilities at Selkirk College
The machine shop at Selkirk’s Silver King campus was packed today as the board announced an $18.9 million investment into new training facilities. Selkirk College president Angus Graeme was grinning ear to ear as he took to the podium and addressed the buzzing crowd of students, teachers and board members. “We don’t normally...
