Taylor Kropp, a Grade 9 student at Cowichan Secondary, attended Ocean Networks Canada’s Ocean Sciences Symposium for Grade 8 to 10 students, in Victoria, from May 1 to 2. She was among 36 students and 13 teachers from Vancouver Island, northern B.C. and the Arctic, to take part in this two-day event held on the University of Victoria campus featuring hands-on activities and interactive sessions with ocean experts and grad students featuring the latest engineering, bioacoustics and oceanography research at ONC.
Cory Paisley has been selected from thousands of auditions across Canada to appear this fall on season 10 of Dragons’ Den.
He will pitch the opportunity to invest in his business, Garage Door Doctor Canada, to a panel of venture capitalists.
"Like many other Vancouver Island based businesses, it can be a challenge to obtain the expertise and capital necessary to take a successful local enterprise to other Canadian markets," said Paisley, "so this is a good step in the right direction."
Paisley drove to the audition in Toronto from his home in Ladysmith with his son Caleb last month.
The business currently operates on Vancouver Island, but Paisley would like to expand country-wide.
London Drugs is now accepting applications to the Aboriginal Partnership Bursary Program until June 15.
Bursaries in the amount of $500 will be awarded to six first-year students in the Westbank, Duncan and Campbell River areas. Students must be 25 and under and enrolled or planning to enroll full-time in a program with a minimum length of nine weeks. Students must send a reference letter by a community group leader, coach or teacher along with their application.
For more information go to www.londondrugs. com/bursary or contact Stephanie Cheatley at 604-272-7653.
