Tag Archives: Education
Tories ask languages czar to probe choice of WE Charity for student program
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government's choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt f...
Sep 03, 2020
Super clean schools await return of P.A. students next week
As families in the Prince Albert area prepare to send their kids back to school next week amid the unknowns and unease around COVID-19 transmission, one thing appears clear - schools will be very clea...
Sep 03, 2020
Police to beef up traffic enforcement in school zones as students return next week
While our focus may be centered on kids' health inside the classroom as school returns on Tuesday, getting students to school poses its own set of risks, and traffic safety remains as important as eve...
Sep 02, 2020
An education student's perspective on teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic
Teaching in a pandemic is a new venture for all educators, but what about those who are going into a classroom to teach for the first time?That's the case for Shawna Schellenberg who is in her fourth ...
Sep 02, 2020
Tech group makes pitch to Liberals as part of wider push to shape recovery plan
OTTAWA - A group of tech companies is making a pitch to the federal government to help startups grow as part of a COVID-19 recovery plan that Liberals are crafting, while some feminist groups are...
Sep 02, 2020
STF asks educators to stay away from extracurricular activities as opening date looms
Don't volunteer for extracurricular activities.That's what the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is telling its members as staff and students prepare for the first day of school on Sept. 8.In a ...
Sep 02, 2020
From masks to cohorting, a guide to back-to-school rules across the country
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...
Sep 02, 2020
Quebec daycare workers begin rotating strike as talks set to resume later this week
MONTREAL - A union representing 10,000 Quebec home daycare workers began the first of a series of rotating strikes Tuesday, leaving thousands of families to find alternate child-care ar...
Sep 01, 2020
NDP says documents prove youth minister played key role in WE decision
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are citing recently released documents as proof that Youth Minister Bardish Chagger was the key driver in the Liberal government's decision to have WE Charity administer...
Sep 01, 2020
COVID-19 in schools inevitable, reducing class sizes unrealistic: Kenney
COVID-19 cases disrupted the reopening of two Alberta schools on Tuesday, but Premier Jason Kenney said his government has accepted that such infections are inevitable and don't warrant clos...
Sep 01, 2020