Selkirk College Connects Employers to Students Eager to Achieve Through Work
Partnering with Co-op Education & Employment Services to hire a co-op student from Selkirk College brings countless paybacks to employers throughout the province. Employers benefit from a connection to highly motivated and capable students in a variety of disciplines that are flexible and productive workers. Students can...
Call for Entry: Artists/Heritage Venues for Columbia Basin Culture Tour - Aug. 12-13
Call for entry: registrations are being accepted for artists/venues in the Columbia Basin to participate in the Ninth Annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour (CBCT), a celebration of culture taking place Aug. 12-13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m....
Trail swim team makes TRAX at province-level meets
TRAX Swim Club swimmers recently competed in the following Swim BC-sanctioned Swim Meets: Snowfest Swim Meet in Kelowna and Swim BC AA Provincial Swim Meet in Chilliwack....
Letter: Would taxpayers approve?
To The Editor: The issue of problems with the quality of care in senior facilities has been widely reported in the last year which has been confirmed by the Senior Advocates Reports. As a result of these reports, the citizens of BC have been expecting some news of improvements concerning staffing levels, enforcement procedures...
Boater wants more than study on Taghum-Blewett boat launch
Local boaters are wondering if doubling the amount of money to study a new location for a boat launch on the Kootenay River is actually going to result in anything getting done. The Regional District of the Central Kootenay’s board voted last week to spend $20,000 for a study into the feasibility and location of a new boat ...
CBT puts new economic development plan into action
Columbia Basin Trust has a vision for economic growth and is putting a new plan into action. The Trust is purchasing a commercial building in the Waneta Industrial Park near Trail and working with a local tech industry entrepreneur to fill the facility with new jobs and new opportunities in what it sees as a model for future...
Selkirk College Saints Return Home for Stretch Drive
With four games remaining in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) regular season, the Selkirk College Saints are in an unfamiliar late-February position of looking up in the standings. After a rocky start to the second half of the season, the Saints quest for home-ice advantage in the looming post-season...
January sees third-highest number of illicit drug deaths ever in B.C.
The number of illicit drug deaths in B.C. decreased slightly in January over the figures for November and December, but was still the third-highest number ever for a single month. Provisional data from the BC Coroners Service show that a total of 116 persons died as a result of illicit drug use during the month of January, ...
Open house on rural education coming soon to Trail
Trail area families are being encouraged to attend an open house on Feb. 24 to share their ideas on how to transform rural education in British Columbia....
YRB urges caution as winter driving continues for highway driving
Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. is asking the public to use caution when driving the highways in the region after a high amount of moisture was received during the past 24 hours. "We have received 4 mm of rain in the valley over night with steady to heavy rainfall forecasted through the day today," said Marc Dale of YRB. ...
