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School District 43 hopes for a late spring 2023 construction start for Moody elementary as it seeks bids from contractors to build the $37.2 million school.

The trees had to be cut down now to avoid bird nesting season and avoid extra delays to the construction of the Burke Mountain high school and park.

Seven Canadian institutions continue to host China’s Confucius Institute (CI) despite a growing trend in North America and other parts of the world where academic institutions are cutting ties with the Beijing-led program.

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer CHAD HIPOLITO/The Canadian Press Several school districts in B.C. are facing multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls, partly driven by a plunge in enrolment from international students because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of...

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (CFL) CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league is doing everything it can to have football in 2021. The league cancelled the entire 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Ambrosie said the CFL’s governors don’t want 2021 to suffer the same fate. “Right now, June 10th we will kickoff, that’s our plan,” Ambrosie told the Green Zone on Friday. “We’re looking at every possible scenario that we can be flexible if...

Teenager subjected to racist cyberbullying wants parents, schools to fight hate A 15-year-old in Surrey is calling for parents and schools to focus more on anti-racist education after she and her friends were subjected to racial slurs during a cyberbullying incident. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 19, 2021 6:10 PM PT | Last Updated: February 20 The 15-year-old from Surrey was on a video chat call when anonymous boys joined the call and began yelling the N-word repeatedly. CBC News has...

  VANCOUVER -- A Metro Vancouver school board says it is aware of what it calls a "racially motivated incident" involving its students. In a video posted to Instagram by Black Vancouver, several teen boys can be heard using the N word and making threatening comments. School District 43 in Coquitlam told CTV News the incident involves students and is tied to social media. In an email, the districts assistant director of communications said it happened over the Family Day weekend. "Some yo...