Tag: school
Owen Sound school hosts volleyball tournament featuring teams from every board
Owen Sound schools were host to a first-of-its-kind volleyball tournament, featuring teams from the three regional school boards and two private schools. On Jan. 16, students from grades 6 to 8 competed at the tournament at l’école catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio and Notre Dame Catholic School. Owen Sound’s Timothy Christian School won first place in the tournament […]
More Electric Buses for Australia
Despite stagnant electric car sales, the influx of electric buses remains unabated in Australia. Let’s start with EV market leader BYD. In Australia and around the world, BYD is on a roll. The company has delivered 74,000 electric buses around the globe. Rapid technology advancements, which lead to greater driver … [continued]
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Detroit lures kids to school with $200 gift cards. Perfect attendance is up
The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate….
Thames Valley trustees ask: Where are our would-be students going?
The budget deficit facing the London region’s largest school board has increased again, driven in part by another cut to the number of students at its schools – which has trustees searching for answers.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding to Connect & Scale the Electric Transportation Ecosystem
The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation invests $43.7 million to enable more charging access in the public right-of-way, expand e-mobility fleet options, and deliver new ways to scale affordable energy use in transportation. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Transportation (DOT) Joint Office of Energy and … [continued]
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Debt-wary school board drops plan for fees to aid school construction
The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board would suffer crushing debt if it started buying up land for new schools rather than waiting for funding from Queen’s Park to do so, officials told trustees at a debate this week.
Carter George visits the REACH Centre
Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George spent some time at the REACH Centre in Owen Sound Wednesday afternoon to talk hockey, and the World Juniors, and to sign autographs for some of the city’s biggest Attack fans. Since 2014, the REACH Centre has provided programming for individuals in Grey-Bruce with intellectual and developmental disabilities. George […]
Interest rates, Donald Trump and London’s 2025 housing market outlook
London’s housing market ended 2024 on a positive note, bolstered by a strong fall that helped the region reach 8,000 homes sold for the first time in three years. All signs pointed to an even stronger 2025 amid lower interest rates and new mortgage rules meant to help first-time buyers. But clouds are now on […]
KDSS girls hockey team win two games on the same day
(By Becky Grebenjak) The Kincardine District Senior School (KDSS) girls hockey team made a remarkable impression on the entire school last Wednesday. To read the entire article online, click here … Continue reading KDSS girls hockey team win two games on the same day
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Union: Trustees must come clean on who OK’d big school board pay hikes
The head of a union representing 1,600 Thames Valley District school board employees says she wants to know whether trustees approved senior staff pay raises of up to 33 per cent that began in 2023.