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CBC
22-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Some B.C. school districts making major cuts in struggle to balance budgets
As B.C. school districts present their budgets for the coming year, numerous of them are struggling to cover their regular costs. The Surrey Board of Education has made headlines with its anticipated $16-million shortfall, but as The Early Edition story producer Caroline Chan shows us, it's not the only one facing a deficit.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Are the Patriots a 10-win team? Curran and Keefe weigh in
Are the Patriots a 10-win team? Curran and Keefe weigh in originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Despite back-to-back 4-13 seasons, the New England Patriots will enter the 2025 campaign with reasonably high expectations. Advertisement Those expectations are partly the result of overhauling the coaching staff, including hiring Mike Vrabel to replace Jerod Mayo as head coach and bringing Josh McDaniels back as offensive coordinator. The Vrabel-led Patriots also added premier talent at several positions of need, namely wide receiver (Stefon Diggs), defensive tackle (Milton Williams), linebacker (Harold Landry), and offensive tackle (Morgan Moses and first-rounder Will Campbell). Last week's NFL schedule release only raised the expectations, with the Patriots having arguably the easiest 17-game slate in the league. After going through New England's 2025 schedule, NBC Sports Boston's Patriots insider Tom E. Curran shared his win-loss record prediction. '9-8, 10-7,' Curran said on Monday's Early Edition. 'Based upon the improvement in the offseason of presumably the quarterback, a better and more harmonious coaching staff with experience, every dysfunctional position group addressed — some in very determined terms like Milton Williams — and a really, really, really easy schedule, especially at home. 'So you add all those things up and you say, 'Hey, if everything goes as it seems like it should, you should win 10 games.' And I tried to be very judicious and objective and say, 'Look, this is an ass team. It's been an ass team for two straight years. Call it three.' … So for them to drastically improve to a 10-7 team, it seems beyond the pale, but that's where I am.' Advertisement WEEI's Rich Keefe came to the same conclusion as Curran. 'I've got them 10-7 too,' he said. 'All the names coming in — the coaches staff as well as the players — you're like, 'Alright, they're going to be way better than they were last year.' And then you do the exercise that everybody does. You go through it, and you're like, 'Oh my God, Giants and Browns and all these horrible teams.' 'And to Tom's point, most of those bad teams are also at home. So I'm like, alright, they probably will lose one or two of those, but I'm not going to pick them to lose too many of them. And then the road schedule isn't brutal either. … So I've got them at 10 (wins), and there's no real upsets either. … So 10 (wins) and a playoff spot is not crazy.' The Patriots have a golden opportunity to start the 2025 season off strong. Three out of their first four games are at Gillette Stadium, and they're against beatable opponents in the Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Carolina Panthers. Their one road game in that stretch is Week 2 in Miami. Advertisement From there, their schedule doesn't get much tougher until late November, when they'll visit Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. They will return home to face the lowly New York Giants on Monday Night Football, then prepare for difficult matchups against the Buffalo Bills at home and the Baltimore Ravens on the road. If young QB Drake Maye takes the anticipated step forward in his development, and if the offseason additions play to their potential, there is a real chance the Patriots could end their three-year postseason drought. With the schedule working in their favor, anything less than a winning record would be a disappointment.
CBC
13-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
How can Surrey schools keep up with the city's booming population?
Surrey schools are on track to see a $16-million budget shortfall for the 2025-26 school year. The Surrey Board of Education says that's because provincial funding is not keeping pace with inflation and rapid population growth. The Early Edition's Stephen Quinn spoke with school board chair Gary Tymoschuk about the issue.
