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FRIDAY, July 13, 2018
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Airport on pace to set passenger-count record JESSICA WALLACE
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In the first half of 2018, Kamloops Airport has seen a five per cent spike in passenger numbers compared to the same time last year. “We were pleasantly surprised at the numbers when they came,” manager of airport operations
Jeff Scherban said. Through June, 170,311 passengers have passed through Fulton Field, compared to 161,251 during the same six months in 2017. Scherban said two new services that were added in May and June have led to the increase. On May 1, WestJet increased frequency of its Kamloops to Calgary flight, adding an additional daily trip. On June 21, Air
Canada’s low-cost subsidiary, Air Canada Rouge, began thriceweekly direct flights between Kamloops and Toronto. “It’s been very well-received by the community, which has been great,” Scherben said. While passenger numbers are not yet available for that flight, Scherban is optimistic heading into the remainder of the year. Air Canada said flights must
exceed 80 per cent capacity at the end of the season to be considered for continuation after the trial run ends in October. The first flight from Toronto to Kamloops was at 66 per cent capacity. The second quarter saw a four per cent increase over the same three months in 2017. From April through June, 77,389 passengers passed through Fulton Field, com-
pared to 74,155 during the same period in 2017. Kamloops Airport has been breaking passenger records as of late — both monthly and quarterly marks — and Scherben said it is on pace to best its annual record, which was set in 2015. “We’re anticipating 325,000 passengers for the year, which would be a record for the Kamloops Airport,” he said.
Teaching future teachers new ways to teach DALE BASS
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Ted Howe remembers
the days he taught high school math. At that time, he had a textbook, eager students and some ideas on how
we was going to proceed — but they were skills he taught himself. Howe, now an associate professor of curricu-
lum studies in Thompson Rivers University’s school of education, and fellow instructors Susan Lidster and Carol Rees are teach-
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teaching — something that is the key ingredient in the new provincial high school curriculum — with partnerships that bring real experiences to the process. For example, teachers at Brock Middle School were working with scientists at TRU to study water. The aim was to identify where the best place would be to create a community. That meant taking water samples in various areas with their own unique environments. The samples were tested on campus and the students were brought into that step through laptops — bring-
ing together science, math in the analyses and technology to pull it all together. “What a great way to switch them on to it,” Howe said of the learning experience. Rees said the new degree program, which runs for 12 months, is to prepare teachers to create such projects. She said there are teachers now doing it and the goal is make them aware of opportunities to partner in with faculties at TRU to bring more of a real-life feel to the learning. For more information, go online to tinyurl.com/ y9mdu6t6.
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ing would-be teachers who want to learn new ways to impart science and math to their future students. After going through the bureaucratic and government steps to create a new program, a process that took them five years, the three instructors have seen a new bachelor of education (secondary) science, technology, engineering mathematics degree created and the first cohort of students now in place. It’s designed to get away from the silos of teaching into a more holistic style, one based on experiential, project- and inquiry-based
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