When International student Xu Jiaming returned to China after wrapping up his year at Selkirk College, he went secure in the knowledge that two British Columbian universities would welcome him back to study this fall, a dream come true for the young learner. Xu, who also went by his adopted Canadian name Charlie, was accepted...

The Kootenay Lake School District received some favourable news from the Ministry of Education Friday that may assists in the decision-making process when the Board hosts the first of two special meetings of the School Closure Bylaw Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the L.V. Rogers Gymnasium. The Ministry pre-approved 2017-18 funding for...

The Selkirk College Board of Governors has approved an annual budget that allows the institution to continue providing high quality, sought after programs and services to students and to grow in areas that address future needs. At its monthly meeting in May, the board passed the proposed $45 million budget that sets a financial...

Students won’t be out of pocket to pay as Selkirk College joins other British Columbian post-secondary institutes in implementing tuition fees for high school upgrading courses in their School of Academic Upgrading & Development. In late-2014, the Provincial Government announced it would no longer provide the $6.9 million...

Interior Health and the SD 20 school district have issued a release regarding completed tests for radon levels in district facilities. Schools with levels high enough to indicate a need for remediation include Stanley Humphreys and Kinnaird Elementary in Castlegar, as well as J. Lloyd Crowe in Trail. The mass email, sent to...

The Strengthening Our Relations Conference will return to Selkirk College this autumn, aiming to engage Indigenous youth from around the region as they take part in the third annual event. Called “Reconciliation Through Indigenous Youth Leadership,” this year’s conference will feature keynote speaker Wab Kinew. The conference...

Financial aid can go a long way in helping post-secondary students achieve great things and one Selkirk College Associate of Arts Degree graduate is a prime example. Darren Paterson is taking his goal of achieving a doctorate degree one step at a time – next stop, the University of British Columbia-Okanagan (UBCO). There he...

Emotions ran high and the tension inside the building could be cut with knife as the Kootenay Lake Board hosted a public meeting to discuss the potential closure of Winlaw Elementary School Monday evening in the Slocan Valley. The meeting was yet another in a long line of similar events that have taken place during the last...

Controversial busing fees for SD20 students are being cut in half after the province provided a rebate of almost $200,000. A post on the district's website underlines a decision made by trustees this week: "Given our Board is now able to keep $178,000 of funding originally required to go back to government, trustees voted to...

Fifty years ago, Selkirk College embarked on its mission to serve the communities of the West Kootenay-Boundary region through inspiring lifelong learning and transforming lives through education. In September, the college is inviting all those who have been impacted over five decades to return home for a golden celebration....