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Table tennis,  a game of skill, quick reaction and, when played with intention and determination, is capable of delivering an intense workout.
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Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Society has joined forces with the Timber Framers Guild for a major build project that will enhance the esthetics and extend the use of a popular education and training center located on beautiful Hornby Island. ​

Touted as the jewel of the Pacific, the Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Centre (TBOEC) will soon have a fire-pit pavilion erected on its grounds, replacing the current open pit.
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A group of retired staff members from G.P. Vanier Secondary is inviting anyone who worked at the school from its opening in 1968 to the present to attend a 50-year reunion party on Oct. 20.

All of the nearly 800 teachers, administrators, education assistants, office staff, and custodians who were employed at Vanier over its first 50 years are welcome to attend the school’s golden anniversary.
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Now that the Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Center (TBOEC) has filled every possible spot (with more on a waiting list) for the upcoming Young Women in Ocean Literacy in Stewardship Camp, it's safe to say, 'game on!'
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Valley students will join thousands of Canadians by taking an active role in protecting our aquatic ecosystems against shoreline litter.

Close to 200 students from four schools are participating in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a conservation partnership of Ocean Wise® and WWF-Canada, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited.
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The Construction Trades Sampler class, led by Troy Dakiniewich, G.P. Vanier Secondary Construction Teacher, recently accomplished a major build project in Royston under the guidance of master timber framers Randy Churchill and Martin Stutz. On June 6, after working steadily for seven days in May, 15 students of the class of 16 ​erected a new timber framed barbeque shelter.
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At Sandwick Technical School located on Rennison Road, a lot of ​creativity goes on. Sometimes unnoticed until May and June when every Grade 7 class  throughout  Comox Valley Schools cycles through, trying up to eight trades - Carpentry, Concrete, Electrical, Plumbing, Drywal​l, Painting, Mechanics and Cooking.
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June weather may have chilled the air with the return to rain but it hasn't cooled spirits or dampened enthusiasm for this group of strong picnickers!
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