Tag Archives: Education
Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defyin...
May 23, 2025
At 87, ITEP graduate from Mistawasis Nêhiyawak is a lifelong learner
You're never too old to learn and no one exemplifies that like Louise Fraser, who made sure she graduated high school in Prince Albert decades ago and is now two days away from graduating university -...
May 22, 2025
Work continues as Star City School prepares for grade discontinuance
The North East School Division Board of Education has adopted the Star City School Transition Implementation Plan. The plan is part of the ongoing process to transition the Star City School from a K-1...
May 22, 2025
CIC bursary program 'opens doors' for Indigenous students at North West College
A recently expanded provincial bursary program is opening doors for more Indigenous students at North West College (NWC), which is among several regional institutions now eligible for post-secondary f...
May 20, 2025
Vancouver Island University students make the world's largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of a baby elephant has been certified as the world's largest during an event in the British Columbia city that bears the...
May 17, 2025
A one-teen prom on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula brings small community together
MAIN BROOK - Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, but her prom helped bring many in her community together. The 18-year-old ce...
May 17, 2025
University of Calgary launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - Alberta is putting $6.5 million toward a new initiative at the University of Calgary to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Trump in the Wh...
May 16, 2025
Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victo...
May 15, 2025
Making some new 'peeps': duck launch program turns 25
Visibly excited by the sight of some fluffy guests, five-year-old Wyatt Provost-Lidberg exclaims, "awwww."St. John Child Care was the first stop on Wednesday for the annual duck launch program run by ...
May 14, 2025
Canadian youth struggle with making friends and bullying: UNICEF report
A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish. UNICEF's 19th Report Card s...
May 13, 2025