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North Cowichan and City of Duncan Fire Department, RCMP, and British Columbia Ambulance Service were at Cowichan Secondary School on May 18 to reenact a car crash while showing students the impacts of impaired and distracted driving for their Arrive Alive event. Emergency services personnel demonstrated all that is involved when arriving on scene, and removing a driver, and passengers safely from a vehicle which has been in a serious accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, two out of three people will be impacted by drunk driving in their lifetime. This event which has not been put on since before the pandemic aimed to encourage discussions on options to driving impaired and distracted while spreading a deeper awareness among the student body. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)

Emergency personnel reenact a rescue for Cowichan Secondary’s Arrive Alive event

Students of Cowichan Secondary were shown the impacts of impaired and distracted driving on May 18

 

The Cowichan Valley School District is launching an investigation after a kit inappropriate for school aged students was left behind after a recent presentation on drug addiction and harm reduction. (Citizen file)

Cowichan Valley School District launches investigation following drug awareness presentation

An inappropriate safer snorting kit left behind following a school presentation spurs investigation

 

(Black Press Media files)

Central Okanagan teacher suspended for 4th time for ‘inappropriate conduct’

Most recently, Justin Enns has been suspended for five days from Jun. 5-9

 

Under the leadership of classroom teacher Hailey Bergstrom, sixth and seventh graders of Cowichan Lake School will be working hard this month in partnership with the Cowichan Lake Trail Blazers Society to build happy and healthy trails for community members, visitors, and future generations to enjoy. Students were given tools and they hit the trails for their first session of trail revitalization on the morning of May 8. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)

Students at Cowichan Lake School put in the work to build happy and healthy trails

Grades 6 and 7 students get their hands dirty, and give back to community with revitalizing trails

Under the leadership of classroom teacher Hailey Bergstrom, sixth and seventh graders of Cowichan Lake School will be working hard this month in partnership with the Cowichan Lake Trail Blazers Society to build happy and healthy trails for community members, visitors, and future generations to enjoy. Students were given tools and they hit the trails for their first session of trail revitalization on the morning of May 8. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)
Lucy Lavigne alongside Nema de Vries in A Fine Line. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Students savour their stage experience in ‘A Fine Line’

Duncan Christian School play the complete entertainment package

Lucy Lavigne alongside Nema de Vries in A Fine Line. (Photo by Don Bodger)
More than 30 students in the Cowichan Valley School District recently competed at the Skills Canada Regionals at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo in categories such as culinary, carpentry, and hair styling. Cowichan Secondary students Cynthia Barry who received a gold medal for her culinary skills, and Tayden Ross who received gold in carpentry will advance to the provincials in Abbotsford later this month. (Submitted photo)

3 Cowichan students win gold in skills competition; off to Abbotsford later this month

Several students of Cowichan Valley came home with more than memories from a recent skills competition

More than 30 students in the Cowichan Valley School District recently competed at the Skills Canada Regionals at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo in categories such as culinary, carpentry, and hair styling. Cowichan Secondary students Cynthia Barry who received a gold medal for her culinary skills, and Tayden Ross who received gold in carpentry will advance to the provincials in Abbotsford later this month. (Submitted photo)
Brynna Coogan of Cowichan Valley Secondary school is one of 36 exceptional high school students who received the 2023 Loran Scholar Award this year. (Submitted Photo)

Cowichan Secondary’s Brynna Coogan earns prestigious scholarship

Coogan receives Loran Scholar Award for her excellence in the community

Brynna Coogan of Cowichan Valley Secondary school is one of 36 exceptional high school students who received the 2023 Loran Scholar Award this year. (Submitted Photo)
B.C. teacher Deborah Laurie Croft will be suspended for two days and must undergo anti-racism training, as a result of a regulatory college investigation into her treatment of two Indigenous students. (Credit: Pixabay)

B.C. teacher fired for mistreating Indigenous students must take anti-racism course

Deborah Laurie Croft admitted to pulling one student by the arm, hitting another with a book

B.C. teacher Deborah Laurie Croft will be suspended for two days and must undergo anti-racism training, as a result of a regulatory college investigation into her treatment of two Indigenous students. (Credit: Pixabay)
Crofton Elementary School students learned about a wide variety of invisible disabilities through a school project and shared the findings with the public. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Uncovering the facts about invisible disabilities

