Sarah Mills: Parks Canada in no-win situation after revoking concert permit
Parks Canada revoked the permit for a concert by Christian rocker Sean Feucht. As Sarah Mills explains, Parks Canada is ...
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NDP commits $150 million to education, addressing overstaffing and mental health supports
The Saskatchewan NDP has launched its first education promise of the 2020 campaign season. In front of Lawson Heights School in the Saskatoon Northwest riding Thursday, NDP candidate Gillian Strange t...
Oct 01, 2020
Teachers worried about their health, quality of education as they deal with COVID-19
OTTAWA - Kelly Main says she has never felt as exhausted and stressed during her 27 years of teaching high school as she has since returning to the classroom this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic.As ...
Oct 01, 2020
In-school vaccination programs moved to clinics, doctors' offices: officials
Vaccines normally offered in school to Grade 7 students will instead be delivered at community clinics and doctors' offices in parts of Ontario, meaning parents will have to make arrangements to ensur...
Oct 01, 2020
Conservatives want an anti-corruption committee to probe WE Charity controversy
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want MPs to create an anti-corruption committee to investigate the WE Charity issue.Tory ethics critic Michael Barrett says the new forum would press for answers to ...
Sep 30, 2020
Gap in early death rates between rich and poor growing: research
Poor Canadians stand a greater chance of dying early than the well off and that gap has been growing for decades, says a detailed new analysis. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Asso...
Sep 24, 2020
With throne speech pledge, Liberals signal new approach on child care
OTTAWA - It was in a recent meeting with child-care experts that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made some heads turn. For years, advocates of broader federal involvement in a provincially regulate...
Sep 23, 2020
NDP leader promises $10 million for student mental health
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili has promised $10 million to support student mental health should he become premier this fall. Half of that money would be used to hire 50 mental health nurses for sc...
Sep 21, 2020 NDP candidate for Regina-University Aleana Young speaking at an announcement where leader Ryan Meili (right) pledged $10 million to support student mental health. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Arctic sea ice at second-lowest level in satellite record: scientists
Satellite pictures show Arctic sea ice is at its second-lowest level since such records began and barely missed breaking the old mark. "There's no going back at this point," said Mark Serreze of ...
Sep 21, 2020
B.C. teachers appeal to labour board over COVID-19 classroom concerns
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Teachers' Federation is asking the Labour Relations Board to address its concerns about health and safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents filed with t...
Sep 18, 2020
Students anxious for more time as federal loan repayment freeze winds down
Ottawa's freeze on federal student loan payments and interest is weeks away from its end date, but students and graduates say extending the measure would offer relief from the lasting financial p...
Sep 18, 2020
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