Tag Archives: Education
Quebec order of physicians urges government to suspend controversial doctor-pay law
MONTREAL - Quebec's professional order of physicians has called for an immediate suspension of a provincial law that ties doctors' pay to performance targets and threatens punitive damages over action...
Oct 31, 2025
NEOSS hosting Domestic Violence Awareness Walk in Melfort
November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a local organization is hoping to shed the spotlight on the issue next week. North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) is hosting the inaugura...
Oct 30, 2025
Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted, green-furr...
Oct 30, 2025
NLSD enrolment drops by nearly 700 students in last decade
There are few students enrolled in the Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) this academic year compared to last. That's according to Director of Education Jason Young, who noted there are 3,828 stud...
Oct 29, 2025
Alberta students back in class after teachers strike, threatened mass walkout fizzles
EDMONTON - Alberta's provincewide teachers strike formally ended Wednesday as 740,000 students went back to classes and a threat from union leaders to launch a general strike fizzled. From one end of ...
Oct 29, 2025
NLSD completes 2025-2030 strategic plan
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has completed its latest strategic plan, which will act as a guide for administrators and teachers until 2030. larongeNOW obtained a copy of the plan last we...
Oct 28, 2025
Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
MONTREAL - Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies announced Tuesday during a Ca...
Oct 28, 2025
What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith said it was needed because of the size of the ...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta teachers won't engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead t...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 27, 2025