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NDP recommends more testing, lower class sizes when reopening schools
The provincial opposition party is laying out a seven-point plan on how it believes the government should bring schools back in the fall. The NDP recommendations include increasing testing and contact...
Jul 29, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charit...
Jul 29, 2020
Ethics commissioner expands probe of Morneau on eve of PM's WE testimony
OTTAWA - Federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion is widening his investigation of Finance Minister Bill Morneau's dealings with WE Charity. Dion was already investigating Morneau and Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 29, 2020
Government says full-time school for students in B.C. this September
VICTORIA - Parents, students and teachers anxious about the coming school year received an outline Wednesday about British Columbia's plans for a safe return to full-time classes during the COVID-19 p...
Jul 29, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charit...
Jul 28, 2020
Martian dreams: Mars probe part of Alberta scientist's childhood dream
EDMONTON - Chris Herd used to look into the sky when he was 13 and dream about holding a rock from Mars. He may get his chance. The University of Alberta planetary geologist is one of a select team of...
Jul 28, 2020
Parents divided over sending kids back to school: Poll
OTTAWA - As the clock ticks down to September, a new poll suggests many Canadian parents are on the fence about whether to send their kids to school if and when classrooms are reopened. The poll by Le...
Jul 28, 2020
WE not chosen to run volunteer program because of Liberal ties, founders say
OTTAWA - The co-founders of WE Charity argued Tuesday the organization wasn't plucked to run a student-volunteer program because of any close ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, laying out det...
Jul 28, 2020
Canada provides exception for U.S. students planning to study north of border
WASHINGTON - The federal government appears to have relaxed restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border that would have made it impossible for first-year university students from the United States to enter...
Jul 27, 2020
Deal with WE paid less than budget, docs show, as Trudeau to testify Thursday
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...
Jul 27, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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