Wednesday, June 17, 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

Canada Is Considering NATO Request For Afghanistan Police Trainers: Harjit Sajjan

Canada Is Considering NATO Request For Afghanistan Police Trainers: Harjit Sajjan
HALIFAX — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Ottawa is considering a NATO request to send police trainers to Afghanistan, but he says Canada's military focus remains in Iraq.

Canada Is Considering NATO Request For Afghanistan Police Trainers: Harjit Sajjan

Sikhs In USA Not Feeling Safe, Capt Amarinder Singh Tells Sushma Swaraj

Sikhs In USA Not Feeling Safe,  Capt Amarinder Singh Tells Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today directed Indian Ambassador in the US Navtej Sarna to update Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh about issues related to safety and security of Indians in that country.

Sikhs In USA Not Feeling Safe, Capt Amarinder Singh Tells Sushma Swaraj

B.C. Child Killer Allan Schoenborn Too Much Of A Threat For Escorted Outings, Crown Says

B.C. Child Killer Allan Schoenborn Too Much Of A Threat For Escorted Outings, Crown Says
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A Crown lawyer says a man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children poses too much of a threat to be allowed escorted outings into the community.

B.C. Child Killer Allan Schoenborn Too Much Of A Threat For Escorted Outings, Crown Says

Immigration Minister Orders Review Of Canada's Asylum Claim System

Immigration Minister Orders Review Of Canada's Asylum Claim System
OTTAWA — The federal immigration minister has ordered a review of the asylum process in Canada in a bid to speed up the system.

Immigration Minister Orders Review Of Canada's Asylum Claim System

Suspect Who Fatally Shot Indian Man At Kansas City Bar Indicted On Hate Crimes

Suspect Who Fatally Shot Indian Man At Kansas City Bar Indicted On Hate Crimes
The man accused of shooting Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his colleague Alok Madasani at a bar in Kansas has been indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime and firearms charges, the media reported.

Suspect Who Fatally Shot Indian Man At Kansas City Bar Indicted On Hate Crimes

Ex-Alberta Politician Becomes Oldest Canadian To Climb Mount Everest

Ex-Alberta Politician Becomes Oldest Canadian To Climb Mount Everest
John Oldring, who served as a member of the legislature from 1986 to 1993 after spending more than a decade on Red Deer city council, accomplished the feat on May 25.

Ex-Alberta Politician Becomes Oldest Canadian To Climb Mount Everest