Sarah Mills: Tiger Woods should know better after another DUI case
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Days before school year begins, more than 5,700 teaching positions unfilled in Quebec
MONTREAL - There are still 5,704 vacant teaching positions in Quebec with the new school year less than two weeks away, and Education Minister Bernard Drainville said Friday the gap is partly due to i...
Aug 16, 2024
Ontario education minister Todd Smith resigns for private sector job
TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigned his seat and from cabinet Friday to accept a job in the private sector less than three months after being given the education portfolio, prompt...
Aug 16, 2024
B.C. court orders pro-Palestinian camp at Vancouver Island University to shut down
VANCOUVER - Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., have been told to pack up within 72 hours. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says a ...
Aug 15, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith says legislation on school pronouns coming after September
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce legislation on pronouns in schools after classes begin in September. Smith said the new policy requiring parents to consent...
Aug 15, 2024
Manitoba government follows other provinces in restricting cellphone use in schools
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is the latest province to restrict the use of cellphones in classrooms beginning this school year. There is to be a ban for students in kindergarten to Grade 8, while those in high...
Aug 15, 2024
Quebec launches group to study how AI can be used ethically in universities
QUBEC - The Quebec government is creating a consultation group to study the pedagogical and ethical issues related to the use of artificial intelligence in universities. In a news release today, the p...
Aug 13, 2024
Manitoba to provide update on cellphones in school following Saskatchewan's ban
WINNIPEG - Manitoba, now the only western Canadian province without an overarching cellphone ban in school classrooms, says an update is coming. "Manitoba's plan on cellphone use in classrooms will be...
Aug 12, 2024
Work underway on new joint-use Harbour Landing school
Construction is underway for Regina's new joint-use school in Harbour Landing. The school is being built at the corner of Gordon Road and Campbell Street and is expected to accommodate up to 500 stude...
Aug 06, 2024 Officials gathered at the new school site on Tuesday. From left to right:
SaskBuilds and Procurement Minister Terry Jenson, Regina Catholic School board chair Shauna Weninger, Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill, MLA Muhammad Fiaz, Mayor Sandra Masters, Regina Public Schools board chair Sarah Cummings Truszkowski. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan latest province to restrict cellphone use in school classrooms
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is following the lead of other provinces in announcing that students won't be allowed to use cellphones in class in the upcoming school year, a move critics call a...
Aug 06, 2024
Sask. K-12 cell phone ban aims to help students 'reach their potential'
The Government of Saskatchewan is taking new steps to keep students focused on their studies, rather than their phones. Starting in the 2024-25 school year, cell phones will not be permitted in K-12 c...
Aug 06, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A social media ban for kids under 16 is worthy of debate
It has been adopted in Australia, and now the Saskatchewan government wants to hear views on whether kids should be allo...
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...