Tag Archives: Education
Parents upset with NLSD re-entry plan following wildfire evacuation
A decision by the Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) to delay the start of classes for students returning to the tri-communities following a wildfire evacuation has received widespread criticism. ...
Jun 18, 2025
Montreal invests $100K to lure research talent seeking to escape United States
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is investing $100,000 to lure scientists and researchers who want to leave the United States. In a news release, Mayor Valrie Plante says the "current situation" in the...
Jun 17, 2025
Grad uses student life to create 36-panel artwork of school experience
One of this year's graduating students from Carlton Comprehensive High School drew inspiration from her fellow students to create a 36-panel mural that now hangs at the community library. Ava Kuling s...
Jun 17, 2025
Amid upheaval abroad, universities urge Ottawa, Quebec to invest in attracting talent
MONTREAL - Four major Quebec universities are proposing initiatives to make the province a landing spot for high-level researchers and urged the federal and provincial government to step up at a uniqu...
Jun 14, 2025
St. Mary alum received top awards at U of S
The Governor General's Academic Medals are among the highest honours awarded to outstanding Canadian scholars, and this year's recipients include two St. Mary alumni.Spencer Dmytruk and Grayson Tourne...
Jun 10, 2025
Quebec government vows to maintain out-of-province tuition hike
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is promising to maintain a university tuition hike for out-of-province students despite a court ruling that found the existing policy is not justified. "We are stickin...
Jun 10, 2025
'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON - Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the...
Jun 09, 2025
Crozon returns home for early Olympic Day celebration
Humboldt native Paige Crozon came back to her hometown earlier this week to celebrate Olympic Day.Crozon visited Humboldt Public School to coach, play and speak to students as a 3x3 Women's Basketball...
Jun 08, 2025
‘I want to be able to contribute back’: Cree language keeper honoured with Sask. Order of Merit
Senapan Thunder didn't set out to win awards - she set out to honour those who came before her and to ensure that nhiyawwin, the Cree language, remains alive for future generations.Now, the longtime e...
Jun 07, 2025
'The road is long': Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal
MONTREAL - When Jad Albasha arrived in Quebec in 2016 as a 21-year-old fleeing his war-torn home of Syria, he landed in a snow-covered world that spoke French, a language in which he did not understan...
Jun 07, 2025