VANCOUVER – The Province has launched the $27-million first phase of ReadNow BC, an action plan to help British Columbians improve their reading skills, Premier Gordon Campbell announced at a literacy summit to mark Family Literacy Week.

VANCOUVER – Education Minister Shirley Bond got a firsthand look at $37 million in seismic upgrades underway at Vancouver Technical secondary school during a visit to the school.

COLWOOD – With $5 million in provincial funding and additional contributions from community partners, Sooke school district has purchased a site for West Shore secondary school at Royal Bay.

PRINCE GEORGE – Students are getting a lesson in life-saving thanks to a CPR program launched today in two area secondary schools.

VICTORIA – More than 100 new degree programs have been approved at post-secondary institutions around the province in the past three years, giving British Columbia students more education choices, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced today.

VICTORIA – School boards will be required to comply with the Sept. 29 B.C. Supreme Court decision on school fees that upholds the provisions of the School Act and clearly lays out when school boards can and cannot charge fees.