Murray Wood: Riders are first in the west, but do fans feel the same?
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are 6-1, following a win on Friday against the Edmonton Elks, but according to Murray Wood,...
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''Illegal, destructive, dangerous': UVic president cites complaints about encampment
VICTORIA - The president of the University of Victoria says a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on its campus is drawing an increasing number of complaints about harassment and intimidation, but also...
May 16, 2024
Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where schools were at the center of the case that struck down segregated education. "I like broccoli. D...
May 15, 2024
Biden's upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture
ATLANTA (AP) - When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a ...
May 15, 2024
Dispute with teachers could hurt government in fall election, professor says
Negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation resume this week, but it could be some time before the contract dispute is settled. A political science profess...
May 15, 2024
Judge refuses McGill's bid for injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus. Justice Marc St-Pierre s...
May 15, 2024
Teachers begin voting on extending STF mandate as contract talks resume
It's another decision day for Saskatchewan teachers as negotiations with the province resume. On Wednesday and Thursday, members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation will vote on whether to give t...
May 15, 2024
Minister defends pronoun law after government MLAs barred from Pride parades
Saskatchewan's education minister says it's disappointing that he and his government colleagues have been barred from several Pride parades in the province, but it hasn't changed his mind on his gover...
May 14, 2024 Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill defended the government's pronoun law, saying it's meant to include parents in decision-making around their kids. Cockrill's comments come after he and his fellow government MLAs were barred from participating in the Regina Pride parade next month. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Day care prices aren't getting better. So states are stepping in
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Across the country, the story for families is virtually the same: Child care is unaffordable for many, hard to find for those who can pay, and financially precarious for day c...
May 13, 2024
Alberta to investigate police crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protests
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will ask the province's police watchdog to investigate how officers forcibly cleared out two pro-Palestinian protests on university campus...
May 13, 2024
UNC board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - As North Carolina's public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system's flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity pr...
May 13, 2024
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