Yasmin Gandham

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Yasmin Gandham

Schools in Surrey will have fewer education assistants as the district will be cutting approximately 50 positions. The decision was announced at the public school board meeting earlier this month as the district grapples with a $16 million budget shortfall. Claudia Chiesa, a parent in the district, has a 14-year-old son with autism. The news is devastating for her. “That’s crazy because – just as it is – it’s really hard for not just the parents, but for the kids”, explains Chiesa.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Yasmin Gandham

At least two elementary schools in Surrey are experiencing paper shortages, according to parents who are sounding the alarm over the scarcity of a basic classroom supply. Children at Northridge Elementary in are unable to complete some of their homework, because their school is running out of paper, according to a parent who wrote a letter to the district.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Yasmin Gandham

The last weekend of spring break is causing long wait times at the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, especially as British Columbians choose to vacation closer to home. The popular Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route had a three-sailing wait before the sunrise Friday, forcing those without reservations to wait until the afternoon to depart. BC Ferries is reminding passengers to check the current conditions on its website and book ahead of time before heading to a terminal.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Yasmin Gandham

There is hope that British Columbians will get some relief at the gas pump when the province follows through on its promise to drop the consumer carbon tax on April 1. The province is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers about the move now, so they stop collecting the tax. B.C. Premier David Eby said earlier this month that the province would kill the consumer tax after Prime Minister Mark Carney made the same announcement about the federal tax.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Yasmin Gandham |Andrew Weichel

The B.C. government has shared new details on the publicly funded in-vitro fertilization program announced last year, though there are still some unanswered questions for eager participants. Officials first promised a single cycle of IVF – a medical procedure that involves combining eggs and sperm in a lab, then transferring the fertilized embryo to a uterus – during last year’s provincial budget, which allocated $68 million in funding over two years, beginning in financial year 2025-26.