Tag Archives: Education
High-risk and spiked drinks campaign launched at Nanaimo bars
NANAIMO - Local police with backing from VIU students are trying to put a cork in risks associated with unattended drinks and high-risk alcohol consumption involving young adults. Nanaimo RCMP Reserve...
Mar 12, 2025
Yukon signs $7.4m school food program agreement with Ottawa
WHITEHORSE - Yukon and the federal government have reached a $7.4-million agreement to improve school food for students in the territory. The agreement will see the federal government invest the fundi...
Mar 10, 2025
SD68 responds to sporadic alert concerns following recent earthquake
NANAIMO - A recent earthquake hitting coastal B.C. on Friday has some people why their phones received an alert while others didn't, and why certain schools were evacuated and others continued without...
Feb 26, 2025
'We genuinely do care about this issue:' anti-bullying movement gains momentum
NANAIMO - Schools across the country, province and mid-Island region will be noticeably pinker on Wednesday to draw awareness and action against bullying. Pink Shirt Day, launched in 2007 by a pair of...
Feb 26, 2025
Unique weigh scale aims to gain insight on Vancouver Island marmots
NANAIMO - Researchers are getting creative to learn more about how weight impacts the health of the resurgent Vancouver Island marmot population. A pair of Vancouver Island University technicians have...
Feb 10, 2025
Modular classrooms coming for space-strapped Nanaimo schools, timelines clarified
NANAIMO - More information including a budget and timeline breakdown has been released related to adding a number of prefabricated modular classrooms to a pair of Nanaimo schools. During the Jan 15 st...
Jan 17, 2025
Nanaimo Ladysmith School District superintendent ready for new role
NANAIMO - The new head of Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (NLPS) is excited to get to work. Speaking at a Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday, Jan 16., was newly appointed superi...
Jan 16, 2025
Familiar face returns as new superintendent for SD68
NANAIMO - A new administrative leader to take the helm at School District 68 is assuming the same position from a neighbouring district. Robyn Gray, the current superintendent for the Cowichan Valley ...
Sep 18, 2024
Mental health/substance use services ramp up in Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Over the past several months a team of professionals has begun tackling expanding and complex health challenges impacting youth and their families on the mid-Island. Following a B.C. governm...
Sep 16, 2024
SD68 moving ahead with boundary shifts for Rutherford re-opening
NANAIMO - District staff and trustees are attempting to walk a fine line between quickly populating a new elementary school and inconveniencing as few people as possible.School District 68 trustees to...
Sep 12, 2024