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Canadians willing to pay more for beef from their home province
University of Kentucky researchers found that Canadian consumers presented with six different definitions of local beef prefer a product from their home province. Respondents completing an online...
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Education of kids in care the focus of two new reports
The dire education statistics for kids in care are getting noticed, with two new reports released Monday at least partly focused on this challenge. A report in Ontario says that province’s schools will...
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Province adds support for youth, but researcher calls for national strategy
The provincial government doubled the capacity of Vancouver’s Inner City Youth team, which helps homeless or nearly homeless youth with mental illness or addictions. The Inner City Youth team,...
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Surrey’s past superintendent to work for education ministry
The Ministry of Education announced on Friday that it has hired Surrey’s former superintendent of schools Mike McKay as a strategic advisor to the minister. McKay retired from the Surrey school...
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B.C. government not ready to go to arbitration to end teachers’ strike
B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender didn’t say “no” to a B.C. Teachers’ Federation motion to move towards binding arbitration to end the teacher’s strike, but he made it clear that he’s not crazy...
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School money woes continue, VSB chairwoman says
Although teachers will be back at school on Monday, the funding challenge for B.C. classrooms continues, a prominent trustee says. Patti Bacchus, chairwoman of the Vancouver school board, presented her...
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McKay to continue working on shared services for ministry of education
The Ministry of Education posted an intent to contract on B.C. bid earlier this week to contract with Hadrian Educational Consulting to provide strategic advice to create a new co-governance model for...
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Some teachers paid for first day back, others claim they weren’t
When teachers went back to work on September 19 to set up their classrooms, they were told it would be a paid day. In some districts around the province, teachers say they haven’t been paid for that...
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Early years influence graduation rates, advocate for foster children says
Recently, while researching this followup story about foster children, I was speaking to Irwin Elman, Ontario’s advocate for children and youth. He told me that the Ontario Ministry of Education has...
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Nearly $200 m in cost pressures faced schools, ministry briefing notes say
School districts in B.C. faced more than $192 million in cost pressures as they sat down to approve their budgets last spring. How that will translate this year is unknown until the provincial budget...
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Have your say on changes to scholarships program
The B.C. Ministry of Education is seeking feedback on how to change the provincial scholarship and awards program. Each year, more than 20,000 individual awards worth $15.6 million are given to...
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School districts around the province facing tough budget choices
In what has become an annual tradition, school districts across B.C. are grappling with significant budget cuts that include “administrative savings” and unfunded expenses like increasing MSP premiums...
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Transformation leader Rod Allen leaves Ministry of Education
Rod Allen, an assistant deputy minister at the Ministry of Education, will be leaving his job to take on the superintendent position in Cowichan Valley, effective May 19. Allen has been leading...
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Video: A single mother has an idea for the budget
Buyers of newly-built homes will get a break on their taxes, as part of changes in the B.C. budget designed to address the Lower Mainland’s red hot housing market. The new property transfer tax...
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Vancouver and Victoria consider supervised injection in health centres
VANCOUVER – British Columbia health officials are considering offering supervised-injection services in community health clinics, triggered by a new federal government and a spike in fentanyl...
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Video: Ottawa Report – Trudeau's whipped vote for doctor-assisted suicide...
Ottawa correspondent Peter O’Neil delves into the reaction about Bombardier bailout proposal, Trudeau’s whipped vote for doctor-assisted suicide legislation and the proposal for a national $15 carbon...
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B.C. pledges million of dollars in new public transit funding across province
KAMLOOPS — The provincial government has announced millions of dollars in new funding for public transit across the province. B.C. Transit, which covers transit everywhere except Metro Vancouver, will...
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Don Cayo: Fix unfair small business tax rates
Is B.C.’s income tax rate for small businesses too low? It sits today at 2.5 per cent, but if former premier Gordon Campbell had lasted long enough to have his ill-considered way, it would be even...
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Shortfall has Vancouver school board fearing cuts in classrooms
The Vancouver school board is projecting $24.38 million in program cuts and services for the 2016-17 school year, as student enrolment continues to tumble at the same time operating costs remain on...
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Administration costs already low in B.C. schools: report
B.C. school districts spend one-third less on administration than other provinces, a report for the B.C. Association of School Business Officials found. The same report says Statistics Canada reports...
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