LETTER: Canadian Federation of Students sues Selkirk College students
Students at Selkirk College have become embroiled in a legal battle for the right to vote about their membership in a national student group, according to Selkirk College Students’ Union Director at-Large Santanna Hernandez. “Students submitted a valid petition for a referendum on membership in the Canadian Federation of...
Selkirk College’s Pathways to Employment Explores Opportunities
A Selkirk College job skills pilot project has introduced a group of 16 students to industrial and trades careers, ultimately changing lives in the process. The Pathways to Employment in Trades & Industry Program brought together students of diverse backgrounds from across the West Kootenay in early-November for a 19-week...
B.C. rolls out $95 million to support all 60 school districts
Government is providing school districts with a total of $95 million to help them extend the life of their facilities, put new supplies in classrooms and buy new school buses. Every school district in the province will receive a portion of this funding, which is being allocated through four provincial programs. Under the...
School district chair to propose banning school trips to US after Trump ban
The chair of the local board of education is going to be suggesting, at the SD 20 board’s next meeting, that school-related trips to the US be disallowed due to the trump administration’s travel bans. Teri Ferworn, chair of the SD 20 board, said such a policy may not even be the purview of individual school districts. “There...
Vote for government trusted to put kids first — BCTF
The BC Teachers Federation is firing the first shot over the bow as the province nears the upcoming election with a new ad expected to hit the airwaves Monday. The ad is the first part of the BCTF's campaign leading up to the provincial election and the period when school district budgets will be set for the coming school...
Castlegar cadet receives long service medal
Recently Flight Sergeant Alec Pistak of 581 City of Castlegar Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron received his Long Service Medal. The Long Service Medal is awarded by the Air Cadet League of Canada to Air Cadets who have completed four years of service with the Air Cadet Program. During Flight Sergeant Pistak’s time with 581...
Castlegar Students Step Out Into The Wonder Of Winter
This winter, over 3,000 elementary students throughout the Columbia Basin stepped out of their classrooms and into the magical world of Winter Wonder. In the Castlegar area, Winter Wonder educators Alyssa Belanger, Genna Lazier and Mary Searchfield took twenty Kindergarten to Grade 3 classes from Kinnaird Elementary, Fruitvale...
BCTF vote results on implementation of restored language
BC Teachers' Federation members voted overwhelming to ratify the agreement to implement their restored collective agreement language a BCTF media release said on its website Friday. The BCTF said the agreement will see all the substantive working conditions that were unconstitutionally stripped from teachers' collective...
Province reaches tentative agreement with BCTF
The BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) entered territory at times thought would be impossible to achieve after the two sides reached a tentative Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) negotiated pursuant to Letter of Understanding (LoU) No. 17 to the 2013-2019 BCPSEA-BCTF Provincial...
LETTER: Selkirk students campaign against college tuition increases
Dear Editor, Since 2001, tuition has increased annually for Selkirk College students.. Last year alone, the cost of attending Selkirk College from the year previous to the current academic year jumped 6.6 per cent. Last year, tuition fees were introduced for adult basic education, which are high school courses taken at the ...
