Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Education
'Error in judgment': Province probes school board's $45k Italy trip for $100k of art
TORONTO - Ontario's education minister has asked officials to conduct a governance review of a Brantford-area Catholic school board after trustees spent $45,000 on a trip to Italy to buy $100,000 wort...
Oct 18, 2024
B.C. faces a rain-soaked election day after a campaign drenched in negativity
VANCOUVER - British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby's New Democrats and John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives tangle over housing, health care a...
Oct 18, 2024
Saskatchewan Party would introduce change room policy if re-elected: Scott Moe
REGINA - Scott Moe says his Saskatchewan Party would issue a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with "biological girls" if it forms government again on Oct. 28. Moe s...
Oct 17, 2024
Manitoba government halts school building plan, says other methods will be found
WINNIPEG - After a lengthy review, Manitoba's NDP government has halted a plan hatched by the former Progressive Conservative government to build new schools in partnership with the private sector. Tr...
Oct 16, 2024
Atlantic region records drop of nearly 3,000 foreign students after federal caps
HALIFAX - International enrolment in Atlantic Canada has fallen by nearly 3,000 students this academic year, a drop one university group says is the "devastating effect" of the federal government's po...
Oct 15, 2024
Quebec government imposes measures to address 'toxic climate' at Montreal school
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has appointed monitors to address a "toxic" climate of fear and intimidation at a French-language Montreal primary school, where some teachers allegedly subjected stud...
Oct 15, 2024
Students are back at Toronto Jewish school that was struck by weekend shooting
TORONTO - Hundreds of students have returned to class at a Jewish girls' school that was the target of a weekend shooting in Toronto's north end, the school's administration said Monday as police cont...
Oct 14, 2024
B.C. Conservatives release education policy plans ahead of election day
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Conservatives have unveiled their education policy plans about six days before the Oct. 19 voting day. The plan includes reinstating provincial exams for Grade 10 and 12 students,...
Oct 13, 2024
Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe releases platform, would spend $1.2B on promises
SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has released his entire platform to voters before election day on Oct. 28. Moe says his promises would cost $1.2 billion over four years, with de...
Oct 12, 2024
Quebec government tables legislation to limit number of international students
MONTREAL - Quebec has introduced legislation to cap the number of international students in the province, part of a larger push by the government to reduce temporary immigration. The Coalition Avenir ...
Oct 10, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...