Mount Sentinel Valedictorian Address — Be yourself no matter what
When Reanna Donald and Eddie Podovelnikoff stepped to the podium during the Mount Sentinel Graduation Ceremonies, the crowd began to stir. Both Donald and Podovelnikoff could feel a bit of tension, so both began to chime into a three-minute-plus comedy sketch about their time at the South Slocan high school. The sketch quickly...
Fight the bite! Take precautions to avoid West Nile virus
Interior Health is reminding residents to take extra precautions against mosquito bites this summer. West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites, has been present in B.C. since 2009. West Nile virus (WNv) was first detected in B.C. in the South Okanagan during the summer of...
US: Grieving father struggles to pay dead son’s student loans
By Marian Wang in ProPublica. A few months after he buried his son, Francisco Reynoso began getting notices in the mail. Then the debt collectors came calling. "They would say, 'We don't care what happened with your son, you have to pay us,'" recalled Reynoso, a gardener from Palmdale, Calif. Reynoso's son, Freddy, had been...
Clean, Drain, Dry will help prevent the spread of zebra mussels into the Kootenays
Clean. Drain. Dry. These simple steps will prevent zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species from spreading into the waterways of the Kootenays. Aquatic invasive species, such as zebra mussels, Eurasian water-milfoil and New Zealand mudsnails have devastating impacts where they are introduced. They can ruin fishing and...
LVR Valedictorian Mikaiya Austin — Opportunities for success in this room are endless
The Class of 2012 at L.V. Rogers culminated their high school career this past weekend with graduation ceremonies. During the Cap and Gown Friday at the NDCC Arena, LVR Valedictorian Mikaiya Austin spoke on behalf of the grads. Here is a copy of her address to the sellout crowd. To begin my speech this evening, I would like...
A little rain never bothers a graduating class at L.V. Rogers
It must have been grad weekend at L.V. Rogers High School. Why do you ask? It rained. Almost true to form, every year the graduating class at LVR fights the weather conditions to celebrate their completion of school. The 2012 class was no exception. Although this class was well prepared with umbrellas of all sizes as the grad...
Education Briefs: Kootenay Lake School District developing ways to save teaching resources
After receiving numerous letters and comments of concern over the closure of the two District Resource Centers in Creston and Nelson, the Kootenay Lake School District Board of Education will be trying to keep those resources available to teachers. "We are in the middle of developing processes to keep the resources for teachers...
Selkirk College successfully opens the Aboriginal Gathering Place in Castlegar
In June of 2010 Selkirk College marked the beginning of construction on their Castlegar campus Aboriginal Gathering Place with a ceremonial blessing and ground breaking. On May 24, 2012 they celebrated the official opening of the facility with over 100 invited guests in attendance. “The Gathering Place project was initiated...
Mistakes of the past finally corrected says Nelson/Creston MLA
Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is pleased to see the B.C. government finally awarding degrees to 75 Japanese-Canadian UBC students denied degrees because they were interned during the Second World War. One of the recipients is 93-year-old Fred Sasaki of Kaslo “Separated from his family, Fred was forced out of UBC. The ...
Quebec students march on 100-day anniversary
Huffington Post Tens of thousands of students marched through the streets of Montreal on Tuesday to mark 100 days since the movement against higher tuition fees began. The protest comes after Quebec's provincial government passed emergency legislation to end Canada's most sustained student demonstrations ever. Protesters...