Hamilton Spectator
03-05-2025
- Health
- Hamilton Spectator
‘Nobody can ever replace Trey'
It's hard to imagine how the Downtown Eastside will function without the steady force for good that was Trey (Ashtrey) Helten. What's not hard to see is how deeply he was loved — by the community he served, his partner and their son, his dog Zelda, his former employer Sarah Blyth at the Overdose Prevention Society (OPS), his good friend Smokey D, and by the many, many people he helped in the latter part of his short life of 42 years. When Helten failed to show up to a training at OPS on the morning of Tuesday, April 22, Blyth and a colleague went to his Strathcona home and found him unresponsive. At the time of this writing, the cause of death is unknown. Since his passing, an outpouring of love and remembrance has flooded social media and the Downtown Eastside streets he served with such integrity. Murals have begun to appear in his honour, and there is a growing movement to name one of the neighbourhood laneways — Ashtrey Alley. Helten was publicly up front that his early years were characterized by addiction; he didn't mind being called an addict, he once said on Garth Mullins' Crackdown podcast. In his recovery, he built relationships with hundreds of people and, as manager of the OPS, saved the lives of hundreds more. Blyth, who is the organization's executive director, has given many interviews since Helten's passing. For CBC Radio's Early Edition and As It Happens, Blyth recalls Helten's fierce dedication to the people he was helping. Over and above his tireless work at OPS, he was willing to drive people to appointments, detox and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. He took people to lunch or for coffee at the Ovaltine Cafe. He was passionate about doing everything he could in aid of a person's safety, recovery and comfort. In an interview with Megaphone, Blyth once said: 'I can't find words to describe what a unique person Trey is.' Helten began working at OPS in 2018. Megaphone featured Helten on the cover in September 2023, along with his dog, Zelda. Zelda — part pit bull, mastiff and king corso — like Helten could expertly detect drug overdoses. As with many extraordinary pets in the Downtown Eastside, Zelda reflected qualities of her human: intuition, compassion, intelligence and love. In the CBC As It Happens interview, Blyth acknowledged that Helten sometimes tried too hard, to the detriment of his own self-care. At one point, he relapsed into his addiction and needed to step away from his job as manager of OPS. But as his partner, Amanda Jane Rose — who is expecting Helten's second child — said on Facebook, 'Trey NEVER gave up on his recovery.' 'Trey believed that recovery was always possible. It doesn't matter if it takes you one try or one hundred. Keep coming back, keep coming back, keep coming back.' Before Christmas, Helten gave a naloxone training session to photojournalist Amy Romer, who then worked with him to write a 'Naloxone 101' for Megaphone magazine, published just last month in the April issue — in time for the nine-year anniversary of the toxic drug overdose crisis being declared a B.C. public health emergency. Helten's dedication never stopped. 'Nobody can ever replace Trey,' said Rose. 'Not in this community, not in the hearts of so many people and certainly not in my life. He was the most unique, wonderful person in the world. To me, he was perfect.' Trey Helten tributes: A tribute to Helten can be found in the latest episode of the Crackdown podcast. There will be an all day memorial in Helen's honour on Saturday, May 10 in the parking lot of the now-demolished Balmoral Hotel (100-block East Hastings Street), from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Artist Smokey D has created a memorial piece near OPS.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Perry: Why TreVeyon Henderson is ‘favorite' Pats pick in draft
Perry: Why TreVeyon Henderson is 'favorite' Pats pick in draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots received rave reviews for their selections in the 2025 NFL Draft. From left tackle Will Campbell in Round 1 to edge rusher Brayden Swinson in Round 5, Mike Vrabel and Co. filled several glaring roster needs with promising young talent. Advertisement But which Patriots draft pick deserves the best grade? NBC Sports Boston's Phil Perry shared his favorite selection during Monday's Early Edition. 'I'm gonna go with their second-round pick, TreVeyon Henderson, the running back out of Ohio State,' Perry said. 'The reason I like him as much as I do is because he's not just a classic between-the-tackles, hammerhead kind of running back. I think it's actually good value to get a player like this in the second round, even considering the fact that the NFL tends to devalue running backs, because he's a passing-game player. He's going to be a threat in the passing game, he's going to be an easy outlet for Drake Maye, and he's the kind of player where as soon as he touches it, he's a threat to score. Not only that, but he is a beast in pass protection. 'So again, where you're trying to surround your quarterback with people that are gonna keep in safe and make him look better than he might be at times, TreVeyon Henderson is exactly the way to go. So I really like that after protecting him in the first round, they get him a weapon in the second round. He was one of the best in this year's draft.' Perry gave the Henderson pick an A- grade immediately after the selection, so his praise for the former Buckeye is no surprise. Advertisement Henderson will help Drake Maye as arguably the best pass-protecting running back in the draft class. He's speedy, shifty, and a capable pass-catcher out of the backfield. He has all the ingredients to immediately give New England's offense a boost in 2025. Henderson totaled 144 carries for 1,016 yards (7.1 yards per attempt) and 10 touchdowns last season. The 22-year-old added 27 catches for 284 yards and a TD. He'll join Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson in the Patriots' running back room. If Stevenson's fumbling woes continue (seven fumbles in 2024), Henderson could compete for the bulk of the carries. He never lost a fumble during his four-year tenure at Ohio State (667 total touches). Hear more of what Perry had to say about Henderson in the video below:
