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Video: The Will Ferrell Old Milwaukee Super Bowl 2013 ad you probably didn’t see
Will Ferrell starred in a 2013 Super Bowl ad that you probably didn’t see during the big game. Here is video Most Super Bowl ads try to reach as many viewers as possible. Over the last two years, Will...
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B.C. offers $2.9 m to independent schools with adult students
I recently reported that B.C. is offering new funding for independent schools with adult students who are trying to earn their diploma. While the Education Ministry hasn’t given me many details, the...
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Prince Rupert t-shirt ban laughable, if not so serious: BC Civil Liberties...
A ban on the free-speech t-shirts worn by protesting Prince Rupert teachers last week is unconstitutional, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association said in a release Monday. It would be laughable, if not...
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Abbotsford Police make record cocaine seizure
Abbotsford Police announced Monday that officers had made a record seizure of cocaine over the weekend. In a news release, Const. Ian MacDonald said the department’s patrol division came upon a man in...
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Grad rate jumps in B.C. school district after errors found in official tally...
The high-school completion rate in Kamloops-Thompson school district made an astonishing leap in recent months – to 84.1 per cent from 77.8. No, the district didn’t find a silver bullet. Rather, in...
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Verdict in Michael Newman murder trial to come Feb. 20th
A B.C. Supreme Court judge will deliver his verdict on Feb. 20th in the first-degree murder trial of United Nations gangster Michael Newman. Justice William Ehrcke has been hearing evidence since...
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Education events: East vs West public forum and SFU prof interviews NDP MLAs
Here are two events I’ve been asked to mention: 1. The Educational Quest Society of Canada is holding a public forum Saturday, March 2 at the Burnaby Public Library. It’s titled Education: East vs West...
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More school closures causing distress in B.C. communities
Rossland residents who are fighting to save their high school got bad news Monday night. The Kootenay-Columbia board of education defeated the one proposal that would have kept K-12 education in...
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Cocaine smuggler gets eight-year jail term from Cranbrook judge
A Calgary trucker caught smuggling nine kilograms of cocaine into B.C. from the U.S. has been handed an eight-year jail term. Douglas Ernesto Pocasangre, 48, was convicted in B.C. Supreme Court of...
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BC Liberal candidate Sukh Dhaliwal facing charges under the Income Tax Act
I found this story about charges against Sukh Dhaliwal while out at Surrey Provincial Court looking up some other files Wednesday. But given that he is being billed as a star candidate for the BC...
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Kootenay-Columbia school board considers shrinking itself
In blogging this week about possible school closures in Kootenay-Columbia district, I was struck by the 6-3 vote to end high-school education in Rossland. Does a cash-strapped district with only 4,000...
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Teacher conference on human trafficking in B.C.
Teachers will gather Saturday in Prince George to learn about human trafficking and what they can do about it. Organized by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), the one-day conference will include...
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Alex Trebek and Jeopardy pay tribute to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”...
The popular game show Jeopardy paid tribute to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.” Here is Video We all know that pretty much every man, woman and child in North America has been involved in a lip dub...
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Greeks boss gets life for one murder, 15 years minus time served for...
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bill Smart decried public gang violence Thursday as he sentenced Greeks boss Peter Manolakos to life in prison with no hope of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder. At...
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Parents ask Vancouver board of education to save Khalsa School
Parents of students attending Khalsa School in Vancouver are appealing to the board of education for help so their school won’t have to move June 30. The board has told the private Sikh school it...
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Give teachers time to innovate and personalize learning, report recommends
A plan for curriculum reform would see a substantial cut in government expectations about what teachers must teach in each grade and every subject. Discussions have been underway since late 2011 and...
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Closing Cowichan Valley schools necessary to balance budget: trustee
The only B.C. school district without elected trustees is preparing for school closures. Mike McKay, the government-appointed trustee in Cowichan Valley, has identified 10 elementary schools for...
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B.C. and Alberta side-step unions by emailing teachers directly
Some B.C. teachers were taken aback in August when they got an email from former education minister George Abbott about a government reading initiative. As I reported, it was the first time an...
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BC election: Issue #1 will have to be jobs
“It’s still the economy, stupid.” Or “It’s all about jobs, stupid.” That’s the slogan both Premier Christy Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix have to keep in mind as the May 14th election day approaches....
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Sukh Dhaliwal resigns as Liberal candidate over tax charges
Sorry for being off this blog all day, but had several things on the go and had an event this evening. I spent the day working on a follow to the story I broke Wednesday night about former MP Sukh...
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