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Saskatchewan teachers to pull volunteer services indefinitely in labour dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers say they will be withdrawing volunteer services indefinitely after getting nowhere with the province on a draft memorandum of understanding in their ongoing labour dispu...
Apr 05, 2024
New Brunswick school district takes province to court over gender identity policy
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick school district has gone to court to prevent the government from forcing it to apply the province's policy on gender identity for students. Anglophone East School Distric...
Apr 05, 2024
Ontario puts $1.3B toward building schools, child-care spaces
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is putting $1.3 billion toward building and expanding schools. He says the money will go toward creating 27,093 new student ...
Apr 04, 2024
Draft of Saskatchewan's pronoun policy gave teachers discretion for at-risk students
SASKATOON - Emails show an early draft of Saskatchewan's school pronoun policy would have allowed teachers to use a child's preferred identification if there was concern the student faced danger when ...
Apr 04, 2024
Manitoba property managers group says rebate changes could lead to higher costs
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government faced concerns Wednesday that its new budget, delivered a day earlier, could be a financial hit to landlords and delay the construction of several schools. The Profe...
Apr 03, 2024
New U of S course will allow pharmacists to prescribe for chronic conditions
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $137,000 to the University of Saskatchewan's College of Pharmacy and Nutrition for a new training program. The announcement of the advanced pharmacy trainin...
Apr 03, 2024
As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in 'Girls State'
NEW YORK (AP) - In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected t...
Apr 03, 2024
Manitoba NDP government not yet committing to all schools promised by Tories
WINNIPEG - The future of seven schools promised by the former Progressive Conservative government in Manitoba is uncertain. The Tories promised last year to build a total of nine schools by 2027, unde...
Apr 03, 2024
Ford wants '100 per cent' Ontario students at med schools in province
Premier Doug Ford says he wants all spots in Ontario medical schools to be reserved for students from the province. Ford said Wednesday about 18 per cent of students are from foreign countries. "In my...
Apr 03, 2024
New medical school at York University to open in 2028
VAUGHAN, Ont. - A new medical school focused on family medicine at York University will open its doors in 2028. York University president Rhonda Lenton says the university has been planning the medica...
Apr 03, 2024
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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 ...
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