Tag Archives: Education
Teacherages broken into, vandalized in Sandy Bay
Teachers from Hector Thiboutot Community School in Sandy Bay were the recent target of thieves. Northern Lights School Division Director of Education Jason Young confirmed six teacherages in the north...
Jul 23, 2020
Canada's travel rules unfair to first-year foreign students, U.S. parents say
WASHINGTON - Parents of students in the United States who hoped to begin their university studies in Canada this fall are frantically trying to convince the federal government to relax rules...
Jul 23, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the $912-million Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: ...
Jul 23, 2020
Alberta, Ottawa agree on one-year child-care deal with some COVID money
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals and Alberta's United Conservatives have agreed on a one-year extension to child-care funding that will also help offset costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Albert...
Jul 23, 2020
Tories, NDP call on ethics watchdog to launch new probe of Morneau over WE trips
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are asking the federal ethics watchdog to widen his probe of Bill Morneau regarding the WE organization as the finance minister continues to face calls for his resigna...
Jul 23, 2020
Morneau repays $41K in travel expenses to WE, faces resignation calls
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau faced calls for his resignation Wednesday after revealing he had just repaid over $41,000 in travel charges to WE Charity - an organization MPs heard had mu...
Jul 22, 2020
Poll suggests parents want students to don masks at school in fall
OTTAWA - Almost two-third of parents in a new poll say they believe that children returning to school in the fall should wear masks at least part of the time. The latest poll on the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Jul 21, 2020
No evidence of Trudeau contact with WE Charity before deal awarded: PCO Clerk
OTTAWA - The federal government's top public servant says there is no evidence to suggest Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with WE Charity before the organization was awarded a deal to run a studen...
Jul 21, 2020
North West College plans "blended" learning, tuition freeze for 2020-21 school year
North West College, with campuses in North Battleford and Meadow Lake, will provide students with what is described as a "blended" learning format for the 2020-21 school year, with a combination of in...
Jul 20, 2020
Child-care cash to help with urgent COVID-19 needs in sector, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the government's child-care agenda says the Liberals won't abandon the sector once urgent, pandemic-related funding runs out before the end of the economic f...
Jul 20, 2020