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Regretably many authors may not have had an opportunity to request they be considered? Great support by government but the selection process and selection of grantees isnt very transparent?

where will the show be aired?

A little more info please – Bayside is a very long road and it would be helpful to know maybe from point A to point B

Just think how many could be caught in a week going from one area of the city to the next.

Lowering the bar for literacy will certainly not prepare children for the world. Without the ability to read, their world will remain very small indeed.

As per the previous report of changing how literacy is determined, here we have an adult literacy crisis…need we say more?

Student test grades have dropped further. The solution? Reduce the number of teaching days and lower the literacy target!! What is the government thinking? Do they honestly think this is the answer? Unbelievable!!!

There is really something wrong. How much more can people take? Even with rates the way they are, choosing between food and hydro is a real concern now, never mind another 17% increase, and the amount of wattage NB Power is quoting isn’t realistic at all…a normal household uses a great deal more, and thus, the projected increase will be much higher than they are quoting.

In the Uk the Times reports on an app called “Blackout” which each student must download on their phone in order to bring it into the classroom. It allows for emergency phone calls and some apps needed for schoolwork such as a calendar or calculator. It must be turned on during school hours and the school and parents are notified if turned off. It increased student engagement , interaction an d improvement in academic schools in a trial . Perhaps NB schools should consider a similar approach ?

Glad this man is okay.A quick thinking and lucky man.Think God you are alive to tell what happened to you.m