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Alberta to pursue legislation this fall on opt-in sex education in schools
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's moving ahead this fall with legislation that would require parents to proactively sign up to have their children opt-in, rather than the usual practice of o...
Sep 03, 2024
'A great teaching opportunity': How one school board plans to use AI in the classroom
OTTAWA - When students return to Catholic schools in Ottawa this week, they will be able to use artificial intelligence to help solve math problems and create essay outlines. Their teachers, too, can ...
Sep 02, 2024
Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals
TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. "Even on the sale ra...
Aug 30, 2024 Interest and mortgage rates remain high and many have seen the cost of household staples like food soar, leaving less cash for binders, books and new school looks. Back to school supplies in a shop in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston)
International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
OTTAWA - Fewer students are coming from abroad to study at Canadian universities this fall, and Universities Canada is warning that the numbers have dropped below the cap the federal government set on...
Aug 30, 2024
Health foundations donate $500k to new sonography training program
They say 'it takes a village,' and six charitable hospital foundations in Saskatchewan are taking teamwork seriously when it comes to improving the state of health care in the province. The six groups...
Aug 29, 2024 Alison Dubreuil, president and CEO of Suncrest College, says the first class of sonography students started their classes this week. Aug. 29, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan schools ensuring pronoun law followed as classes resume
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they've addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province's pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week. Jason Cole...
Aug 29, 2024
Montreal's Concordia University reports big drop in enrolment following tuition hike
MONTREAL - One of Quebec's three English-language universities is reporting a nearly 30 per cent drop in enrolment of out-of-province students following a controversial tuition hike announced last yea...
Aug 28, 2024
Calls for Canada Post to stop 'hate mail' against gender care in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK - Nicki Lyons-MacFarlane said it was a "punch in the gut" to find a postcard in their mailbox Friday from an anti-abortion group claiming "gender ideology" was being taught ...
Aug 27, 2024
Ground broken for 'revolutionary' Sask. Polytech campus in Saskatoon
Ground was officially broken for Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Joseph A. Remai Campus in Saskatoon, with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe saying the facility "will revolutionize the way Saskatchewan can co...
Aug 26, 2024
McGill law professors launch unlimited strike on first week of classes
MONTREAL - A union representing McGill University law professors said its members walked off the job Monday, the first week of classes for the fall semester, over what it described as the school's ant...
Aug 26, 2024
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