COMMUNITY FUTURES OFFERS SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOPS! Create, build and manage your online store using shopify.com “Building Your Website and Online Store with Shopify.com” with Nikta Boroumand Feb. 25 & 26, 9am-4pm both days, $300 +GST. Call 250-352-1933 Extn#100 or email info@futures.bc.ca Full schedule www.futures.bc.ca/workshops/

COMMUNITY FUTURES OFFERS SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOPS! Make your own beautiful images and films for social media “Photography & Filmmaking for Business” with Alex Balcer Mar. 2, 9am-4pm, $90 +GST. Call 250-352-1933 Extn#100 or email info@futures.bc.ca Full schedule www.futures.bc.ca/workshops/

THE BLANKET EXERCISE, is an interactive educational exercise designed to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Together, we walk through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. Join us for this opportunity to learn, reflect and share. Elders Duncan Grady and Suzan Clancy will be helping to hold this experience and offer a smudging ceremony and traditional talking circle. No cost. Soup provided after the activity, Friday, Feb. 28, 11:30am-2:30pm at St. Andrew´s Heritage Hall. Registration is required as space is limited. Please contact Barb Cyr at 250-353-7691 extn#209 or barbcyr@nklcss.org Offered by North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the province of BC.

KOOTENAY VOICE ACADEMY is accepting students for voice and professional speaking training. Call 250-304-8271 or visit www.kootenayvoiceacademy.ca for details!

NEW POTTERY & LAPIDARY CLASSES OFFERED: *Rock & Gem, 3 Mondays starting Feb. 24, 6:30-8:30pm. Taught by master instructor Russ Olson at VISAC Lapidary Studio. Cost $60 for VISAC members ($80 non-members) + $5 for materials. Beginners welcome! *Pottery 5wk (Saturdays) starting Feb. 22, 12-2pm. $120 for VISAC Members ($140 non-members) +$15 material fee. MORE INFO & art classes at www.visacgallery.com under Programs. TO REGISTER or questions, email director@visacgallery.com

SELKIRK COLLEGE COMMUNITY EDUCATION & workplace training. www.selkirk.ca/ce, 1-866-301-6601 for information.

THE ART OF SELF CARE: An Art Therapy Workshop for Parents and Caregivers of Young Children. Join Art Therapist Christine Parton from Fireside Art Therapy for a morning of art and creative expression. Thursday, Feb. 20, 9:30-11:30am, Kaslo Family Centre. FREE, childminding and snacks provided. Registration is required, contact Melyssa 250-353-7691 extn#306, melyssasieber@nklcss.org or register at Strong Start. Offered by North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society and proudly sponsored by Columbia Basin Trust.

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USA – COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM! Train at home to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now! Call CTI for details! 888-449-1713 (M-F 8am-6pm ET).