Tag Archives: Education
Sites to be commemorated: Residential schools recognized as 'historic event'
They blighted Indigenous lives for more than a century. Now their creation is being formally recognized as one of the events that helped shape today's Canada. The federal government has...
Sep 01, 2020
New Brunswick Liberals promise to eliminate interest on provincial student loans
FREDERICTON - Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers promised Tuesday that if elected, his government would stop collecting its share of interest on New Brunswick student loans for residents who choose to ...
Sep 01, 2020
Ad criticized by teachers meant to allay anxiety: B.C.'s public health officer
VICTORIA - The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look...
Aug 31, 2020
University of Sask. students prepare for school year
University of Saskatchewan students have spent the last few days preparing for the upcoming school year, with many of them moving into residence from in and out of the province.For students who have a...
Aug 31, 2020
Climate change creating vast new glacial lakes, future flooding risk: research
CALGARY - Meltwater from shrinking glaciers is creating vast lakes that could eventually pose an enormous flooding threat, says newly published research. "Unsurprisingly, we found those...
Aug 31, 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 ...
Aug 31, 2020
WE calls latest Conservative request for documents 'politics'
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on WE Charity to release a series of documents the Toronto-based youth organization promised to hand over to a House of Commons committee before Prime Mi...
Aug 30, 2020
'There is a communication problem': back-to-school headaches in Quebec
MONTREAL - A private high school on Montreal's south shore sent an entire Grade 7 class home this week after a parent of one of the students called in to say he had tested positive for ...
Aug 28, 2020
Carlton Trail College welcomes Jackson as new board chair
The Carlton Trail College Board of Directors has a new chair.Adrienne Jackson has signed on as board chair for a two-year term. Jackson resides in Wynyard and said being from rural Saskatchewan, she w...
Aug 28, 2020
Plan for inevitable COVID-19 cases in schools, says chief public health officer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class. It is important that each school have a pla...
Aug 28, 2020