Two Grade 6 students from Waterloo received an award earlier this week from NDP MPP Catherine Fife's office for simply being a good friend. Sophie McConnell and Edl Lemlen have gone above and beyond to make sure their best friend Sebastian van Heiningen, who has autism and is non-verbal, feels included.
January 16, 2021 - 7:00 PM In the two weeks since school got back underway, the number of school exposures has grown Central Okanagan Public Schools announced three new COVID-19 exposures Saturday, adding Springvalley Elementary, South Rutland Elementary and Mount Boucherie Secondary to the list, according to a press release issued by Central Okanagan Public Schools. Within the last two weeks, potential exposures have been reported at eight Central Okanagan schools, including Kelowna Secondary on Jan. 4,5, and 7, Rutland Secondary, Jan. 4 and 11, Okanagan Mission Secondary, Jan. 7-8, Hudson Road Elementary, Jan. 5-8, Spring Valley Elementary, Jan 11-12, Glenrosa Middle, Jan. 7-8, Mount Boucherie Secondary, Jan. 5, 7, 8, 11-14 and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School, Jan. 7-8, according to Interior Health.