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BC teacher let students play games until one broke their scapula
A teacher in the Cowichan Valley will serve a four-day suspension after continuing to allow…
Three-week suspension for BC teacher who inappropriately comforted a student
A BC teacher is starting the school year with a suspension after he inappropriately comforted…
BC principal loses teaching licence for embezzling from school
A former BC school principal lost his teaching licence after he embezzled more than $280,000…
BC teacher guilty of sexual assault after consent withdrawn during sex
THIS STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT A BC judge has found a Prince George teacher guilty…
Kelowna teacher charged with luring a child
A Kelowna teacher has been charged with child luring after a more than three month…
Kamloops teacher suspended for kissing former student’s neck
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops middle school teacher who showed a shirtless photo of himself to…
Former Kamloops-Thompson School District teacher banned from teaching
VAVENBY — A teacher within the Kamloops-Thompson School District has been barred from teaching after…
B.C. woman files human rights complaint over students being tied together for the day
A B.C. woman has filed a human rights complaint after two students were tied together…
RCMP dive teams unable to find missing Vernon teacher
NORTH OKANAGAN – The search for a Vernon high school teacher who went missing last…
VIDEO: This Kamloops music teacher wants to show her students how to make music out of anything
KAMLOOPS – If you’ve ever been curious as to how to make your own instruments…
Former Vernon teacher acquitted of sex assault against student claims discrimination by employer
A former Vernon teacher says she was unfairly fired from her job as a youth…
Dad jokes get Lower Mainland teacher suspended
Some humourless students got a Lower Mainland teacher suspended last year for making jokes in…
Kootenay teacher who disagreed with cross dressing students suspended, reprimanded
Lots of people want to help and support various causes, but how best to do…
Vernon teacher disciplined for swearing in class
VERNON – Swearing in class isn’t just a no-no for students. A teacher in the…
Alleged Vernon arsonist to stand trial on child porn charges next year
VERNON – A former school teacher in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District will stand trial…
Vernon man facing arson charges still has teachers certificate
ALSO CHARGED WITH CHILD PORN; SUSPENDED IN AUGUST PENDING HEARING VERNON – A Vernon man…
West Kelowna teacher’s aide jailed for kissing her student
KELOWNA – A 30-year-old West Kelowna woman was handed a minimum jail sentence yesterday for…
Improper language and safety issues lead to suspension for North Okanagan teacher
NORTH OKANAGAN – A middle school teacher is facing yet another suspension for not following…
B.C. teacher’s certificate cancelled after texting student she was attracted to him, then lying about it
INVERMERE – A teacher at a Kootenay school agreed to cancel her teaching certificate after…
How swears, Shane Koyczan and a Nazi joke left a Merritt Grade 5 teacher in hot water
MERRITT - A teacher who made his students uncomfortable with his jokes and used swear words to discuss bullying with his Grade 5 students has been disciplined by the B.C. Teachers Regulation Board. Peter Schmid, a Grade 5 teacher at Diamond Vale Elementary, was referred to the board for incidents in the months of May and...
School and seamstress spin holiday magic for Salmon Arm student
SALMON ARM - Things were looking grim when Olivia Perry-Coultas and her teachers started looking for something she could wear to the Salmon Arm Secondary winter formal dance — few things fit and time was running out. But the generosity of her community and strangers helped her feel like a princess for the special day....
Salmon Arm teacher finds thief, demands her possessions back and gives him a hug
"I WAS SO HAPPY. HE WASN'T RUNNING AWAY, SO I JUST SAID 'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HUG.'" SALMON ARM - An elementary school teacher hugged the man who stole her wallet and cellphone because she was so happy he didn’t run away when she caught him herself and demanded her items back. Rebekah...
Revelstoke shop teacher caught taking school property home
REVELSTOKE - A Revelstoke shop teacher is being watched closely after he was found using the district’s tools for his own projects at home for the last three years. Last month, Michael David Howard agreed he misused district funds and property for his own personal gain with the first recorded incident in 2011. Howard used...
WASELENKOFF TRIAL: Retired teacher not guilty of possessing child porn
KAMLOOPS - While a Kamloops Supreme Court Justice acknowledged the testimony of a retired teacher was "carefully woven" in his trial for possession of child pornography, he delivered an acquittal today, May 14. Jerry Waselenkoff was charged with one count of possessing child porn after a downstairs neighbour, Frans Van Der Woning, located four cases...