Tag Archives: Education

MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...

UPPER MIRAMICHI - New Brunswick's Liberal government says it has expanded its subsidized breakfast program to all the province's schools. The number of schools offering free breakfasts will expand to ...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says the Simon Fraser University faculty association did not go beyond its "stated purposes" by passing resolutions condemning Israel's actions in Gaza and calling f...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is rewriting an order directing school divisions to ban books with sexually explicit content to ensure classic books stay on library shelv...

OTTAWA - Canadian medical associations are marking the first school year of a new accreditation system for medical schools that is fully separate from the United States. A news release from the Canadi...

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick minister who took time off to get treatment for a brain tumour will be returning to work with a new portfolio. Premier Susan Holt says Alyson Townsend will now serve as m...

EDMONTON - Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel "The Handmaid...

EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association declined Friday to commit to launching a provincewide strike despite last-minute contract talks with the province hitting the ditch. Union pres...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Edmonton's public school board has gone over the top in complying with new rules banning books with sexual content, adding her government "will hold thei...

MONTRAL - The federation representing Quebec's junior colleges is calling on the provincial government to walk back budget cuts as the school year opens with record enrolment. Nearly 194,000 students ...