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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…
Penticton and area schools targeted in cyberattack
Penticton's school district is experiencing a district-wide network outage after having been targeted by a…
COVID-19 cases reported at both Penticton high schools
Cases of COVID-19 have been reported at two Penticton high schools. A member of the Princess…
School District 67 superintendent Wendy Hyer announces retirement
After 10 years at the helm of the Okanagan Skaha School District 67, Superintendent Wendy…
What is SOGI 123 and why should it matter to you?
An online resource tool made by B.C. educators for teachers across the province is hoping…
Okanagan-Skaha School District’s international student numbers up
PENTICTON – It's back to school next week, and there are some changes and new…
Increasing number of needle pickups prompts call for a safe injection site in Penticton
PENTICTON – Penticton's fire chief is advocating for a safe drug consumption site in the…
New school year begins with slight budget surplus in Penticton
PENTICTON – The school year at Okanagan Skaha School District is off to a good…
South Okanagan student bush partiers get the ‘no bonfire’ message
PENTICTON – An exceptionally dangerous year for wildfires prompted the regional district to issue a…
Summerland teacher reprimanded for inappropriate comments to female students
SUMMERLAND – A Summerland teacher has been reprimanded for professional misconduct following a consent resolution…
South Okanagan trustees get last word on school (un)closures
'MY FEAR IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY AFTER THE ELECTION?' PENTICTON – Okanagan Skaha…
Okanagan Skaha school board to consider rural education fund
PENTICTON – There may still be hope for schools facing closure in the Okanagan Skaha…
Province comes up with plan to save South Okanagan schools from closure
PENTICTON – Just when it appeared all hope was lost, the province has announced new…
MLA still not convinced Okanagan Skaha schools need to close
PENTICTON – Money provided to Okanagan Skaha School District by the province should allow for…
Funding inadequate to keep schools open in Okanagan Skaha School District
PENTICTON – Okanagan Skaha School District Superintendent Wendy Hyer says today’s funding announcement by the…
Funding could help save Trout Creek, West Bench schools
PENTICTON – The Okanagan-Skaha school district is being asked to use the $266,000 in funding…
Elevated lead levels found in nine Kelowna-area schools
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Officials in the Central Okanagan school district have tested for elevated lead…
Health authority working to deal with elevated lead levels in water at three Penticton schools
PENTICTON – Interior Health and the Okanagan Skaha school board are working together to remedy…
Elevated lead levels in tap water at three Penticton schools
PENTICTON – Officials with the Okanagan Skaha School district are taking action after the discovery…
Administrative changes announced for Okanagan Skaha School District
PENTICTON – Retirements, upcoming school closures and reconfigurations have resulted in a number of administrative…
So you want to be a doctor? UBC Okanagan’s high-tech recruitment tool
WOULD-BE PHYSICIANS FIND OUT ABOUT MEDICAL SCHOOL REMOTELY KELOWNA – They use video conferencing to…
Meeting called to calm concerns about threatening letter found at schools
PENTICTON – While investigators try to figure who is behind the bizarre, threatening letter which forced some schools in the South Okanagan to go into lock down last week, RCMP and school district officials will try to calm concerned parents on Sunday. A stack of 30 copies of the letter threatening to harm students was...