Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid can’t seem to stop talking about full-day kindergarten. That’s not surprising, since it is one of the biggest single changes to hit the B.C. school system in many years.
While not everyone is happy with the move to full-day kindergarten, it is more positive for the minister than the problems posed for the province’s education system by they decline in enrolment. MacDiarmid said that the province expects 6,000 fewer students this year, adding up to about 60,000 fewer students than a decade ago.
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READThe stunning images of Osoyoos hills and desert, captured last summer for the comedy western movie Gunless, are no longer just being seen by feature filmgoers in big-screen theatres. They have now moved right into people’s homes, showing in close-up high-definition just how beautiful this South Okanagan resort area really is.
READAt campuses up and down the valley, Okanagan College is reporting another year of growing enrolment, up 20 per cent over last year, with the Penticton campus reporting a 53 per cent increase in registrations.
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Viktor Zyemtsev of the Ukraine was calm as he went through the finish line ribbon of Subaru Ironman Canada, the first among a record 2,760 triathletes.
READBeing drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t give Brendan O’Donnell a swollen ego.
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Starting Sept. 10, Penticton will once again be transformed as music venues all over the city take on the persona of the greatest jazz locales from the French Quarter to the Cotton Club.
READFunky, cool and comfortable. Those are the words that the manager of Penticton’s newest upscale sports bar calls Bar One that opened last month.
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