Tag Archives: Education
Immigration department not keeping up with demand for student visa probes: auditor
OTTAWA - Auditor General Karen Hogan says the immigration department did not investigate or follow up on a large number of "high-risk cases" that weaken the integrity of the international student prog...
Mar 23, 2026
Lawyers tell Supreme Court Quebec's Bill 21 goes beyond legal scope
OTTAWA - Lawyers challenging Quebec's secularism law Bill 21 went before the Supreme Court of Canada on Monday arguing the legislation goes too far and is unconstitutional. The lawyers also argued the...
Mar 23, 2026
Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to f...
Mar 20, 2026
Treasury Department begins taking over student loans as the Education Department gets dismantled
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump...
Mar 19, 2026
Manitoba, Nova Scotia teens accused of planning simultaneous school attacks
A Manitoba boy and a girl in Nova Scotia are facing charges after they allegedly plotted together online to commit simultaneous attacks at their rural schools, police said Wednesday. Officers received...
Mar 18, 2026
Retired Alberta teacher, 87, challenging extradition to U.K. to face abuse charges
EDMONTON - The lawyer for an 87-year-old retired teacher from central Alberta is set to make a pitch this week to stop him from being extradited to Scotland on decades-old abuse charges involving 17 c...
Mar 17, 2026
Researchers call for supports, coping strategies as youth self-harm rises
TORONTO - A new Canadian study showing a steady increase in youth self-harm highlights the need for more mental health support and proactive teaching of coping strategies to deal with emotional anguis...
Mar 17, 2026
'Lives have been divided': Teen who set girl on fire at Saskatoon school gets 3 years
SASKATOON - Two teen girls who were once friends came to court Monday for a final chapter after one set the other's scalp on fire in a school hallway - but they never locked eyes. The victim, now 16, ...
Mar 16, 2026
Justice Department charges man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion University shooter
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A man was charged Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old D...
Mar 13, 2026
Old Dominion shooter was released from prison early after completing drug program
NEW YORK (AP) - The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed him early release from federal prison, even though he was c...
Mar 13, 2026