Education

Cuts to SD57 facilities staff taking toll on school upkeep: union

PRINCE GEORGE - As trustees in School District 57 prepare to tackle a forecasted budget shortfall of $2.3m several positions are being put on the chopping block.Two of those positions include the faci...

May 31, 2023

UPDATED: SD57 facing $2.3m budget shortfall, staffing cuts expected

UPDATED - School District 57 Trustees will have to wait until June to pass a budget as the the finance department of the district was forced to await final funding numbers from the Ministry of Educati...

Caden Fanshaw May 30, 2023

Milestones with this year's UNBC convocation

PRINCE GEORGE - The University of Northern British Columbia will celebrate its second largest graduating class, as well as three significant firsts during this year's 30th Convocation ceremonies. UNBC...

May 24, 2023

Inaugural SD57 Student Leadership Summit held at Duchess Park

PRINCE GEORGE - Hundreds of students gathered at Duchess Park Secondary School on Thursday to take in the inaugural School District 57 Student Leadership Summit put on by the District Student Advisory...

May 11, 2023

WATCH: Rachael Weber responds to questions following SD57 board meeting

PRINCE GEORGE - For the first time in nearly three months, Rachael Weber the Chair of the SD57 Board of Education responded to questions from reporters following Tuesday's meeting.

Apr 26, 2023

Anticipation growing for opening of long-awaited Malaspina childcare centre

PRINCE GEORGE - Finding childcare is one of many challenges facing parents making the opening of a new childcare centre in Malaspina a very welcome addition to lower College Heights."Yeah, things are ...

Apr 26, 2023

SOGI speech leads to outburst at SD57 board meeting

PRINCE GEORGE - The regular School District 57 Board of Education meeting was held Tuesday night with a full gallery with over a dozen people standing and observing.Presentations from stakeholders wer...

Apr 26, 2023

NMP graduates 30 new doctors

PRINCE GEORGE - The shingles are all laid, set to be delivered to 30 newly-minted doctors. Doctors like Stephen Freschi. "Oh, it's a lot of feelings all at the same time. It's. You get the excitement....

Apr 20, 2023

Date set for SD57 byelection

PRINCE GEORGE - A date has been set for a School District 57 byelection to fill two vacant seats.June 17 will be the day voters in Prince George can head to the polls to fill the two spots that were m...

Apr 17, 2023

Still no answers from SD57 trustees a month after Superintendent removed

PRINCE GEORGE - Despite the controversy a move to remove School District 57's Superintendent created in early March, there are still no answers from those who made the decision.Tracy Loffer, Vice-Pres...

Apr 11, 2023