Selkirk College has entered a partnership with leading post-secondary institutions from around the world in a project that aims to enhance prosperity in rural regions. Brandon University was recently awarded a seven-year $2.5 million grant from the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)...

More than 225 people crowded into the Blueberry Creek Community School (BCCS) gymnasium Monday night for a school-district-initiated meeting to discuss the fate of the property on which the school is housed. Rebecca McDonnell, BCCS community liaison, said SD 20 has made it clear they want to dispose of the property, and...

Letter to the Editor: Blueberry Creek Community School (BCCS) Council, would like to invite all their members and friends to come to BCCS gym on Oct. 20 at 6.30 p.m., SD20 Board of Education and senior staff are hosting a “town hall” meeting to discuss the potential disposal of the school. At this meeting to discuss options...

If Ontario adopted British Columbia’s model for funding and delivering K-12 education, the province could save up to $1.9 billion per year, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, Restructuring Education in Ontario, estimates the...

Excitement filled the air earlier this week as almost a half a million public school students from across the province — 5,200-plus in Kootenay Lake School District — returned to class to begin the 2014-15 term. The problem is the experience normally reserved for the beginning of September occurred three weeks late. “There ...

Now that teachers are back teaching instead of walking picket lines, it's time to think about safety in and around schools in the province. In the Southern Interior, on average, one child pedestrian aged five to 18 is killed while 31 are injured in 30 crashes every year according to ICBC statistics. So while students in BC ...

This week’s return to classes is especially good news for participants of a local alternative education program. Students and staff of the Take a Hike West Kootenay program are eager to embark on the second year of an adventure-based learning journey that mixes traditional classroom time with a unique blend of outdoor education,...

Although back-to-school schedules have not yet been confirmed, logistical difficulties are already arising, in this case regarding after-school care for Robson Community School students. Resident/parent Mark Jennings penned the following email to local school board trustees and media this morning: "Dear Castlegar/Robson...

Dear parents and guardians: Thank you for your patience while we solidified our plans for the reopening of schools for students.  These plans are based on an assumption that both the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) ratify the tentative agreement reached earlier this...

Bringing important peace and social justice issues to the forefront in the region, the Selkirk College Mir Centre for Peace has embarked on a new season of lectures and peace cafés. Since 2007, the Mir Lecture Series and Mir Peace Cafés have brought a diverse selection of local and international speakers to the West...