Education

Morning drumming becoming heartbeat of SD57

PRINCE GEORGE - Once upon a time drumming and singing Indigenous songs in schools was something foreign and abnormal, but lately, that has changed.The Indigenous Education Department of School Distric...

Dec 15, 2021

Funding secured to sprout school based urban food farm in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A large under-used patch of grass at Nanaimo's old Woodlands Secondary School site is poised to shift to a flourishing food garden by next spring.Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools landed a $1...

Dec 12, 2021

Disturbing videos surface following SD57 candidate's campaign launch

PRINCE GEORGE - Moments after Stuart Parker announced he "drew the short straw" to run for school trustee in School District 57, several triggering and disturbing videos surfaced.Several videos show p...

Dec 03, 2021

VIDEO: 'We're just thrilled:' iconic Christmas lights tradition returns to mid-Island

QUALICUM BEACH - Following an unusually dark and quiet 2020 winter season at Milner Gardens, crowds are returning for the popular holiday spectacle.An ever-growing display of more than 100,000 Christm...

Dec 03, 2021

High school football, soccer team given travel ban exemption for provincials from SD68

NANAIMO - Emotions switched from outrage to elation for those involved with John Barsby Community School's football programs.The junior and senior varsity AA football teams were informed this week the...

Nov 24, 2021

Stakeholders upset over lack of consultation for SD57 vaccine mandate decision

PRINCE GEORGE - Following the announcement School District 57 would not be pursuing a vaccination mandate reactions have begun to pour in. Most stakeholders and employee groups say they are not surpri...

Nov 16, 2021

SD57 Board of Education expected to make decision on staff vaccine mandate 'fairly quickly'

PRINCE GEORGE - Across the province, some dominoes have started to fall including the largest district in the province, Surrey deciding not to implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.Several others h...

Nov 10, 2021

Orange tulips planted by Harwin Elementary students in honour of residential school victims

PRINCE GEORGE - Some orange tulips will be popping up in the garden at Harwin Elementary come this spring in honour of the hundreds of children who never made it home from residential schools."It feel...

Nov 01, 2021

SD57 Board of Education 'carefully' looking at COVID-19 vaccine policy

PRINCE GEORGE - The School District 57 Board of Education is proceeding with caution when it comes to making a decision on a potential COVID-19 vaccination policy.School districts across the province ...

Greg Fry Oct 28, 2021

'It's really unacceptable: BCTF sounds off on Northern Health school exposure reporting

PRINCE GEORGE - With COVID-19 cases in BC schools happening a lot more often this year than last year, the BC Teachers Federation is raising concerns about the reporting of school exposures, or lack t...

Oct 26, 2021