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According to the latest provincial data, B.C. schools are increasingly relying on the use of uncertified teachers. Global News speaks with Carolyn Broady of the BC School Trustees Association about the shortage of teachers.

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma discusses the province’s proposed legislation to protect school zones from protests.

Several Jazz band students throughout the Okanagan are busy rehearsing ahead of the 45th annual B.C. Interior Jazz Festival. Sydney Morton introduces us to the students of Rutland Middle School and Rutland Senior Secondary who are preparing for their time in the spotlight.

The Lhtako Dene Nation in B.C.’s Cariboo region says it is outraged the mayor’s wife has been circulating a book that dismisses the horrors of residential schools. At a meeting, Quesnel city councillors condemned the actions of Mayor Ron Paull’s wife, Pat Morton.

The Langley Events Centre has made the B.C. High School Basketball Provincial Championship a slam-dunk experience for everyone involved. Barry Deley has the story.

The trial is underway for a man accused of driving into a group of Indigenous marchers in Mission almost two years ago. Global’s Kristen Robinson was at the Abbotsford courthouse and heard from one of the alleged victims.

Coquitlam RCMP investigators have confirmed the suspicious fire that destroyed an elementary school is now believed to be human-caused. Emily Lazatin has the update.

BC First Nations Health Authority counselling service eligibility rules have undergone major changes. The health authority said only residential school survivors and family members with status cards can receive free counselling.

Safeeya Pirani visits Guildford Park Secondary as the school’s band prepares for one of Canada’s biggest jazz festivals.

An impending Vancouver Park Board vote will address temporary sheltering locations and restrictions. The City of White Rock is planning on installing CCTV cameras around the city. A look ahead at Monday’s solar eclipse in B.C. A Downtown Eastside community member shares his story regarding graffiti at Emily Carr Art School.

The most unusual mall in Vancouver, the Kingsgate Mall, owned by the Vancouver School Board, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. An animal rescue operation holds an open house in Delta.

Global’s Safeeya Pirani visits Salish Secondary in Surrey as students get ready for the high school dance competition.

Starting this September, BC students face a “bell to bell” phone ban. Clinical and school psychologist Todd Cunningham guides us through the details, discussing the need for consistency, and explores the potential impact on the learning environment.

Landlords stage a protest at the office of the B.C. Housing Minister against a system they say is rigged against them. The province announced more cancer treatment and care is coming to Vancouver. On her first birthday, a family struggles with their daughter’s health and no one knows what’s wrong. Two years after their playground...

A B.C. flying school is taking a former student to court, claiming he won’t move out of student housing — more than two and a half years after he dropped out of their course. Kristen Robinson reports.

Police search for a suspect after a brutal daytime attack in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. There is an outpouring of support from Global News viewers for a rural transplant patient. And why some schools in Surrey are forced to say no to new students.

Joe Scarpelli speaks with Ulrich Mueller, Professor of Psychology at University of Victoria, to discuss the proposed restrictions on cell phones in schools in B.C.

The school capacity crisis is so severe in New Westminster they’re running out of room for portables. How the province’s plan to hold social media giants and drug companies accountable. And a Victoria police officer’s notebook goes missing – for the second time.

The province announces six-figure fines and jail time for commercial vehicle overpass strikes. Surrey has approved 150 new parking spots for trucks, but the industry says that’s not nearly enough. And why parents at a Vancouver school accuse the city of a parking cash grab.

Officials say the fire that destroyed a Coquitlam elementary school was human-caused. The B.C. government announces plans to build two new schools in Surrey. The province releases new nurse-to-patient ratios. And a one-on-one with the Green Men as the Canucks’ famous superfans come out of retirement.