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Quebec teachers should be evaluated every two years, new plan says after Bedford saga
MONTREAL - Quebec teachers should be evaluated every two years, according to new recommendations that stem from a controversy at a Montreal elementary school in which teachers allegedly used physical ...
Feb 14, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 13, 2025
Inquest scheduled for April into overdose death in Victoria university dorm room
VICTORIA - A coroner's inquest has been scheduled for April 28 into the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year after her family says there were delays in administering naloxone a...
Feb 13, 2025
Aid groups ask Canada to prevent child soldiers by rallying G7 heads around education
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's aid sector is rallying around a call for Ottawa to prioritize education initiatives abroad as a way of bolstering security at home, as the U.S. pullback from foreign aid rais...
Feb 13, 2025
Strike of school support staff could spill into Calgary after vote for job action
CALGARY - Job action involving more than 4,000 school support workers is on track to grow into Calgary and other areas of Alberta after five more union locals voted to strike. Staff in Edmonton, Sturg...
Feb 12, 2025
NDP, parents call for provincial funding after EA layoffs
Erin Gerwing fears that her son Luca will struggle in class without the support of an educational assistant. Gerwing's son is in Grade 2 at Silverspring School in Saskatoon, and has autism, ADHD, and ...
Feb 11, 2025 NDP education critic Matt Love called on the provincial government to fund the 80 laid off EA positions. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Manitoba government boosts school funding, but formula overhaul has yet to come
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government announced Monday an increase in school operating funding while saying a long-anticipated overhaul of the way schools are funded is still a work in progress. The 3.4 ...
Feb 10, 2025
McGill University announces budget cuts in response to new Quebec policies
MONTREAL - McGill University is planning cost cuts and layoffs to address a projected $45-million deficit next fiscal year, which it blames partly on new Quebec government policies. Administrators at ...
Feb 10, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 08, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 07, 2025
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