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NANAIMO - The City is looking for better consistency and a more data-driven approach in determining where school zones are placed and managed.Councillors supported a new school zone policy at the comm...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 13, 2024
NANAIMO - Life without a stable home is hard, particularly over the Christmas holidays. Several schools in Nanaimo converged for the annual Everybody Deserves a Smile campaign to brighten the spirits ...
Ian Holmes Dec 21, 2023
NANAIMO - Local school district trustees and senior staff are expected to investigate cheaper and faster ways to combat capacity issues within Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (NLPS). During a Wednesd...
Ian Holmes Dec 14, 2023
NANAIMO - Sexually charged messages between a Nanaimo high school educator and a former female student resulted in him losing his job and later being handed a five year teaching ban.A consent resoluti...
Alex Rawnsley Nov 28, 2023
NANAIMO - There remains an extensive 'to-do' list, but the clock is now officially ticking on re-opening a north end school to combat school capacity.School District 68's business committee endorsed t...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 12, 2023
NANAIMO - Reduced enrolment is the primary reason behind a projected tightening of the purse strings at Nanaimo based Vancouver Island University over the next three years. A budget shortfall of $20.2...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 06, 2023
NANAIMO - A local high school has been evacuated following what Nanaimo RCMP described as an unspecified threat.Police say the threat made to John Barsby Secondary School was made on Wednesday, Oct. 4...
Oct 04, 2023
NANAIMO - Emotions ran high, however a public rally both for and against aspects of the current school curriculum remained largely peaceful. Around six protesters against school curriculum on sexual o...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 20, 2023
NANAIMO - An official opening ceremony at Ecole Hammond Bay Elementary School marked the conclusion of a marathon construction process.With an occupancy permit issued in late June, about two years lat...
Sep 11, 2023
NANAIMO - While students, teachers and support staff are busy getting used to their new surroundings, senior administrators are getting a sense of how full their schools will be. Nanaimo-Ladysmith Pub...
Sep 08, 2023