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In a ruling issued Friday, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has found that the Greater Victoria School Board acted outside of its jurisdiction when it suspended two trustees earlier this year.

B.C. Supreme Court justice found the board did not have the ‘implied authority’ to suspend the two trustees from their duties

Hundreds in Victoria attended events on Monday to commemorate a century since Chinese students staged a walkout and a school boycott against segregation.

It was on Sept. 5, 1922, that the British Columbia capitals more than 200 Chinese-Canadian students refused to attend Victoria School Board mandated Chinese-only schools, launching a one-year student strike that eventually saw the board reverse its segregationist policy in time for the start of class in 1923.

VICTORIA — The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not always welcoming, say historians and cultural expe

VICTORIA - The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not always welcoming, say historians and cultural experts.

The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not always welcoming, say historians and cultural experts.

Three Victoria youths have been recognized by Island Health for their work training students and others to administer naloxone to prevent toxic-drug overdose deaths.

A hundred years ago, Chinese students in Victoria began a boycott of classes for a year to protest efforts to expand segregation of Chinese students to the end of Grade 7

After years of uncertainty for the regional crossing-guard program, the district is taking over administration of the program, and says it’s working with municipalities on funding agreements