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EQAO standardized test results to be released next week after delay, minister says
TORONTO - Ontario students' standardized testing results are set to be made public next week, Education Minister Paul Calandra said Monday after he delayed their release, suggesting changes may be com...
Nov 24, 2025
Alberta teachers union welcomes classroom complexity proposals, demands funding
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says a report on classroom aggression and complexity largely vindicates its longstanding calls for more support and money to fix the problem. J...
Nov 21, 2025
Nolan Dyck, third member of Alberta premier's caucus, faces recall petition drive
EDMONTON - A third member of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus is officially the target of a petition to get him recalled from his job as a member of the legislature. Elections...
Nov 21, 2025
'Life and death': Chief tells of trauma and bravery in grizzly attack on B.C. pupils
What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a scene of trauma and heroism when a grizzly bear attack badly injured four people,...
Nov 21, 2025
Federal budget offers glimmer of hope for Calgary's beleaguered Olympic Oval
CALGARY - The fastest ice in the world that's on borrowed time may have a lifeline. Calgary's Olympic Oval, a legacy of the 1988 Winter Games in the city, will soon lose its ability to make ice becaus...
Nov 21, 2025
Ontario education minister eyes more possible board takeovers with now-passed bill
TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is signalling that he will act quickly to use new powers granted to him to take control of school boards, eyeing one board in particular identified b...
Nov 19, 2025
Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries
TORONTO - Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside ...
Nov 18, 2025
Ontario to set up school board support offices, starting with those under supervision
TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has announced that the province is establishing offices within school boards for parents to escalate issues beyond their school - starting with five ...
Nov 13, 2025
Smith defends back-to-work law, says decision is the democratic job of lawmakers
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her government's move to quickly pass back-to-work legislation invoking the Charter's notwithstanding clause, saying democracy is when elected officials mak...
Nov 07, 2025
Concordia defers sabbaticals, offers retirement program due to foreign student drop
MONTREAL - Montreal's Concordia University says it's not renewing some teaching contracts and deferring previously approved sabbaticals because of major budget shortfalls due in part to federal and pr...
Nov 07, 2025
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