The limelight at city council’s first meeting of 2010 was focussed, not on city issues, but on the School District 20 (SD 20) instead. The SD 20 board has been seeking public input on its plans to cope with an anticipated $4-million budget shortfall, due to declining enrolment, in its document Planning for the Future. […]

The following is a letter from Jim Reimer, pastor of the Kootenay Christian Fellowship, who is in Haiti right now with a group of students from Mount Sentinel school.Today is January 15. We started the day with a large tremor at 4 am. It shook our shelter and sent the kids running. To be awakened in this manner was quite scary.It...

University of Victoria students at Selkirk College are influencing change with regards to health care practices in our local communities. Towards the end of last semester, the fourth year Nursing students held a Mini Conference at the college showcasing twenty “Influencing Change” projects. The students worked with community...

I bet the School District 20 board of education is, right now, wishing it had Stephen Harper’s discretionary power and could just prorogue the whole district until this budgetary mess goes away …or at least until the public forgets about it. Of course, they can’t … no more than I can “prorogue” this issue of […]

At the end of this month, the Selkirk College music faculty will uniteonce again at the Capitol Theatre to celebrate and promote the releaseof the first album in its 21 year history with Souvenir LIVE. Last year, the faculty came together at the Capitol to raise funds forthe production of the CD entitled Souvenir. Now, […]

Photo by Alana Hardyn: The Selkirk College music faculty Selkirk College willunite once again at the Capitol Theatre on January 29 to celebrate andpromote the release of the first album in its 21 year history withSouvenir LIVE. From left to right, Mark Spielman, Paul Landsberg,Steven Parish, Darren Mahe, Laura Landsberg,...

The Kootenay Boundary Credit Clinic is launching its first ever consumer credit and debt survey. The credit clinic is a new initiative of Castlegar & District Community Services Society aimed at providing education about debt, credit and financial management. The project includes free workshops throughout the region and an information and referral line. The goal […]

Last night’s public meeting in Castlegar discussing options for School District 20 (SD 20) as it tries to cope with declining enrollment and funding cuts was, for me, an education. First, I was both surprised and pleased to see such a huge turn out – more than 300 people attended, despite the Canada/USA hockey game […]

Wintertime in Grand Forks can mean anything from great skiing, to slippery roads but one of the greatest challenges on any winter day in the valley is the air quality. Winter brings a variety of weather patterns, but it is well-known to see inversions set in over the valley. Inversions sandwich warmer air up high […]

It’s that time of year again, when people contemplate the previous year, and here at The Source, we’re doing the same. When I reflect on the past year, the first thing that enters my mind is how lucky I am to have my beautiful wife Nichole and the seven years we have shared together; and my […]