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It was a busy couple of days in Prince George for Kathy Corrigan this week. “I was at the forum on public education on Monday,” the NDP spokesperson for advanced education said on Tuesday. “I spoke with a lot of people there, then I had a meeting this morning with the local board of education. It as a great meeting I’m really impressed with the quality of the trustees here.” The main reason for Corrigan being in Prince George was just that – to talk to people about education. “The messa...

Prince George was the first of what Kevin Rose hopes will be a series of forums on public education in B.C. Rose, the provincial K-12 coordinator for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), was one of the speakers at a forum Monday evening at the College of New Caledonia. “It was a very good crowd,” he said. “It was a diverse crowd. There were school trustees, excluded staff from some of the schools. It wasn’t just a CUPE thing, it was a public gathering.” And what they heard from...

The CNC Board of Governors has postponed a vote which had been set for the March 27 meeting regarding budget-related proposals. The proposals would have seen new intakes of students into dental programs and the Aboriginal Early Childhood Education program. In a press release, the school says the decision to move the vote is based on an overwhelming amount of considerable and thoughtful feedback regarding the potential program suspensions and changes in services. This month’s Board meeting,...

It’s a partnership between the College of New Caledonia and School District 57, and a local mining group is making sure it keeps going. The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) made a $10,000 donation Monday to the Career and Technical Centre (CTC). The centre allows students in the district to take two semesters of high school and two semesters at CNC during their Grade 11 and 12 years. This allows them to finish with both Grade 12 and the first year of...

It’s a partnership between the College of New Caledonia and School District 57, and a local mining group is making sure it keeps going. The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) made a $10,000 donation Monday to the Career and Technical Centre (CTC). The centre allows students in the district to take two semesters of high school and two semesters at CNC during their Grade 11 and 12 years. This allows them to finish with both Grade 12 and the first year of...

There was something for everyone at the Teaching and Learning Conference held this week at UNBC and CNC. There had to be, given the diversity of those in attendance. Heather Smith of UNBC, one of the organizers of the two-day event, said there were about 100 people registered. “We have everyone from brand-new graduates just starting their first teaching position to 20-year veterans. We don’t expect everyone to make al the sessions, but most people have enough flexibility at his...

Peek-a-boo, I see you. And I hear you too. The day-care centre at the College of New Caledonia has changed its name and gone to a year-round schedule, and is making fuller use of technology. The Early Care and Learning Centre will start operations in September, and can accommodate 24 children in each session. Chad Thompson, the Dean of the School of University Studies and Career Access, says much of what the centre does won’t change. “The centre is very similar to what...

It’s the middle of winter. You’ve just skied into your remote cabin, back in the wilderness, far away from ‘civilization’. You take off your pack, go inside, get a good fire going in the woodstove, then got to bed for a well-deserevd sleep. You get up the next morning, flip on the lights and fire up the coffee machine. Wait a minute. You’re out in the middle of nowhere, and you can casually flip on lights and a coffee machine? That’s the way Oro Barton...

Did you get suckered in by any good April Fool’s Day pranks this year? No, Paul McCartney is not coming to Prince George. Along with the pranks Tuesday morning, there were many changes to your everyday life that weren’t all that funny. Here are some of those changes:: Hydro rates will began their 28 per-cent climb starting with a nine per cent jump April 1. It’s the first of annual increases over the next three years. Ferry fares will increase again by four per cent. Not a huge daily issue...