Wednesday, March 18, 2026
ADVT 
National

Dirt Laced With Glass, Plastic, Applied To Some School Fields On Sunshine Coast

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Sep, 2018 12:57 PM
  • Dirt Laced With Glass, Plastic, Applied To Some School Fields On Sunshine Coast
GIBSONS, B.C. — Students at seven schools on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, north of Vancouver, must stay off the grass playing fields until further notice.
 
 
School District 46 says seven of the district's 14 sports fields are closed indefinitely.
 
 
Superintendent Patrick Bocking says soil that was contaminated with bits of glass, plastic and porcelain was applied to the grass over the summer.
 
 
Bocking says a contractor working for the district applied the debris-filled dirt.
 
 
He says district staff are working to clean up the fields.
 
 
There's no word when the fields will reopen.

MORE National ARTICLES

Toxic Shock Syndrome Killed B.C. Teen And Tampon Use Can't Be Ruled Out: Coroner

Toxic Shock Syndrome Killed B.C. Teen And Tampon Use Can't Be Ruled Out: Coroner
A coroner has concluded a 16-year-old British Columbia girl died of toxic shock syndrome while on a school trip last year.

Toxic Shock Syndrome Killed B.C. Teen And Tampon Use Can't Be Ruled Out: Coroner

Vancouver Police Arrest A Man For Stealing Woman's Purse In West End Sunday Evening

  Vancouver Police arrested a robbery suspect Sunday evening after he allegedly pushed a woman to the ground and ran off with her purse in Vancouver’s West End.

Vancouver Police Arrest A Man For Stealing Woman's Purse In West End Sunday Evening

BC Hydro Aims To Fund Two Vancouver Schools In Exchange For Underground Substation

BC Hydro Aims To Fund Two Vancouver Schools In Exchange For Underground Substation
VANCOUVER — School trustees in Vancouver have approved a plan that would see BC Hydro finance the construction of a new elementary school in the city's West End and replace another, in exchange for building a substation under school board property.

BC Hydro Aims To Fund Two Vancouver Schools In Exchange For Underground Substation

B.C.'s Illicit Overdose Deaths Decreasing Almost Every Month This Year

B.C.'s Illicit Overdose Deaths Decreasing Almost Every Month This Year
 Latest Overdose Statistics, Show 109 People Died In May From Illicit Drugs

B.C.'s Illicit Overdose Deaths Decreasing Almost Every Month This Year

Messy, Screeching Peafowl To Be Removed From Surrey, B.C., Neighbourhood

Messy, Screeching Peafowl To Be Removed From Surrey, B.C., Neighbourhood
The mournful cries of peacocks could soon be silenced in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood after city council voted to roust the birds.

Messy, Screeching Peafowl To Be Removed From Surrey, B.C., Neighbourhood

RCMP Seek Suspect After Man Shot, Woman Injured In Targeted Surrey, B.C., Attack

RCMP Seek Suspect After Man Shot, Woman Injured In Targeted Surrey, B.C., Attack
This Is The Third Reported Shooting In Cloverdale Since Saturday, And 25th Shots-fired Incident So Far This Year

RCMP Seek Suspect After Man Shot, Woman Injured In Targeted Surrey, B.C., Attack