Tag Archives: Education
PM free to reopen Constitution if he has problem with notwithstanding clause: Ford
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford raised the spectre of a fresh constitutional battle between Ottawa and the provinces on Monday even as he indicated his willingness to repeal controversial legislati...
Nov 07, 2022
CUPE to end Ontario education worker protests after Ford promises legislation repeal
TORONTO - More than 50,000 Ontario education workers will be back at work Tuesday following a walkout that closed hundreds of schools, their union said, after Premier Doug Ford promised to repeal a co...
Nov 07, 2022
Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections
WASHINGTON - Presidents past and present are making one last campaign push - one side pleading for votes, the other predicting big wins - as the tumultuous 2022 U.S. midterm election caravan finally n...
Nov 07, 2022
Some Quebec colleges say Ottawa denies 80 to 90 per cent of study permits from Africa
MONTREAL - Some Quebec junior colleges say 80 to 90 per cent of the international students they've accepted from Africa are being refused study permits by the federal government, jeopardizing their ab...
Nov 04, 2022
'Eliminate the fraudsters': Report delves into Indigenous identity at universities
SASKATOON - A report commissioned after controversy circled a health professor's claims of being Mtis says the University of Saskatchewan was unprepared for Indigenous identity fraud and uneducated on...
Nov 03, 2022
New Inuit Research Network aims to support self-determination in research
OTTAWA - The federal government and an organization representing Inuit in Canada have announced $6.4 million in funding to establish an Inuit Research Network. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said the funding...
Nov 03, 2022
Canadian War Museum oral history project examines war's aftermath
HALIFAX - The pride in Blanche Bennett's voice was evident as she vividly recounted the day 80 years ago when she volunteered to serve in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Bennett, who turns 100 on Nov...
Nov 03, 2022
Trudeau tells Ford use of notwithstanding clause is 'wrong and inappropriate' in call
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday that his pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause in legislation intended to keep education workers from strikin...
Nov 02, 2022
New Brunswick university had to remain quiet about Mastriano controversy: UNB head
FREDERICTON - The president of the University of New Brunswick says he's kept a lid on publicly discussing the controversy surrounding an American politician's PhD because the institution did not want...
Nov 02, 2022
Quebec judge says McGill work halted to avoid 'irreparable harm' to Mohawk plaintiffs
MONTREAL - McGill University said Tuesday it will begin discussions with an Indigenous group that has raised concerns about unmarked graves after a court ruled that excavation work on a university exp...
Nov 01, 2022