Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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N.B. Liberals officially launch election bid before official start of fall campaign
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Liberals got a jump on the province's coming fall election by officially launching their party's campaign on Sunday, saying they're focused on addressing affordability ...
Sep 08, 2024
Teachers say immigrants not to blame as Quebec links teacher shortage to newcomers
MONTREAL - Quebec's school year started on a familiar note: thousands of teaching spots were unfilled, and the provincial government had to defend itself for its failure to solve the problem. But as p...
Sep 08, 2024
'She was screaming': Girl, 14, charged with attempted murder after teen set on fire
SASKATOON, Sask. - A Saskatoon high school student remembers the pungent smell of burned hair going up her nose, and something like the strong scent from a Sharpie marker, moments after she watched a ...
Sep 06, 2024
'Secret swing state strategy': Democrats push efforts for Americans abroad vote
WASHINGTON - Running between classes on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Jacob Wesoky's thoughts drift between assignments and class schedules. But there's another looming deadline for the po...
Sep 06, 2024
Food for thought: N.B. Liberals promise free, low-cost food in schools if elected
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to provide free or low-cost food at schools if they're elected this fall. Liberal Leader Susan Holt told reporters Wednesday her government would e...
Sep 04, 2024
Regina school divisions hopeful as year starts with cell phone ban
A new school year meant new books, new classes, and new rules for some on Tuesday. This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced i...
Sep 03, 2024 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
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
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...