With young trick-or-treaters filling the streets and highways Thursday o Halloween night, it's imperative for drivers and candy seekers to take a moment to think about the upcoming fun times. ICBC said on Halloween night, an average, there are approximately 130 people injured in 90 crashes across the province. “As a parent ...

Selkirk College is filled with students possessing the talents and skills needed in today’s workforce. A new college online service now makes it easier for employers to connect with this deep pool of future employees. The Co-Op Education & Employment Services (CEES) branch of Selkirk College launched the Career Portal...

The Kootenay Lake School Board is mad as hell and is not going to take it anymore. Chairperson Mel Joy told CBC Daybreak South Thursday morning the Kootenay Lake School Board is refusing to fund the 3.5 percent wage increase to CUPE support workers out of the current budget. Instead Joy is telling the provincial […]

If interviewed by the media, would you be prepared to be spokesperson for your community group, charitable organization, interest group or business? If you’d like to brush up on your speaking and presentation skills, an upcoming Selkirk College media skills course will help improve your ability to get your message across. To...

Selkirk College Adult Special Education (ASE) students at four different campuses have hit the streets looking to raise funds for their program and build skills in the process. The Selkirk College Gala 2013 is slated for Nov. 23 and this year the task of putting together the amazing auction table has been handed to the ASE ...

Are bats really blind? Do they want to suck your blood? These are some of the questions that Educators around the Columbia Basin are answering. Just in time for Halloween, dynamic and skilled Educators from the Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) are providing programs on bats for youth. “Bats are actually very shy, clean...

Selkirk College’s 2013 fall enrolment numbers are showing an increase in the number of students. Final semester calculations will be compiled for the end of October, but the annual September headcount reveals a 3.6 per cent increase in domestic students and a 21 per cent increase in international students. “Although we are ...

Selkirk College’s 2013 fall enrolment numbers are showing an increase in the number of students. Final semester calculations will be compiled for the end of October, but the annual September headcount reveals a 3.6-per-cent increase in domestic students and a 21-per-cent increase in international students. “Although we are ...

It’s that time of year – the leaves are changing, that snow itch is getting painful and downtown Nelson once again plays host to costume-clad shenanigans in the form of the SROAMazing Race. Organized by students enrolled in the Ski Resort Operations and Management Program (SROAM) at Selkirk College, the event is now in its ...

Selkirk College has become the first community college, and fourth post-secondary institution, in Canada to achieve Fair Trade Campus designation from the Canadian Fair Trade Network. Selkirk joins the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of Guelph to be among the first Canadian post-secondary...