Friday, February 27, 2009

Child Safety At OHS


Is it safe to board your hockey player at OHS in the classroom dorms? The drinking age in British Columbia is 19. Many of the counselors are just reaching legal age and have been known to slip out to the bars leaving your children unattended in the dorms.

Last year the counselors were in the bars in downtown Penticton when a fight broke out. This fight was brought back to a child dorm where windows were smashed in and people ended up in the hospital. Fortunately, none of the campers were injured. A number of RCMP officers broke up the fight and hockey classes resumed the following morning.
This was not an isolated episode. Similar issues occur every year at OHS camps and parents should consider carefully whether to board their young players at OHS during hockey camps.

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