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Parents told to keep kids at home Thursday
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Katie Bartel The Progress Parents, keep your children home. That’s the message coming out of the school board office in light of this week’s one-day rotating strike. Letters were sent home to parents late last week requesting they keep their children home from classes Thursday, May 29, the scheduled day Chilliwack teachers will be on picket lines. Although schools will technically be open, there will be no adequate supervision, said superintendent Evelyn Novak. The district anticipates other unionized workers will honour picket lines put up by teachers. As a result, buses will not be running, nor will support staff be on duty. “We know that our teachers and support staff will not be reporting for duty, so we are asking parents to keep their children home that day,” said Novak. “We want to ensure that our students and staff are safe, that is our primary concern.” In addition, all school-based daycares, preschools, StrongStart centres, community schools, and neighbourhood learning centres will be closed, and facility rentals cancelled. Parents looking for more information are asked to watch the school district website, or contact their school principal. “We know that you share with us the desire to return to normal operations as quickly as possible and that this labour dispute will soon be concluded,” she said. Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for the province’s school districts, said the union’s latest wage demand amounts to 15.9 per cent over four years. The BCTF maintains its wage proposal is 13.25 per cent over four years, including cost-of-living increases based on each year’s inflation rate.
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Eight-year-old Brandon Sigurdson gets his palm printed with the help of Nicole Armstrong of Chilliwack Crime Prevention Services at JumpStart at Canadian Tire on Saturday. Not only did JumpStart raise funds for kids who might not otherwise be able to afford organized sports, it presented information from local community groups. The printing was part of a child safety identification initiative. GREG KNILL/ PROGRESS
SAR member earns volunteer of the year A key member of Chilliwack Search and Rescue has earned a Public Safety Lifeline Volunteer award for his contributions to emergency and disaster response in British Columbia. Jack Bryceland, a 40-year veteran of the local association, was named British Columbia’s 2014 SAR Volunteer of the Year at a ceremony in Victoria on Monday. He was one of six volunteers from across the province to be presented a PSLV award by Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton. Public Safety Lifeline Volunteers conduct air and ground searches, help the victims of serious car
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accidents, set up networks of volunteer teams and co-ordinate services for victims of natural disasters. Bryceland, who was out of country and unable to attend Monday’s ceremony, joined Chilliwack SAR in 1974. A former Chilliwack secondary teacher, he is a lead instructor for the Chilliwack ground search and rescue team, and has trained volunteers in all of the rescue disciplines including: avalanche, helicopter external transport system, mountain rescue, rope rescue, swift water rescue, and dive rescue team (since replaced by the RCMP dive team). His love for the outdoors
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stretches back to the 1960s when he was a member of the BC Mountaineering Club. Since then he has logged several assents, including the 18,000foot Mount Saint Elias, the second highest peak in Canada and the U.S. His involvement with the Jack Bryceland mountaineering club also led to his contribution to a best-selling guide to the back country in B.C., “103 Hikes of Southwest B.C.” – a book that
has helped thousands of hikers navigate key trails in the province safely. Bryceland also worked with Neil Grainger on his book, “The Mountain Project” by climbing several of the peaks named after fallen war heroes and placing a cross at the summit to commemorate their sacrifice. As a teacher, Bryceland helped educate young people on the importance of wilderness safety and environmental preservation. Today, he is a member in many clubs and organizations including: the Chilliwack Outdoor Club, the Federation of Mountain Continued: BRYCELAND/ p5
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