No Boundaries Film Club holds World Community Film Festival in Feburary
From Feb 21st to the 23rd No Boundaries Film Club will be presenting the 9th annual Grand Forks screening of the World Community Film Festival British Columbia’s largest, longest running international social issues film festival. The World Community Development Education Society, based in Courtenay, BC has been holding the...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Dallas Buyer's Club
On Tuesday Feb. 25, Spotlight Films will be presenting “Dallas Buyers Club”, directed by Montreal born Jean-Marc Valee (C.R.A.Z.Y.) from an original screenplay by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack. It’s the mid 80’s and A.I.D.S. (H.I.V.) is making its North American debut as a disease which carries a sentence of certain death. ...
Cops vs firefighters: winner is Castlegar
What's the one thing in the world that will get city cops and fire fighters trash talking each other? You guessed it – hockey! As a fun final push in Castlegar's bid to be named Kraft Hockeyville 2014, a “Smoke and Guns” road hockey match-up between local RCMP and volunteer fire fighters is slated for Saturday at the Complex...
LIBRARY MUSINGS: Come take part in a Downtown Abbey tea party
It’s February, which can mean only one thing: time to start planning your garden! Here’s how we can help: we’ve ordered seed catalogs from a number of different seed companies, and we’ve made these available for you to check out. It seems to make more sense than each of us ordering our own catalog, I think. In related...
Broadband in Castlegar explained
This is the first of a four-part series that will describe what broadband is, what the potential is for rural communities as well as how and why Castlegar is exploring options around the development of high speed fibre optics broadband. Part One: The Columbia Basin Trust, the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC) and...
Selkirk College Hairdressing Students Up to the Challenge
Selkirk College Hairdressing Program students are engaged in a friendly competition and you’re invited to get involved in a way that will leave you with a fresh look. At the start of January, cosmetology services at Selkirk’s Silver King Campus opened for business. Students in the Hairdressing and Esthetics Programs started...
Annual Beans and Rice dinner to send Selkirk students to Guatemala
The Selkirk College Nursing Program’s annual Beans and Rice extravaganza returns to Castlegar in February. This delicious, traditional Guatemalan dinner starts at 6 p.m. on Feb. 7 and takes place at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Castlegar in support of third-year Selkirk College nursing students who will be participating in...
LIBRARY MUSINGS: Fines gone, Mother Goose back
Remember what I talked about in my last column? About how our Board of Directors had passed a motion to do away with overdue fines? Well, that very same progressive Board is looking for a few good women and men to join in the fun – if you think you might be interested in joining the library Board, give us a call or stop by ...
Selkirk College Instructor Helps Bring 1001 Arabian Nights to Life Through Sand
It’s the world’s biggest sand sculpture project, but Mother Nature almost destroyed it before it could come to life. Earlier this winter Selkirk College instructor Denis Kleine was part of an international effort that brought more than 60 sand sculptors to Kuwait City to build a massive temporary theme park called 1001 Arabian...
Rumours of Aviation Program's death have been greatly exaggerated - and could hurt the whole region
It's perhaps dangerously premature to start sounding the death knell for Selkirk College's renowned aviation program, despite the college's decision not to take new students for the 2014 year. The program, designed to accommodate 18 students, will only see three move forward into second year, with no new applicants being...
