A tentative deal has been reached in the British Columbia teachers’ strike.

Vince Ready:

“After all these hours, I am very pleased to announce that the parties have reached a tentative agreement,” he told reporters outside a Richmond hotel where marathon talks had taken place.

“I’m not at liberty to release any of the details, nor are the parties. The parties are going to meet later this morning and finalize a few of the outstanding details, but generally speaking, there has been a tentative agreement initialized by the parties and that’s really all I got to say at this point.”

Negotiations resumed last week under increasing pressure from the public and suggestions by the government that legislating an end to the dispute was an option.

Last Wednesday, the BC Teachers’ Federation voted overwhelmingly to end their dispute if the government agreed to binding arbitration — something the government firmly rejected.