Volume 19 • No. 17 • September 1 - 15 , 2023 Publication Mailing Account #41721512
Janine Gutierrez
Back to school Parents share their game plan for kids
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Parents and caregivers are once again busy buying school supplies and prepping their kids to go back to school after the September long weekend. Various news reports have suggested that some parents are limiting their budgets for school supplies and other back-to-school items this year amid increasing prices. Others plan to recycle and reuse school supplies that kids can still use. Besides the matter of school supplies, there’s also the continuing challenge of COVID-19 and other health concerns. Weaning kids from the lure of phones, games, and other gadgets that have been their constant See SCHOOL p6
Paul Ong starts new duties at Meadows West School School pilots Filipino bilingual program for Winnipeg School Division
The cast of Senior High
Winnipeg educator and local singer, Paul Ong. Story on pp4 & 5
Heather Stefanson and her PCs want more health care privatization.
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