Tag Archives: Education

OTTAWA - The federal government agreed to pay no more than $543.5 million as part of a deal to have the WE organization run a student-volunteer program that was budgeted to spend hundreds of mill...

OTTAWA - Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau are facing calls to resign - from two federal party leaders - over their involvement in the controversy swirling...

WASHINGTON - Parents of students in the United States who hoped to begin their university studies in Canada this fall are frantically trying to convince the federal government to relax rules...

A number of Saskatchewan parents are calling for a better return-to-school plan before they'll be willing to send their kids back to the classroom. When the province largely went into COVID-19 lockdow...

OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the $912-million Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals and Alberta's United Conservatives have agreed on a one-year extension to child-care funding that will also help offset costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Albert...

OTTAWA - Opposition parties are asking the federal ethics watchdog to widen his probe of Bill Morneau regarding the WE organization as the finance minister continues to face calls for his resigna...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau faced calls for his resignation Wednesday after revealing he had just repaid over $41,000 in travel charges to WE Charity - an organization MPs heard had mu...

OTTAWA - Almost two-third of parents in a new poll say they believe that children returning to school in the fall should wear masks at least part of the time. The latest poll on the COVID-19 pandemic ...

OTTAWA - The federal government's top public servant says there is no evidence to suggest Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with WE Charity before the organization was awarded a deal to run a studen...