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BC teacher fired for failing to report aggressive student
A BC teacher who failed to report that a student had threatened a classmate has…
BC teacher suspended for not letting Grade 8 student use the bathroom
A BC teacher who made a Grade 8 student cry after they told them they…
UBC med students are offering free coaching on staying healthy
Medical students at the University of British Columbia are offering free, online preventive-health coaching sessions…
Olympic gold medalist Jerome Blake inspires students at his old Kelowna high school
Canadian Olympic medalist Jerome Blake revisited his roots with visit Tuesday to the Kelowna high…
Treasurer stole money from Kelowna school fund to survive: Defence
At one point, the books for the parent advisory council at a Kelowna elementary school…
Okanagan teacher who tried to get pupils to snitch on friend gets reprimanded
An Okanagan middle-school teacher who encouraged a couple of Grade 8 students to snitch on…
Shuswap school district fined $3,000 over repeated water sampling failure
The North Okanagan Shuswap school district has been fined $3,040 for multiple failures in submitting…
RCMP issue warning about South Okanagan ‘Sunset’ grad parties
High school students graduating from South Okanagan high schools often take part in so-called Sunset…
BC teacher reprimanded for grabbing student’s arm
A BC teacher who grabbed a student by the arm has been publicly reprimanded. According to…
BC teacher reprimanded for joking he would shoot his students
A BC teacher who joked to his students that he'd shoot them unless they did…
What’s up with BC’s two-stream medical residency system?
An advocacy group trying to increase the number of highly skilled resident doctors who can…
$1M donation to Okanagan College for skilled trades and apprenticeships
Okanagan College has been gifted $1 million to fund scholarships for students going into trades…
Vernon not alone in banning public from school board meetings
The Vernon school district's recent decision to only allow the public access to its school…
Protests over sex, gender not new in Okanagan but tone radically different
Parents have been concerned about how their children are educated probably ever since there were…
Vernon school district steers anti-SOGI campaigners to BC government
A flood of letters opposing the provincial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity position should go…