Tag Archives: Education

Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victo...
May 15, 2025

'Bring the record home:' world's largest Nanaimo bar under construction
NANAIMO - Once finished, it'll be about the size of five King sized beds and weigh nearly as much as an adult Great white shark. Students and staff at Vancouver Island University's baking and pastry a...
May 14, 2025

Canadian youth struggle with making friends and bullying: UNICEF report
A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish. UNICEF's 19th Report Card s...
May 13, 2025

High-risk driving campaign underway throughout B.C. highways
NANAIMO - Additional police resources are joining more people on B.C.'s highways with the busy summer driving season fast-approaching. May is High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness Month in B.C., ...
May 10, 2025

'Everybody together as one, it's just so powerful:' Indigenous Games return to Nanaimo high school
NANAIMO - A mix of cultures and sporting competition was on offer at a local high school Thursday.Between 250 and 300 students, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, from across the Nanaimo-Ladysmith sc...
May 08, 2025

Quebec reports high immigration, record-low fertility in 2024
MONTREAL - Despite a downward trend, Quebec still reported nearly record-high population growth last year due to immigration, even as the province's fertility rate reached its lowest level on record. ...
May 08, 2025

Cash-strapped VIU eyes deep program cuts
NANAIMO - Extensive academic program cancellations and suspensions are on the chopping block for financially strained Vancouver Island University. A news release on VIU's website co-authored by the sc...
May 06, 2025

Canadian students in Netherlands for 1945 liberation celebrations
HALIFAX - As the Netherlands marks the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation by the Canadian Army, more than 1,000 Canadian students will take part in events where they are expected to sense bo...
May 04, 2025

Indigenous leaders hopeful for Carney-led government on economy, reconciliation
OTTAWA - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn't expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous People...
May 03, 2025

Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high schools for entire school day
QUBEC - The Quebec government is expanding its cellphone ban in schools, prohibiting students from using the devices on elementary or high school property for the entire school day. Education Minister...
May 01, 2025