Tag Archives: Education
Saskatchewan signs on to federal government's $10-a-day child-care plan
REGINA - Saskatchewan has become the latest jurisdiction to sign on to the federal government's plan to implement $10-a-day childcare for families. "A child-care centre is as important to our economy,...
Aug 13, 2021
Schools funding to help mental health and youth literacy
The Government of Saskatchewan has provided school districts across the province an extra $21 million dollars to fund programs as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Saskatchewan Rivers Public Sch...
Aug 11, 2021
SouthGrow and MNP issue call for Agri-food Futures Scholarship applicants
LETHBRIDGE, AB. — In a continuing investment in the future of Southern Alberta`s agri-food economy, the SouthGrow Regional Economic Development Alliance has issued a call for applicants to apply...
Aug 09, 2021
Manitoba signs on to federal government's $10-a-day child-care plan
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is signing on to the federal government's plan to implement $10-a-day child care for families by 2023. "It is no exaggeration to say this is the largest child-care deal ever struck...
Aug 09, 2021
Bill Davis, Ontario's 18th premier and a celebrated Tory, dies at 92
TORONTO - Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country's longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family says Davis was surrounded by his relatives when he died...
Aug 08, 2021
Moosomin First Nation receives federal funding support for new K to Grade 12 school
It was a proud day for Moosomin First Nation Thursday when it was announced they would be receiving $38 million in federal funding to build a new kindergarten to Grade 12 school.Marc Miller, federal M...
Aug 05, 2021
Ottawa announces $6-billion transfer to Quebec aimed at strengthening child care
MONTREAL - The federal government will transfer about $6 billion to Quebec over five years in connection with Ottawa's national child-care program, but the money comes without conditions and Quebec's ...
Aug 05, 2021
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company show coming to North Battleford
UPDATE: Free Flow Dance Theatre Company are announcing they will not be having the Sunday, August 8 afternoon performance in North Battleford that was originally scheduled. The show, called A Prairie ...
Aug 03, 2021
North West President Notay resigning
North West College President and CEO Jay Notay has resigned his position for a new posting in Alberta.Notay is leaving NWC to become president and CEO of Keyano College, located in Fort McMurray, on O...
Jul 30, 2021
Residential school survivors lied: priest
WINNIPEG - An archdiocese in Manitoba will no longer allow a Catholic priest to preach publicly or teach after he suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement mon...
Jul 29, 2021