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Candidates Questionnaire Week Four: Supporting Students with Diverse Learning Needs
Welcome to the fourth in a series of weekly articles we’re calling Candidate Questionnaires. Once a week, The Nest sends school board candidates from all six major political parties one or two questions, for their written responses to be published here. Responses are only edited for clarity.
Candidates Questionnaire Week Three: Public Consultations and Transparency
Welcome to the third in a series of weekly articles we’re calling Candidate Questionnaires. Once a week, The Nest sends school board candidates from all six major political parties one or two questions, for their written responses to be published here. Responses are only edited for clarity.
Candidates Questionnaire Week Two: School Closures
Welcome to the second in a series of weekly articles we’re calling Candidate Questionnaires. Once a week, The Nest sends school board candidates from all six major political parties one or two questions, for their written responses to be published here. Responses are only edited for clarity.
Candidates Questionnaire Week One: Why They’re Running and What Their Priorities Are
Welcome to the first in a series of weekly articles we’re calling Candidate Questionnaires. Once a week, The Nest sends school board candidates from all six major political parties one or two questions, for their written responses to be published here. Responses are only edited for clarity.
A Quick Guide to the 2022 VSB Election
Your guide to the upcoming municipal election: what the VSB does, who can vote, and how to participate.
BREAKING: VSB Trustees Vote to Close Queen Elizabeth Annex
The Vancouver School Board (‘VSB’) voted 6-3 on Tuesday night to close Queen Elizabeth Annex, a K-3 Early French Immersion school in Vancouver’s West Side.
“Parents Believe That This is Part of a Quid Pro Quo:” The Story of the Queen Elizabeth Annex Closure Consideration
An investigation into a school closure consideration tied to one of the largest issues across municipal and provincial politics, with significant ramifications for the 650,000 residents of British Columbia's largest city.
Hamber Teachers Share Their Top Reads
Whether it be through social media forums or fiction fandoms, book recommendations have always been a quintessential point of discussion amongst reading fanatics. It is much more interesting to hear about book recommendations from people everyone knows, so who better to ask than Hamber’s very own English teachers?
High Gas Prices, Explained
Since March of this year, gas prices across Canada have been skyrocketing. In response, several provinces have made an effort to lessen the financial strain on Canadians.
BC’s Updated COVID-19 Protocols
Rules surrounding mask mandates, vaccine cards, and public gatherings have relaxed in British Columbia.
Review | First Impressions: Elle’s Review of Restaurants Around Vancouver
A staff reporter’s guide five new restaurants around Vancouver.
Opinion | The Electric Car Fallacy
It is important to remember that electric cars are not fundamentally bad, however it is how they are sold that has the greatest harm on society.
Public Transit Throughout the Pandemic
As ridership rates return to pre-COVID levels and higher, TransLink has rolled back measures that were implemented previously while re-shifting focus back on expanding the current network through new projects and improvements to existing infrastructure.
BC is a Step Closer to making Daylight Savings Permanent
Earlier in March, that switch took a step further after the United States Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would permanently implement DST across Canada’s southern neighbour.
Indigenous Representatives Meet the Pope
32 First Nations delegates, and survivors of Canada’s residential schools travelled to St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. They demanded that they receive a formal apology from Pope Francis and the Catholic Church for the abuses they endured under the control of Catholic school staff.
The Rise of the Canadian Men’s Soccer Team
In 1986, the Canadian men’s soccer team competed at the FIFA World Cup for the first time in history. In 2022, 36 years later, the team qualified for a second time. How, after so many years dormant, did the team achieve such significant success?
EDITORIAL | Thames Valley District School Board: A Case Study for the VSB
The Mayor of the Zorra Township put it well when he questioned who was in charge. Is it the people we elect to represent us, or is it the bureaucracy of the district management?
EDITORIAL| Time to Take Media Literacy Education Seriously
It’s time we take media literacy seriously, as neglecting it threatens the foundation of Canadian democracy and fails the guidance offered in the School Act.
EDITORIAL| Washrooms are a Necessity, Not to Mention a Human Right
Keeping washrooms in a perpetual inoperative state is a reactive, impractical long-term solution to callous vandalism that fails the proportionality test in the administration of fairness for all students.
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Two Months On
Russia’s initial goal of invading the capital, Kyiv, was thought to be an easy target for one of the largest armies in the world. However, Ukraine managed to start to push them out of the region by March 25.