‘Push back’ against govt, teachers told
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Picket lines return to some Kamloops schools Monday as teachers ramp up pressure for a settlement with only a week to go before classes start. B.C. Teachers [Continue]
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Teachers, government return to the bargaining table
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Negotiators for the two sides in the teachers’ contract dispute will meet today (Friday) to try again. The B.C. Teachers Federation and B.C. [Continue]
Childcare pay offered if schools don’t open
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — A plan by the provincial Liberals to pay parents $40 a day for child care if the teachers’ strike goes past the start of school in September isn’t [Continue]
Last day on job for Terry Sullivan
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Superintendent of schools Terry Sullivan is working his last official day today but he has a few things to get done before he can look forward to skiing and [Continue]
BCTF, lead gov’t negotiator talk tentatively on ‘end game’
By MIKE YOUDS The great divide between B.C. public school teachers and the provincial government may not be as wide as widely thought. “What we’re trying to find is the [Continue]
Rumour that TRU student was on doomed Malaysian airliner has been ruled out
NEWS/ TRU — A rumour that a Thompson Rivers University student was on the Malaysian Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine on Thursday has proven false. The university [Continue]
