MVSD Sets Student Growth Goals
Mountain View School Division has set several five year targets for educational and personal growth.
The division is aiming to have a 10 per cent increase over the next five years in the number of students who are competent in literacy and numeracy.
Superintendent Donna Davidson says there are many ways they hope to accomplish that.
"Strategies such as providing professional learning for our teachers to build their capacity, strategies around looking at specific assessments we can use to tell us where we go next, what are the gaps, what areas do we need to focus on?"
Davidson says they've also laid out goals to increase student confidence in employability, mental health, and a sense of belonging and safety.
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Charges Laid in Police Chase Crash in Winnipeg
Winnipeg police have charged two male youths in a crash during a police pursuit that sent six people to hospital.
Police said they were pursuing about 2:45 on Monday morning when the suspect vehicle crashed into the side of a car at an intersection.
The driver of the suspect vehicle fled on foot.
Paramedics took two adults in the second vehicle and four youths in the suspect vehicle to hospital, all with non-life-threatening injuries.
CKDM incorrectly reported yesterday that all six people taken to hospital were from one vehicle, but that is not the case.
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New MB Government Hopes to Show Full Support for TPP
Manitoba's new Tory government is looking for unanimous support in the legislature for its bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The province's Progressive Conservative government says the agreement would open and expand trade opportunities for Manitoba in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trade Minister Cliff Cullen says Canada's ratification of the TPP is critical for the chance to expand trade opportunities.
He says inclusion in the TPP would mean an increase of approximately $250-million per year in sales for Manitoba exporters.
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Interest Rate Expected to Stay the Same
The Bank of Canada is expected to keep its key interest rate at 0.5 per cent later this morning.
But economists will be scrutinizing the central bank's overall statement for clues about how it views the economy.
At the bank's last rate announcement, it raised expectations for economic growth in its monetary policy report.
But the massive forest fire in Alberta that has shut down oilsands production this month has cut into expectations for second-quarter results.
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Warm Summer, Average Rainfall Ahead According to Weather Network
The Weather Network is forecasting a warm summer for the majority of Canadians this year, but it warns rainfall will be "highly variable,'' bringing rapidly developing electrical storms to certain areas at times.
Chief meteorologist Chris Scott says it's not going to rain much more than average anywhere this summer -- but when it does, it will likely pour.
The network's forecast for June, July and August also predicts Western Canada won't experience as hot or dry a summer as the last few years, while Central and Eastern Canada will get slightly higher temperatures.
