NORTH DELTA – An Indo-Canadian student from Burnsview Secondary has been awarded a $100,000 scholarship to study software engineering at the University of Waterloo in the fall.
Kushal Mujral is one of 100 graduating students from across Canada selected to receive a $100,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship this year.
The scholarship is awarded to students enrolling in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) undergraduate program at one of 20 partner universities in Canada. Every high school in Canada can nominate one student for the scholarship per academic year, and Mujral was selected for his outstanding academic and community extra-curricular achievements.
Mujral said he was “over the moon” when he received the notice of offer, adding he couldn’t believe he had won a $100,000 scholarship.
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VANCOUVER Police in Delta, B.C., say a young person was stabbed and taken to hospital Tuesday after an altercation outside a high school. The incident happened outside Burnsview Secondary as classes were being let out, according to police. “This does appear to be an isolated situation that involved a conflict between two students that did unfortunately escalate to violence,” said Cris Leykauf, spokesperson for the Delta Police Department. Police added it s too early to say what led to the altercation. The victim has since been released from hospital and is now back with their family. A suspect was arrested and a search turned up a knife that’s believed to have been used in the assault, Leykauf said.