Tag Archives: Education
Just 15 per cent of Ontarians say they're affected by the ongoing LCBO strike: poll
A new poll suggests that just 15 per cent of Ontarians are personally affected by the LCBO's ongoing strike, as the provincial government expands access to alcohol at other retailers. That's despite n...
Jul 17, 2024
B.C. caps international post-secondary student enrolment at 30 per cent of total
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has introduced new guidelines for public post-secondary education institutions, capping the number of international students at 30 per cent of their total enro...
Jul 16, 2024
Sucker River students rewarded with trip to Alberta
A group of children and teens from Sucker River have returned from a weeklong trip in Alberta. The group, consisting of six youth, recreation worker Brent Berscheid and teacher Megan Roberts, left the...
Jul 16, 2024
'Damn, so close': UBC looks into professor's social media after Trump rally shooting
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says it is "aware" of a social media post that was apparently made by a professor at its faculty of medicine shortly after the attempted assassination of...
Jul 15, 2024
Western University pauses Alice Munro Chair in Creativity program amid reckoning
LONDON, Ont. - Alice Munro's alma mater has paused the endowed chair program that bears her name over revelations the writer protected her husband after learning he had sexually abused her daughter. W...
Jul 12, 2024
B.C. university gives pro-Palestinian protesters trespass notice, deadline to vacate
NANAIMO, B.C. - Vancouver Island University has issued a trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them to vacate their encampment on the campus in Nanaimo, B.C., by Monday. The universit...
Jul 12, 2024
With most campus pro-Palestinian encampments gone, protesters look to the future
MONTREAL - The protest encampment at McGill University was the first of its kind in the country, and its dismantling this week has left activists and observers wondering what comes next for the pro-Pa...
Jul 11, 2024
Three new resident doctors join La Ronge training program
The La Ronge Rural and Remote Residency Training Program has welcomed three new students to Northern Saskatchewan. Camille Mutukistna and Daniel Antonenko, both of Toronto, and Natalie Tinney from Lim...
Jul 10, 2024
Pro-Palestinian encampment on McGill's downtown Montreal campus dismantled
MONTREAL - Under pounding rain, pro-Palestinian protesters carried their belongings off McGill University's downtown Montreal campus on Wednesday, as bulldozers and security forces dismantled the enca...
Jul 10, 2024
Fourth and final year of walk by survivors of Duck Lake residential school underway
There are only about 75 kilometres between Duck Lake and Wahpeton Dakota First Nation, but it's a much longer journey for Scott Bird on the path of reconciliation. "My whole family was part of the [In...
Jul 07, 2024