To be successful in the workplace, employees have to possess transferable skills. Knowing about these skills will help teens and adults prepare to be successful in the workplace. Transferable skills are a product of our talents, traits and knowledge. These skills determine how you respond to new activities, work situations or jobs. Transferable skills are [...]

The people of Salmon Arm, BC received a taste of the Olympics when local torchbearer Roy Sakaki ran the torch to City Hall. A large excited crowd of all ages witnessed the event. The Shuswap residents have a vested interest in this Olympic event as hockey star Shea Webber, from Sicamous, will be playing for [...]

My wife and I had a free evening from our sixteen month old and were jonesing to have a real ‘adult’ night on the town. You know what I mean, my wife defines it “putting on clothes without elastic or juice stains”. So we slid into our best Sunday duds and hit the town. We [...]

The city of Salmon Arm is situated half way between Calgary, to the east and Vancouver, to the west on the Trans Canada Highway in the interior of beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Shuswap Lake, with its 1000 kilometers of contiguous shoreline, draws hundreds of tourist each to the clean, uncrowded beachs. Boating and watersports make [...]

There are three types of nursing if you are considering nursing as a career in Canada: Licensed Practical Nurse, LPN Registered Nurse, RN Registered Psychiatric Nurse, RPN In Canada all nursing professions are regulated in the public interest and you must pass a licensing exam to become registered in order to practice nursing as a [...]