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When you set foot in Revelstoke’s Salon Safari & Academy, you enter the care of highly skilled scissor-wielding artists.

The Elk Valley Critical Incident Response team will be holding a group intervention course, February 18 and 19, 2012.The course will be held at the Fernie High School.

Carpentry and Timber Framing students installed the main door and windows on the Aboriginal Gathering Place this week.

Support organizations tackle the issue of workplace productivity.

Columbia Basin Trust is once more investing in the future of our students.

This organization has grown and diversified significantly since its inception and is now a hub for families in the West Kootenay.

A new learning centre in Cranbrook uses programs based on extensive research into neuroplasticity of the brain to help clients overcome reading and learning difficulties.

The College of the Rockies Hairstyling program has moved into a brand new salon at the Cranbrook Main Campus.

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is pleased to announce the first communities participating in its new Community Directed Youth Funds (CDYF) program.

CBT announces the School Works Program, as part of a $3.5 million commitment to increase employment opportunities for students in the Basin over the next three years.

Thanks to their commitments to volunteering, 24 Basin residents have received a $2,000 CBT Service Award

Many people turned out for the official opening of the Young Parents Education program’s (YPEP) daycare facility at College of the Rockies on November 8.

Selkirk College would like to congratulate the following recipients of a 2011 Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship.

Kjol Bjordal, a student in the College of the Rockies's Business Administration Program, won the inaugural Business Administration Entrance Award. Bjordal told Kootenay Business a bit about his studies.

Patricia Rawson, a services team co-ordinator at the Kootenay Career Development Society, said many of the skills learned at school come in handy during a job search.

Just Music in Cranbrook has gone from 1,500 square feet to well over 8,000 square feet—moving to a more prominent location on the Strip.

Many, many good things are happening at the Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce.

Michelle Signer, a former College of the Rockies' student, has now completed her post-secondary studies at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.

CBT is strengthening the manufacturing and technology sector with a new $300,000 initiative, in partnership with two local leading science and technology organizations.

Kootenay Business magazine, partnered with the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce and College of the Rockies, created the new Business Administration Entrance Awards worth $1,300, in conjunction with the annual Career and Job Fair held each spring at the college.

Exciting new Continuing Education courses are currently tempting students to expand their knowledge and sign up for classes at the Cranbrook and Kimberley campuses of College of the Rockies.

The board of governors of College of the Rockies is pleased to announce the election of a new board chair and vice-chair during its regular meeting held on September 15, 2011.

The Board of Governors of College of the Rockies (COTR) is pleased to announce the appointment of one new board member and the reappointment of three members effective July 31, 2011.

Street-involved youth in Cranbrook and area are the focus of a new business plan being developed by Operation Street Angel.

Do you have a business idea that you'd like to put into action?

Second Steps Daycare provides a nurturing environment for children 30 months to five years in Kimberley. Their philosophy centres around play-based activities and the importance of family involvement.

September 7th, residents of Cranbrook and the East Kootenay will have the opportunity to learn about one of the area's most important historical confluences—the coming together of European and First Nation societies.

Forty-five environmental projects throughout the Columbia Basin will be receiving a total of $580,000 in support in 2011/12 from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) through its Environmental Initiatives Program (EIP).

Non-profit societies of the Kootenays can energize their organizations with a funded seat in the highly successful Non-profit Management course at College of the Rockies starting September 10.

In 2010/11, CBT returned a record $11.2 million in direct funding benefits to Basin communities, up from $10.9 million in 2009/10.

The East Kootenay Chamber of Mines is hosting over 200 delegates for the 7th Annual Minerals South Conference & Trade Show happening in Kimberley, B.C., from November 15 to 17, 2011.

Trail Family and Individual Resource Centre Society (FAIR) is the first community group to receive funding from the Teck Service Learning Internship (TeckServ)—a new student support initiative between Teck Trail Operations and Selkirk College.

This summer people have a new way to borrow books with the arrival of the latest Kobo Touch e-reader at the Cranbrook Public Library due to a generous donation from the Friends of the Library.

Visitors to Fort Steele help scientists research ancient marine animals in this CBT-supported project.

Faculty members of the School of Environment and Geomatics (formerly School of Renewable Resources) at Selkirk College have spent the last year re-designing curriculum in four environmental diploma programs. The new curriculum is ready for fall 2011.

Selkirk College’s School of University Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the Anthropology Department at Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.), has provided an exciting opportunity for students to uncover their local history.

Selkirk College is hosting a special reunion on July 8, 9 and 10 at the Castlegar campus to celebrate 25 years of international education.

Students, faculty, staff and other visitors can now access the College of the Rockies’ website through their smart phone or other mobile device.

The University Studies Math and Science program advisory committee continues to strengthen and expand the math and science courses and programs at the College of the Rockies.

The Creston Winter Harvest Project in Creston, B.C., was successful in identifying vegetables that can be produced over the winter season.

Teachers and other educators with an interest in environmental education should register now for Voices for Sustainability.

Invermere's community greenhouse, a facility that utilizes solar power through a variety of systems, is often full of David Thompson Secondary School's (DTSS) students. The students grow and use plants at their school cafeteria—and it is this collaboration between the school and the operators of the greenhouse, Groundswell, that saw them win Solar B.C.'s Solar School of the Year.

The new Primary Care Paramedic program at College of the Rockies has acquired an ambulance for its students to train with.

A new Emergency Services Training Centre will be built in Elkford thanks in part to support from Columbia Basin Trust.

The new College of the Rockies’ Continuing Education spring/summer program guide has been mailed out.

The Aboriginal Gathering Place, located at the College of the Rockies’ Cranbrook main campus, is starting to take shape above ground.

For the past 16 years College of the Rockies has been involved in the Skills Canada Kootenay regional secondary school welding competition.

Ryan Stimming, 2003 alumnus of Selkirk College's Ski Resort and Operations Management program, currently works as the Risk Manager at Panorama Mountain Village near Invermere, B.C.

Applications for the Columbia Basin Summer Works program became available February 22, 2011.