backtoschool

Adhering to safety measures like masks, hand-washing, social distancing and staying home if you’re sick will reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission among children. (Black Press file photo)

B.C. Children’s Hospital says COVID-19 hospitalizations for children remain low

Hospitalizations have remained at about two per cent throughout the pandemic

 

British Columbia’s provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. An independent report has found systemic racism in a northern B.C. school board and calls for a province-wide investigation of the issue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

‘Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist’: Report on B.C. school board

‘I walk into a school and my chest tightens,’ one person said in the report

 

Emery Levermann (from left) runs beside the 100 Mile House Elementary School playground with his friends Thibault Feissli and Quinton Philip. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)

School back in session for 100 Mile House

The school year started smoothly but educators warn parents and students not to become complacent.

 

The first students are scheduled to return to Peter Skene Ogden on Sept. 10. (File photo)

Learning curve ahead as school gets set to resume

School at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary is going to be a whole lot different this year.

The first students are scheduled to return to Peter Skene Ogden on Sept. 10. (File photo)
Education Minister Rob Fleming in Chilliwack on Sept. 17. (Paul Henderson/ The Progress)

B.C. to announce plans for September return to school amid COVID-19 pandemic

Plan to include measures nimble enough to react to the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19

Education Minister Rob Fleming in Chilliwack on Sept. 17. (Paul Henderson/ The Progress)