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City leaves $5 million pool fund off city plan ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor
to education over the past 10 years. At Maclean Elementary, teachers exited school just after the end-of-school bell carrying protest signs. Jill Spearn, who teaches at MacLean said that the day of action is in
Council has taken the $5 million line item for the controversial pool upgrade off the city’s five-year financial plan. The funds were allocated there in the case that the city gets the 4 million it applied for from the province in December. Coun. Kathy Moore put forward the recommendation that the item be taken out until they hear back from about the grant. “If we were to decide that this is where we want to go then we could amend it and put it back in,� Moore said. “I feel this particular issue has been very troublesome in the community and I do not want to see it in the plan.� Moore cited that sometimes money ends up being spent on things in the plan for the sole reason that it was in the plan. Coun. Cary Fisher suggested that they leave some amount in the fund, because they will, either way, have to do some maintenance on the pool structure. CAO Victor Kumar explained that since the $4 million would come from the province, the net effect would only be about $400,000 to the city when all is said and done. Mayor Greg Granstrom acknowledged that. “Everyone understands that, I think it’s just been a contentious issue,� Granstrom said. Moore said that Coun. Fisher had a good
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Jill Spearn, right, and other teachers at MacLean Elementary formed a protest at the end of classes Monday in support of the BCTF and against action being taken by the provincial government to mandate teachers back to full duty.
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Teachers in B.C. are awaiting whether further action will be taken in the strike that has so far only affected administrative duties.
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The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) has been given the go ahead for a more in-depth strike if negotiations with the province don’t improve. On Monday, teachers across B.C. protested the government’s handling of the negotiations as well as the cuts
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