Tag Archives: Education
Quebec teachers strike: Parents pleased as kids return to school after nearly 7 weeks
MONTREAL - As children ran up a snow-covered hill toward a Montreal elementary school Tuesday morning, few looked back to their parents on the sidewalk, who exchanged greetings with one another for th...
Jan 09, 2024
Reading program launches new website, revamped mascot
It's been 32 years since the Northern Reading Program was launched in 1992 and the Pahkisimon Nuye?h Library System (PNLS) is celebrating with a new website and updated mascot. "We just today went liv...
Jan 08, 2024
Parents weigh in on giving consent for children changing names or pronouns at school
A legal challenge to Saskatchewan's new law requiring parental consent if children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school is back in court this week. New Brunswick enacted a similar...
Jan 07, 2024
Parents weigh in on giving consent for children changing names or pronouns at school
A legal challenge to Saskatchewan's new law requiring parental consent if children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school is back in court this week. New Brunswick enacted a similar...
Jan 07, 2024
Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes
Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she's looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23. "I thi...
Jan 07, 2024
P.A. Pride supports ongoing legal effort against Sask. pronoun policy
The ongoing legal challenge by UR Pride, the organization that is fighting the Province of Saskatchewan's pronoun policy, is being supported by Prince Albert Pride. The local group said it backs the n...
Jan 05, 2024
On-call teacher in Yukon is accused of possessing child pornography
WHITEHORSE - An on-call teacher in Yukon who worked at 10 different schools over five years has been charged with possession of child pornography. Yukon Education Minister Jeanie McLean says in a stat...
Jan 04, 2024
Meadow Lake and District Museum and Historical Society hopes to gain more members
The Meadow Lake and District Museum and Historical Society is encouraging anyone interested in taking part to come out to a meeting. Secretary Millie Henderson noted that the society has about seven r...
Jan 04, 2024
B.C. school district told to pay student $5,000 for failing to address her anxiety
VANCOUVER - An unnamed school district in British Columbia has been ordered by the province's human rights tribunal to pay $5,000 to a student for failing to accommodate her anxiety disorder. Tribunal...
Jan 03, 2024
New Churchill logo replaces white horse with fierce moose
La Ronge's Churchill Community High School is starting 2024 with a new mission, vision and logo.The update was announced on the school's social media feeds on Jan. 1, but school principal Kristianna M...
Jan 03, 2024