Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
Tag Archives: Education
Canadians support professor's use of offensive language, in context: poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests Canadians are broadly supportive of freedom of speech on university campuses, at all costs. The poll comes as debate continues over a case at the University of Ott...
Oct 27, 2020
Deaf blind woman's rights breached by how student loan administered: court
TORONTO - An Ontario court has ruled that the provincial and federal governments must operate their student loan program in a way that ensures those with disabilities who take longer to complete their...
Oct 27, 2020
SHA declares COVID-19 outbreak at 2 Saskatoon high schools
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two Saskatoon high schools. In a release, Saskatoon Public Schools said it was notified by the SHA about a positive COVID-19 ...
Oct 25, 2020
Blanchet vows to press PM on prof's use of slur, drawing sharp rebukes from Black MPs
OTTAWA - A controversy over a suspended professor who used a notoriously derogatory word for Black people in class has stirred strong emotions on Parliament Hill, over whether, if ever, the term shoul...
Oct 22, 2020
Adviser suggests Alberta students not learn about residential schools before Grade 4
EDMONTON - Leaked advice on proposed Alberta curriculum changes suggests the legacy of residential schools is too upsetting to be taught to young children, but the chairman of the Truth and Reconcilia...
Oct 21, 2020
More suicide, less education, slower internet: A look at Nunavut's infrastructure gap
A report commissioned by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the land-claim organization that represents Inuit in the territory, outlines ways in which the region falls behind the rest of Canada. Here are some of...
Oct 21, 2020
Quebec human rights commission urges government action on racism, racial profiling
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is urging the province to act against systemic racism and says the majority of recommendations it made in a 2011 report on the subject have not been impleme...
Oct 21, 2020
Jordan Peterson says he's back in Toronto after 'grueling' health battle
TORONTO - Author and psychologist Jordan Peterson says he's back in Toronto and eager for "something resembling a normal life" after spending much of the past year in and out of hospitals around the w...
Oct 20, 2020
Tories to force debate on anticorruption committee as Liberals warn of consequences
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are setting Parliament up for another showdown that could trigger a snap election. The Tories will press ahead Tuesday with a motion that calls for the crea...
Oct 19, 2020
New quantum centre in Ontario to probe nature's deepest and weirdest secrets
WATERLOO, Ont. - Tim Hsieh, a theoretical physicist, pauses when asked what he studies for a living. "It's pretty tricky, to be honest," acknowledges Hsieh, a faculty member at the newly created Clay ...
Oct 16, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...