Recent History – 2002 June 19, 2002 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Some last-minute pleas were not enough to keep Peace River South school district trustees from voting Tuesday to close down Kelly Lake School as a cost-saving measure. Struggling to cut $1.9 million in spending for the coming school year, the district will… Read More

Recent History – 2002 September 24, 2002 TUMBLER RIDGE — School board trustees approved a draft policy for establishing school planning councils during their regular meeting last Wednesday. Mandated by the province, school planning councils will consist of five people — three parents elected by the school’s parent advisory council (PAC), a teacher and the… Read More

Recent History – 2003 June 3, 2003 — By Kelly Harris, Daily News Staff What was once a relic of the Cold War will soon become the finishing school for aircraft maintenance engineers provincewide. Northern Lights College’s Dawson Creek Campus is getting a $2 million cash injection to make its Aircraft Maintenance Engineer program the… Read More

Recent History – 2003 September 11, 2003 — Gary Rusak, Daily News Staff A new crop of homegrown health care workers is now ready to serve Dawson Creek and the South Peace. On Wednesday the first ever graduating class of Licensed Practical Nurses from Northern Lights College wrote their final exam. The 16 newly-licensed nurses… Read More

Recent History – 2003 April 23, 2003 — Jamie Dirom, Daily News Staff School District 59 plans to shave eight days from the upcoming school year to help cover a budget shortfall projected at $1.1 million. The move is expected to save the district $240,000, and will be accompanied by other measures – including cuts… Read More

Recent History – 2003 May 7, 2003 By Kelly Harris, Daily News Staff Ground was broken for a new regional administration building at the Dawson Creek campus of Northern Lights College, Tuesday. The $3.34 million facility is meant to house administration currently working out of four different areas on the Dawson Creek campus. Construction officially… Read More

Recent History – 2003 By Kelly Harris, Daily News Staff Ground was broken on a $2 million expansion of the hangar at the Dawson Creek campus of Northern Lights College Thursday, promising to make the school the hub for aircraft maintenance engineer training province-wide. The expansion of the 20-year-old program is aimed at incorporating satellite… Read More

Recent History – 2003 September 23, 2003 By Gary Rusak, Daily News Staff With School District 59 taking a serious look at school space this month the possibility of school closures in the future looms. At its last regular meeting on September 17th the district’s board of trustees announced that it would review the problem… Read More

Recent History – 2003 December 16, 2003 By Gary Rusak,Daily News Staff The emotion ran raw Monday night at a public meeting at Rolla Elementary School to discuss the proposed closure of the tiny rural school. “It’s a bigger issue than just the school,” said Pat Petersen, in one of many passionate dispositions from the… Read More

Recent History – 2004-2006 January 15, 2004, By Gary Rusak, Daily News Staff The sticky proposition of school closures was once again brought up at the regular board meeting for School District 59 on Wednesday afternoon. “To what problem do we consider school closures the answer to?” asked trustee Gary Moore as way to bring focus… Read More