Tag Archives: Education
Probes of Montreal-area high school ordered after coaches arrested on sex charges
MONTREAL - Two investigations have been ordered into the allegedly toxic climate at a Montreal high school where three coaches were arrested on sex charges last week. In a statement, the Marguerite-Bo...
Feb 08, 2022
Albert Provost retires after 27 years with Catholic School Division
After 27 years of service on the board of education and many more as a teacher and principal for the Prince Albert Catholic School Division, Albert Provost has announced his retirement.Provost has bee...
Feb 07, 2022
Quebec cuts funding to English college in favour of French schools ahead of election
MONTREAL - Squeezed for space, Montreal's Dawson College has for years been planning an expansion of its medical technology department that would include a clinic to serve the community and train its ...
Feb 04, 2022
NBCHS starts Indigenous Student Council; offers smudges for positivity
North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) students looking to connect with their Indigenous culture will have an opportunity to do so by joining the Indigenous Student Council that just start...
Feb 04, 2022
PBO says federal funding for child-care system isn't enough to meet goals
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has not set aside enough money to build a national child-care system aimed at expanding spaces and cutting fees. The Liberals' bud...
Feb 03, 2022
3 Montreal high school basketball coaches charged with sex crimes involving minors
Montreal police said Thursday they were looking for other possible victims after three coaches linked to a St-Laurent borough high school were charged with various sex crimes. The three staff members ...
Feb 03, 2022
Holy Cross principal named Catholic Schools' new Superintendant of Education
This school year will mark Wade Mourot's last as principal of cole Holy Cross.According to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon by the Prince Albert Roman Catholic Separate School Division, Mour...
Feb 03, 2022
Three coaches at Montreal high school arrested following sexual assault investigation
Montreal police say three men who coached sports at a high school in the city's St-Laurent borough have been arrested in connection with a sex crimes investigation involving minors. Two men aged 43 an...
Feb 02, 2022
Images from Quebec high school homework assignment called out as racist
MONTREAL - A homework assignment distributed to high school students on Montreal's south shore is being called racist because it asks them to describe two "gangsters" who resemble racialized people. G...
Feb 02, 2022
Independent report critical of Yukon's handling of school sex crime investigation
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Premier Sandy Silver apologized Tuesday for a "break down in the system" over the handling of a sexual interference allegation at a school in Whitehorse. Silver said the government ...
Feb 01, 2022