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Financial literacy test soon to be requirement for Ontario high school students
TORONTO - Ontario students will soon be required to pass a financial literacy test as part of a number of changes coming to the requirements needed to earn a high school diploma. Education Minister St...
May 30, 2024
Judge sets dates to hear University of Toronto's injunction bid against encampment
TORONTO - The University of Toronto's request for a court order to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown campus is expected to be heard in three weeks. Ontario Superior Court Justice Mark...
May 29, 2024
Police clear road, arrest one pro-Palestinian protester on University of B.C. campus
VANCOUVER - Police have arrested one person during the clearance of pro-Palestinian protesters who were blocking a main intersection at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver. But ther...
May 29, 2024
N.B. premier says he hasn't seen sex education presentation he banned from schools
FREDERICTON - Premier Blaine Higgs says he saw only one slide of the sex education presentation that he banned from New Brunswick schools. In a Friday evening statement on social media, Higgs called a...
May 29, 2024
Sask. Teachers' Federation members begin voting on latest contract offer
Teachers are voting this week on whether to accept or reject a new contract offer. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation's 13,500 members are voting Wednesday and Thursday on the latest contract offer...
May 29, 2024
Five Ontario school boards, two schools join legal fight against social media giants
TORONTO - Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools have joined the multibillion-dollar legal fight against social media giants Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, accusing their p...
May 29, 2024
'I worked hard for this': Saskatoon woman graduates high school at 45
Tammy Goldthorpe-Martens left high school when she was just 14 years old, but she always knew she'd return. She said she left school partly because of the relentless bullying she suffered, but also to...
May 28, 2024
B.C. universities focus on talks with encamped protesters as others take legal action
VANCOUVER - Some Canadian universities are taking legal action to end pro-Palestinian encampments on their campuses, but three schools in British Columbia are taking less confrontational approaches. T...
May 27, 2024
University presidents say there's more work to do to combat antisemitism on campuses
OTTAWA - Four university presidents conceded to members of Parliament today that antisemitism is a problem on their campuses. MPs questioned the presidents of the University of Toronto, McGill Univers...
May 27, 2024
Sex education group 'incensed' by N.B. premier's targeting of school presentation
HALIFAX - The head of a non-profit group working to promote reproductive health says New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is undermining efforts to give students access to honest, evidence-based sex edu...
May 27, 2024
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