Artists rally to support Montreal concert hall after court orders noise ban

Earlier this year, two parent council chairs from Victoria schools sent their district school board an unusual request: They asked trustees to reinstate a police-in-schools program.The practice of having uniformed officers in schools in Canada has been controversial, and in recent years, it has been phased out in many school boards across the country. The Greater Victoria School District cancelled its school police liaison officer program last June.However, in their January letters, the parents argued that the decision to eliminate the program was “short-sighted” because of what they...