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CBC
10-07-2025
- General
- CBC
Fishers in Lillooet, B.C., hook massive 700-pound sturgeon in Fraser River
Fishers in Lillooet, B.C., hook massive 700-pound sturgeon in Fraser River News Duration 1:12 A group of fishermen in B.C.'s Interior are still raving about what they reeled in recently. They were on the Fraser River near Lillooet on Monday, when one of their hooks caught a three-metre-long white sturgeon weighing more than 700 pounds.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Yahoo
Teacher in B.C. Interior suspended after telling girls he 'was not a pedophile': regulator
The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation has suspended a teacher in the province's Interior after he reportedly told Grade 11 girls in fitness class that he was "not a pedophile" and touched some of them, making them uncomfortable. Todd Erin Graham consented to a one-day suspension of his teaching certificate and to attend a respectful boundaries course, as part of discipline relating to events in the 2022-23 school year. As part of a consent agreement posted online on Tuesday, the regulator found that Graham was teaching a fitness and conditioning class to Grade 11 students between September and December 2022 when he separated the girls from the boys. "In that meeting, Graham told the girls that he was 'not a pedophile' but that he might have to 'grab them' to show them proper form or to spot them," the consent agreement reads. "Graham then told them that he had no attraction to them as he was 52 and they were 15." The female students reportedly felt uncomfortable after the meeting, with Graham also saying that he would periodically touch students to help them with their form or work muscle groups. Those included occasions when he touched the side of a female student's chest while she was performing a bench press and asked, "Can you feel that?" Graham was also found to have pushed a student's hips while she used a squat rack, and complimented another student's legs while she used a leg press machine. Demeaning comments The regulator also found that he made demeaning comments to both an Indigenous student and a student with diverse needs, while singling them out in front of their classmates in the 2022-23 school year. Following those events, the school district gave him a letter of discipline and ordered him to attend two online courses regarding Indigenous cultural safety and reconciliation. The commissioner's consent agreement says that Graham agreed his actions constituted professional misconduct and agreed to his one-day suspension. "Graham failed to create a positive learning environment or to model appropriate behaviour," the agreement reads. "Graham failed to respect appropriate boundaries, making students feel uncomfortable."
CBC
10-07-2025
- CBC
Teacher in B.C. Interior suspended after telling girls he 'was not a pedophile': regulator
The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation has suspended a teacher in the province's Interior after he reportedly told Grade 11 girls that in fitness class he was "not a pedophile" and touched some of them, making them uncomfortable. Todd Erin Graham consented to a one-day suspension of his teaching certificate and to attend a respectful boundaries course, as part of discipline relating to events in the 2022-23 school year. As part of a consent agreement posted online on Tuesday, the regulator found that Graham was teaching a fitness and conditioning class to Grade 11 students between September and December 2022 when he separated the girls from the boys. "In that meeting, Graham told the girls that he was 'not a pedophile' but that he might have to 'grab them' to show them proper form or to spot them," the consent agreement reads. "Graham then told them that he had no attraction to them as he was 52 and they were 15." The female students reportedly felt uncomfortable after the meeting, with Graham also saying that he would periodically touch students to help them with their form or work muscle groups. Those included occasions when he touched the side of a female student's chest while she was performing a bench press and asked, "Can you feel that?" Graham was also found to have pushed a student's hips while she used a squat rack, and complimented another student's legs while she used a leg press machine. Demeaning comments The regulator also found that he made demeaning comments to both an Indigenous student and a student with diverse needs, while singling them out in front of their classmates in the 2022-23 school year. Following those events, the school district gave him a letter of discipline and ordered him to attend two online courses regarding Indigenous cultural safety and reconciliation. The commissioner's consent agreement says that Graham agreed his actions constituted professional misconduct and agreed to his one-day suspension. "Graham failed to create a positive learning environment or to model appropriate behaviour," the agreement reads.
CTV News
09-07-2025
- CTV News
‘Not a pedophile': B.C. teacher suspended for one day for touching students in gym class
The floor of a school gymnasium is seen in this stock image. (Credit: Shutterstock) A teacher in B.C.'s Interior who 'periodically' touched students during fitness class has been handed a one-day suspension by the regulatory body. Todd Erin Graham entered a consent agreement with the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation last month in which he admitted to professional misconduct. The decision was posted publicly online Wednesday. The commissioner says while teaching a fitness and conditioning class called Human Performance 12 between September and December 2022, Grahm separated the girls from the boys for a meeting. 'In that meeting, Graham told the girls that he was 'not a pedophile' but that he might have to 'grab them' to show them proper form or to spot them,' the decision reads. 'Graham then told them that he had no attraction to them as he was 62 and they were 15. The students reported feeling uncomfortable following this meeting.' The commissioner says Graham would 'periodically' touch students during exercises, which some female students reported feeling uncomfortable about, and gave three examples. In one instance, the teacher touched the side of a student's chest while she was doing a bench press and asked, 'can you feel that?'. In another, he pushed a student's hips while she did squats, according to the document. In a third incident Graham complimented a student's legs while she was using the leg press machine, a remark she reported feeling uncomfortable with. The school district issued a letter of discipline and required Graham to attend a boundaries course as a result. The consent agreement also addressed comments Graham made in 2022 and 2023. In one incident, Graham singled out a 'diverse learner' in front of the class and described them using an 'unflattering term,' the regulator says. He also singled out an Indigenous student 'in a manner which was demeaning to (the student) specifically and to Indigenous peoples generally.' For those comments, the district issued a disciplinary letter and required him to complete a course on reconciliation. As a result of its investigation, the commissioner suspended Graham's teaching qualification for one day, and required he take the course Reinforcing Respectful Professional Boundaries at the Justice Institute of B.C. by September. Factors considered in the decision, the regulator says, included that the teacher failed to create a positive learning environment, adversely impacted students, failed to respect appropriate boundaries, and harmed First Nations students in a way that did not contribute to truth and reconciliation.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
B.C. hospital closing pediatric unit for 6 weeks
A major hospital in B.C.'s Interior is shutting down its general pediatrics unit for 'at least six weeks' die to a doctor shortage.
