Tag Archives: Education
Auditor finds $2.4B in unpaid student loans, calls for stronger recovery efforts
OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general has called for the federal government to step up its recovery of outstanding student loans to keep taxpayers from being left on the hook after discovering that $...
Jul 08, 2020
MNS launches pilot project to strengthen Dene language
Strengthening Indigenous languages is the goal of a new Dene Early Learning Pilot Project announced Monday for La Loche by Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan. "All of our research would tell us the earlier we...
Jul 07, 2020
Grizzly bears in the dark as they try to share living space with humans: study
EDMONTON - Grizzly bears are doing their best to get along with people, but it still isn't enough. Newly published research concludes that without large wilderness areas to replenish their number...
Jul 07, 2020
Ontario to end streaming in Grade 9, early years suspensions
TORONTO - Ontario will soon join the rest of Canada by doing away with an educational practice that perpetuates racism throughout the system, the provincial government said Monday as it announced...
Jul 06, 2020
Young Syrian refugee gives back to Quebec by working at long-term care home
MONTREAL - George Chabo was just a teenager when the Syrian refugee arrived in Montreal in the winter of 2016, met first by Canadian Red Cross volunteers who supplied him and his family...
Jul 05, 2020
Gang Awareness and Prevention Project material being released by Onion Lake RCMP
Onion Lake RCMP are releasing Gang Awareness and Prevention (GAP) material in partnership with Onion Lake Cree Nation. These resources will include videos, posters, and an information booklet.The GAP ...
Jul 03, 2020
'A bonanza:' researchers find evidence of ancient ochre mine in Mexican caves
The caves are vast, pitch black, full of twists and turns and treacherously tight in spots. New research reveals why ancient inhabitants of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula may have ventured deep into ...
Jul 03, 2020
Sask. student bloggers win summer intern contest
Saskatchewan is well represented among this year's Green Dream Bloggers, winners of the Forest Products Association of Canada's (FPAC) summer internship contest.Jace Timmer and Ty Edwards of Meadow La...
Jul 02, 2020
One dozen powerline men ready to work after Northlands College program
It was the first time since the powerline technician program at Northlands College began five years ago that all those who started classes successfully finished. That's according to Instructor Bruce S...
Jun 30, 2020
Kielburger backtracks after saying PM's office contacted WE about $900M program
OTTAWA - One of the co-founders of WE Charity says he "misspoke" when he told youth leaders that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's staff reached out in April to see if the organization would administer ...
Jun 30, 2020