Headline history: 31 years ago, School District 68 assumed it’s current name

Thirty-one years ago, School District 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) assumed its current name.
Featured in the July 24, 1995 edition of the News Bulletin, earlier that month an order was given to add “Ladysmith” to the name, to “reflect the two municipalities which are within” the boundaries.Then-board chairman Gerry Montgomery said that the board had requested the provincial government change its name after public meetings were held and surveys were sent. Montgomery added that t