Tag Archives: Education
NLSD completes 2025-2030 strategic plan
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has completed its latest strategic plan, which will act as a guide for administrators and teachers until 2030. larongeNOW obtained a copy of the plan last we...
Oct 28, 2025
Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
MONTREAL - Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies announced Tuesday during a Ca...
Oct 28, 2025
What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith said it was needed because of the size of the ...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta teachers won't engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead t...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 27, 2025
Faculty associations say Sask Polytech layoffs threaten key sectors in province
The collective voice of Saskatchewan's faculty associations is asking community members across the province to write local MLAs and the Minister of Advanced Education asking them to ensure the next bu...
Oct 27, 2025
NESD forms group in attempt to reverse slumping attendance
The North East School Division (NESD) has formed a group to attempt to improve sagging attendance numbers. At their latest board meeting, they announced the formation of an Attendance Advisory Group, ...
Oct 27, 2025
Schools still dealing with lower attendance rates since COVID
Research shows attending school at least 80 to 90 per cent of the time has the greatest impact on academic success, but local school divisions in Prince Albert have seen those numbers drop as low as 6...
Oct 24, 2025
FNUniv celebrates upgrades to traditional campus near St. Louis
To the general public, it's just 22 acres of land that runs along the South Saskatchewan River across from St. Louis. To students from the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), the land is thei...
Oct 22, 2025
University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) - The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking ...
Oct 22, 2025