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Saskatchewan adding 150 more seats to apprenticeship and trades commission
Saskatchewan is investing in skilled trades training. On Tuesday, the provincial government announced $1 million in additional funding for the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trades Certification Comm...
Mar 19, 2024
Federation rejects request from Ontario to let retired teachers work more
TORONTO - Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages....
Mar 19, 2024
'Classrooms, care and communities' will highlight Wednesday's budget, Moe says
Saskatchewan's premier says classrooms, healthcare and communities are the top priorities in the upcoming provincial budget. The budget is to be tabled Wednesday afternoon by Finance Minister Donna Ha...
Mar 19, 2024
Alaska lawmakers fail to override the governor's education package veto
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of an education package, just weeks after the bill that sought to boost spending on public scho...
Mar 18, 2024
Basketball, music festival hang in balance in Saskatchewan teacher labour dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan's escalating labour dispute with teachers has left a provincial basketball tournament hanging in the balance, with some students saying it's frustrating the adults can't play wel...
Mar 18, 2024
STF announces single-day strike, sanctions affecting Hoopla basketball tournament
Saskatchewan students' Hoopla dreams may be on hold after the latest announcement of sanctions by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. According to the union, a one-day provincewide strike will be h...
Mar 18, 2024 The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says 4,000 of its members will picket at the Legislative Building in Regina on Wednesday. (980 CJME file photo)
Some doctors sneak education into their online content to drown out misinformation
TORONTO - When Dr. Siobhan Deshauer makes online videos, her primary goal is to demystify medicine. Her secondary goal? "I call it 'smuggling in education,'" said the physician and YouTuber, who boast...
Mar 16, 2024
GOP Kentucky House votes to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky House voted Friday to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities following an impassioned debate that had a GOP lawmaker di...
Mar 15, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers announce more job action in impasse over contact talks
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers are planning more job action next week as negotiations for a new contract remain at an impasse. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says it's withdrawing voluntary noo...
Mar 15, 2024
No noon supervision in some school divisions Monday and Tuesday, STF says
Schools in some divisions will be without noon-hour supervision on Monday and Tuesday, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says. According to the union, the latest round of its rotating sanctions wi...
Mar 15, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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