A 15-year-old student has died unexpectedly, an Oak Bay High School principal informed parents and guardians. Oak Bay High principal Tom Aerts identified the student as Harrison Helliwell in a . . .
Meet the top 20 finalists competing in the 2021 Challenge National Final
May 27, 2021
It’s been a difficult year for students across Canada, navigating distance learning and COVID-19 restrictions, but that hasn’t stopped some of them from taking on new challenges. Thousands of students participated in this year’s 26
th annual Canadian Geographic Challenge. After months of hard work and hundreds of questions on all things geography-related, 20 student have risen to the top to compete for the title of National Champion.
The Challenge is open to Canadian students in grades 7-10 and features a series of classroom, school and provincial/territorial rounds before culminating in the National Final. This weekend, the country’s brightest young geographers will be tested on their knowledge, critical thinking and practical skills. Students will complete an independent fieldwork round and an online written test. From there, the top five competitors will advance to the trivia-styl
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2020 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Steve Nash
MIES (Switzerland) - Steve Nash, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and Canada national team icon, is being inducted into FIBA Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2020.
Nash and eight other players - Isabelle Fijalkowski (France), Mieczyslaw Lopatka (Poland), Agnes Nemeth (Hungary), Park Shin-ja (Korea), Modestas Paulauskas (Lithuania), Kenichi Sako (Japan), Alexander Volkov (Ukraine) and Jure Zdovc (Slovenia) - are being enshrined, as well as legendary coaches Ruben Magnano (Argentina), Svetislav Pesic (Serbia) and Tara Van Derveer (USA).
Where does one start with the incredible story about Nash, who at first in childhood played soccer and ice hockey but then discovered basketball and blossomed into the best player his country has ever known? He truly was spectacular, a 1.91m (6Â ft 3Â in) point guard that became one of the most dominant figures on the NBA hardwood.
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Victoria teenager Quinn Ngawati, who became the first Canadian-born player to appear for the Toronto Wolfpack, interacts with fans after their game against the Gloucestershire All Golds in Kingstone Press League 1 rugby action in Toronto on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Ngawati now wears the colours of Rugby United New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson April 24, 2021 - 8:20 AM
Just 21, Victoria s Quinn Ngawati has already played professionally in both of rugby s codes, worn the Maple Leaf, had a franchise fold under him and moved continents during a pandemic.
There has been no shortage of learnings along the way. It s definitely been a whirlwind, I d say. I ve been able to be a part of a few amazing experiences, Ngawati said. And a lot of times it s obviously not just what you learn on the field but everything you learn off of it.
He said several staff members are following COVID-19 precautionary measures and self-isolating. “This makes it difficult to function operationally,” he said. A COVID-19 exposure was reported at the school Jan. 6-8. The school issued an update last Wednesday noting that “two or more members” of the school had tested positive for COVID-19. A Saturday notice reported further cases. On Sunday, Island Health informed the school that more people had tested positive in what’s now being called a cluster of cases. Dr. Richard Stanwick, chief medical health officer for Island Health, said the health authority did not ask the school to close.