Tag Archives: Education

BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the ...

TORONTO - The members of Ontario's legislature have chosen Donna Skelly as the province's first female Speaker, a milestone she calls remarkable, if not many years too late. "It's overwhelming," she s...

CHARLOTTETOWN - A P.E.I. college says it is suspending a number of programs for the upcoming school year as a result of the federal government's cap on international student study permits. Holland Col...

WINNIPEG - Recent increases in school taxes have put a dent in the Manitoba government's estimate of how many homeowners are better off under its new tax-credit system. "We have seen some unexpectedly...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island has apologized to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American faculty...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island is backing away from a demand that an artist in residence take down a painting that the school said offended some American faculty members. Chris...

There are disappointed students, anxious parents and cautious school officials in at least two Canadian school districts that have suspended or cancelled trips over political uncertainty in the United...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has issued funding proposals to the province's 10 universities, which have until the end of next week to sign on, says an official with the Department of Advanced ...

ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's Memorial University has lifted a ban on the singing of the "Ode to Newfoundland" at convocation ceremonies, saying the prohibition was too divisive. The ban wa...

EDMONTON - The Alberta United Conservative government introduced two bills Tuesday to reduce the self-policing powers of elected public school boards and municipal councils. One bill, if passed, would...