A deal ratified this afternoon by CUPE and the province is a mixed blessing bringing both good news and bad, according to president of CUPE Local 1285 Cherryl MacLeod, who represented both the East and West Kootenays at the bargaining table. In an interview from Vancouver, MacLeod told The Source that she's delighted there ...

Strike action at schools across the province has been averted with the announcement of a tentative deal between the province and school support workers, according to a press release issued today. "The provincial bargaining committee working with the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) and the unions...

Selkirk College recently signed an agreement with Royal Roads University to allow Selkirk Business Administration graduates to transfer into RRU’s Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration programs after two years of study. More options for students Selkirk students, who have successfully completed a Business Administration...

Earth Rangers will be visiting schools in the Greater Trail Area to inspire children to help Bring Back the Wild. Through support from Teck, local students will experience the Earth Rangers School Outreach Program featuring live Animal Ambassadors demonstrating their amazing natural behaviors. Earth Rangers is the kids’...

CUPE’s talks with the BC Public Schools Employers’ Association will continue on Sept.16, but a lack of progress on a reasonable wage increase for education workers in BC’s K-12 system threatens to shut down the public school system. “We don’t have endless patience. Our members have been without a wage adjustment for four...

Trail residents will be coming together Sept. 29 for a festival-like event to clean up the Columbia. BC Rivers Day is celebrated province-wide, and the City of Champions is sponsoring a Shoreline Cleanup to help local people get involved with being good stewards of their waterways. City Councillor Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson,...

This week more than half a million B.C. children are back in the classroom to continue their education journeys. While our youngest students are experiencing their very first day of school and Grade 12s are looking forward to the next phase in their lives, the first week back is a special time when everyone shares in the...

Selkirk College’s Standing Committee on Professional Excellence (SCOPE) congratulates the recipients of the 2013 awards. The purpose of the SCOPE Awards is to recognize and promote both long-term and innovative professional excellence. Faculty and staff are nominated for the awards by students and peers, and this year,...

Humans outnumbered the redfish during the RedFish Festival this past weekend at Kokanee Creek Park on the North Shore of Kootenay Lake. However, the sub-1000 return of the Kokanee Salmon is only a start. The RedFish Festival a hit as campers and residents joined to celebrate the return of the Kokanee Salmon to the Kokanee […]

West Kootenay public school students may be gearing up for a new year of classes, but the support staff who work within those schools are bracing themselves for a potential strike, according to Castlegar's Cherryl MacLeod. MacLeod works as an education assistant as well as serving as president of CUPE Local 1285, representing...