Several local students have won provincial medals in the trades in the annual Skills Canada-
Nova Scotia competition.
Among the local gold medalists were Gracie Glencross of Dr. JH Gillis Regional High School in
Baking and Alberto Collasius of Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre and Academy in Cooking. Jake MacNeil of SAERC won gold in Welding.
It was a clean medal sweep for the NSCC Strait Area campus
in Industrial Control, with Randall McCara winning gold, Michael Campbell capturing silver and Dawson MacDonald awarded bronze.
Local Silver medalists were David Stewart of Dr. JH Gillis in Carpentry, and Zach Pottie of the NSCC Strait Area Campus in Steamfitter-Pipefitter. Bronze Medalists included Derrek Bingley-Webber of the NSCC Pictou Campus in Electronics and Pamela Haley of NSCC Strait Area Campus in Carpentry.
Also Dr. JH Gillis Regional High School won $10,000 worth of tools, donated by Stanley Black and Decker Canada.