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Rubidge to retire ANNALEE GR ANT Townsman Staff
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Representatives of the Government of Canada, the B.C. Government, the Ktunaxa Nation, private equity firm Warburg Pincus and the Nature Conservancy of Canada stand atop Mount Hefty in the Flathead Valley, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.
Flathead safe from mining for good Collaborators celebrate $10 million funding for protection of Flathead Valley SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
More than $10 million has been raised to help protect the Flathead Valley. Through a collaboration with conservation groups, the Government of Canada and private donors, the multi-million dollar funding will go to the British Columbia government to implement the Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act, which was passed last year. The legislation permanently prohibits coal mining, as well as exploration and development of oil, gas and mineral
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resources on nearly 400,000 acres in the Flathead, southeast of Fernie. “This particular money was given to the province to allow us to compensate the mining companies whose tenures we took back when we took mining and oil and gas out of the Flathead,” explained Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett. The Government of Canada contributed $5.4 million, while global equity firm Warburg Pincus put in $2.5 million. The rest came from private donors. The announcement was celebrated
with a function at St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino on Thursday, September 13, attended by Environment Canada Minister Peter Kent and the Governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer. On Friday, Minister Kent joined MLA Bennett, Ktunaxa Nation Chair Kathryn Teneese, Nature Conservancy of Canada president John Lounds and The Nature Conservancy (an unaffiliated global conservation group) president Mark Tercek, as well as Charles R. Kaye, co-president of Warburg Pincus.
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Dr. Nick Rubidge, president and CEO of College of the Rockies, has announced he will retire at the end of the school year in July 2013. Rubidge has been involved with the college since its infancy and was one of the college administrators who helped establish a multi-campus college in the East Kootenay region, which later became the East Kootenay Community College. In 1995, it was renamed to College of the Rockies and it has continued to grow. The 2011/2012 school year was a big one for the college and Rubidge, when they presented their first ever degree to a student. The recipient was Tamara Eidsness, who accepted her degree for Bachelor of Business Administration (Sustainable Business Practices). “Having the authority to grant a degree is pretty huge,” Rubidge said. Over the summer, Rubidge decided it was time to step down and let a new leader take the college even further. His retirement comes as the college enjoys its first few years after
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major renovations. He announced his retirement at the Sept. 13 regular meeting of the College Board of Governors. Rubidge said the new physical changes to the college have been a feather in the cap for him, along with the first ever degree. “There’s a lot that’s happened at the college,” he said. “The degree piece is actually quite huge.” The college has been providing degrees in partnership with other institutions for years, but actually delivering their own is something Rubidge hopes will continue to be expanded. “I see nothing really but a bright future here,” he said.
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