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Almost 15 years after she travelled to Ghana, Naa Sheka Riby-Williams still keeps the garment that inspired her business and, later, her charity efforts, safe.
The White Rock, B.C., fashion designer bought the purple, sleeveless shirt with distinctive white patterns on a student exchange trip to the West African country. When she came home, it proved to be a hit.
“When I came back to Canada for Christmas break a lot of women were giving me compliments,” recalled Riby-Williams.
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After many Canadians reacted in shock over the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children at a former residential school site, experts are calling out the lack of Indigenous education in the Canadian curriculum.
A leaked presentation from the province’s biggest health authority contains never-before-seen details that have the BC Teachers Federation calling for a switch to hybrid learning in COVID-19 hot spots.
VANCOUVER All Surrey elementary and secondary students have access to COVID-19 gargle tests, says Fraser Health. It’s a joint initiative involving Fraser Health, BC Children’s Hospital and the Surrey School District to ensure students who exhibit symptoms at school, have quick access to COVID-19 testing, the three organizations said in a news release. BC Children’s medical microbiologist Dr. David Goldfarb says providing schools with collection sample kits that kids can take home can help make testing children for COVID-19 more feasible for families. “The Fraser Health Authority is home to 42 per cent of children in the province and children can have diverse needs, so being able to collect the sample in a familiar place can greatly reduce stress for them” says Goldfarb in the release.