Teacher’s own children the impetus for school project

Crofton Elementary School students learned about a wide variety of invisible disabilities through a school project and shared the findings with the public. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Volunteers from Semiahmoo Secondary school are pictured on the school’s Mental Health Day, which students and counsellors brought back after a pandemic-related hiatus. (Contributed photo)

‘Under high pressure’: B.C. students organize Mental Health Day

Grade 12 students want to see mental health services become more accessible

Volunteers from Semiahmoo Secondary school are pictured on the school’s Mental Health Day, which students and counsellors brought back after a pandemic-related hiatus. (Contributed photo)
Ryker Ulansky (left) and Jake Ulansky (right) make up half of the U-BOTS team that built a water-powered vehicle and won the Core Values Award First Place at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship on March 11. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

PHOTOS: Winners of 2023 FIRST LEGO League BC/Yukon Championship heading to USA

A Nanaimo team was the top-ranked group at this year’s competition

Ryker Ulansky (left) and Jake Ulansky (right) make up half of the U-BOTS team that built a water-powered vehicle and won the Core Values Award First Place at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship on March 11. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Chrissie John (ḥakaƛ) and her partner are committed to teaching their two young children their First Nations language as they grow up. The family is part of an increasing number of First Nations people in B.C. who are working to reclaim their mother tongues. (Submitted photo)

Taking back identity: New learners fight to keep First Nations languages in B.C. alive

Number of fluent speakers declining, but new learners on the rise

Chrissie John (ḥakaƛ) and her partner are committed to teaching their two young children their First Nations language as they grow up. The family is part of an increasing number of First Nations people in B.C. who are working to reclaim their mother tongues. (Submitted photo)
South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)

B.C. Grade 3 student ‘one of world’s brightest’

Zhiji Dong was among highest scorers in Center for Talented Youth assessment

South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)
A B.C. teacher was disciplined for failing to read a student’s safety plan and subsequently triggering them during a February 2021 interaction. (Pixabay)

B.C. teacher suspended for triggering student with documented safety needs

David Reid failed to review his student’s safety and education plans prior to 2021 incident

A B.C. teacher was disciplined for failing to read a student’s safety plan and subsequently triggering them during a February 2021 interaction. (Pixabay)
Students on UVic campus in Victoria. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Desperate B.C. students raiding dumpsters, using food banks and bartering for meals

Students at the University of Victoria are experiencing a hike in food insecurity, with little help

Students on UVic campus in Victoria. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
A B.C. teacher who worked at two schools in Peace River was suspended for four weeks, after the commissioner for teacher regulation found he made racist comments to coworkers and yelled at students. (Pixabay)

B.C. teacher suspended over racist remarks to coworkers, yelling at students

Brent Daniel worked at two schools in the Peace River South school district

A B.C. teacher who worked at two schools in Peace River was suspended for four weeks, after the commissioner for teacher regulation found he made racist comments to coworkers and yelled at students. (Pixabay)
A B.C. elementary school teacher is suspended for one day after showing her Grade 2 students a horror movie and inappropriately using classroom time. (Pixabay photo)

B.C. teacher who showed R-rated film to Grade 2s suspended 1 day

Teacher also described to class how she bullied kids when she was in school

A B.C. elementary school teacher is suspended for one day after showing her Grade 2 students a horror movie and inappropriately using classroom time. (Pixabay photo)
Michael Marshall, 25, UBCO physics student living at the Vinyards. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

UBCO students rent affordable units at senior’s residence in exchange for fun

Two students in their 20s are living at the Vinyards residence for seniors

Michael Marshall, 25, UBCO physics student living at the Vinyards. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Two B.C. teachers disciplined for angry interactions with students. (Pixabay)

2 B.C. teachers disciplined over angry, intimidating behaviour

One school teacher yelled at elementary school student, held their shoulders

Two B.C. teachers disciplined for angry interactions with students. (Pixabay)
Fraser Tuck (left) and Liam Pope-Lau (right) pose with a LifeHeat life jacket. (Courtesy of Kyle Slavin)

2 Greater Victoria students named finalists at Youth Innovation Showcase

Liam Pope-Lau and Fraser Tuck have invented a self-heating life jacket

Fraser Tuck (left) and Liam Pope-Lau (right) pose with a LifeHeat life jacket. (Courtesy of Kyle Slavin)