The B.C. Teachers' Federation says one month into the school year, there are still not enough teachers in the province's classrooms.
BCTF president Glen Hansman said there are still 1,000 vacancies for contract or on-call teachers. Specialist teachers are being used to teach classes in some cases, depriving special needs students of support.
By Robbie Pangilinan
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Multicultural Helping House Society (MHHS) in Manila fully prepares Filipino immigrants even before they set foot in Canadian soil, through the Pathways to Canada pre-arrival program, approved by the Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
The program is funded by the Canada immigration to help prepare newcomers for moving to Canada. It provides free services such as settlement and employment/career information, orientation, and referral; needs assessment; and personalized settlement plan with other links to in-Canada resources.
Saturday marks the deadline for 20 community centre associations to sign a new operating agreement with the Vancouver Park Board.
Although most community centres have not yet signed onto the new deal, the tone of negotiations between the two groups — which were essentially at war four years ago — has become more civil.
A large fire destroyed a house under construction and forced a family out of their home early Sunday in Langley.
Fire crews were called to the 23800-block of 36A Avenue, after a neighbour reported seeing the construction site on fire.
Two structures on the property were involved in the blaze, one of which was under construction at the time.
For Patricia Lessard, the past six weeks have been hectic — but she says it's all worthwhile.
She and her company, Leading Edge Promo, are supplying T-shirts for this year's Orange Shirt Day, a day to remember the trauma Aboriginal people faced and continue to face because of residential schools and to promote reconciliation.
By Tom Choy
Vancouver, British Columbia
“Never focus on your problems. Focus on your possibilities. The problems will pull you down. The possibilities will push you up.” Bo Sanchez
Bo Sanchez, a Filipino lay evangelist, author, and entrepreneur, is looking to hold simultaneously 1,000 feasts worldwide in the future. They do 200 now. A feast is a weekly prayer and fellowship meeting a month among their members.
BC Children's and Women's Hospitals in Vancouver are rolling out a whole new way to care for newborns with serious medical problems.
Once fully operational on Friday, the Teck Acute Care Centre will house North America's first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where mother and child will receive medical care in the same room, from the same nurse.
