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Huge costs loom for province to accommodate growing Central Okanagan student population
KELOWNA – It will cost the province hundreds of millions of dollars to accommodate the…
Schools bursting at the seams as enrollment jumps dramatically
KELOWNA – With about 600 more students this year, the Central Okanagan School District is…
Vancouver Career College closing its Kelowna campus
KELOWNA – Vancouver Career College is closing its Kelowna campus after 15 years of operation.…
Former Kamloops-Thompson School District teacher banned from teaching
VAVENBY — A teacher within the Kamloops-Thompson School District has been barred from teaching after…
Sexual health educator wants parents to talk to their kids about sex ‘today’
KAMLOOPS – We all go through it as kids, and then as parents we have…
All parents of students in school district 22 will pay at least $25 for buses
VERNON – Vernon parents will be charged $25 for each child that takes the school…
UBCO expects 18,000 students on campus by 2040
KELOWNA – There could be 20,000 people at UBCO by 2040, including 18,000 students. That’s…
UBCO program for aboriginal students means no one is turned away
KELOWNA – While aboriginal students may struggle to get their high school diplomas, failing to…
Vernon’s BX Elementary receives $11.5M investment
VERNON – BX Elementary school in Vernon will be getting an $11.5 million upgrade to…
Central Okanagan school district tries to suss out future homeless population
KELOWNA – Grade 8 students may be given a questionnaire about how they feel about…
There may not be a new Rutland Middle School coming to Kelowna but it might become a bigger school
KELOWNA – After years of unsuccessfully lobbying the provincial government to replace the aging Rutland…
Years in the making: North Okanagan daycare to open late summer
LUMBY – The North Okanagan is soon to see an extra 63 daycare spaces with…
Hundreds of new students, new teachers to start school next week in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – As the second-fastest growing district in B.C, the Central Okanagan School District is…
French Immersion thriving in Vernon school system
VERNON – As parents in the North Okanagan send their children off to school this…
Kelowna boy doing ‘much better’ after getting sick from mystery substance found in classroom
KELOWNA – Jeremy Mills is just trying to get his family’s life back to normal…