Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Saskatchewan legislature members spar over impasse with teachers
REGINA - Debate over a labour dispute between Saskatchewan teachers and the province heated up in the Legislature on Monday, with the Opposition demanding the government get a deal done. The education...
Mar 11, 2024 Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under 'Don't Say Gay' bill settlement
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Fl...
Mar 11, 2024
More Sask. students will learn in Cree, Dene thanks to Indigenous teacher ed. funding
More young students in Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to learn in Dene or Cree thanks to a funding boost for a pair of Indigenous teacher education programs. The provincial government is provi...
Mar 11, 2024
Student nutrition programs in Ontario grapple with nearly 'limitless need'
TORONTO - Half of a tangerine instead of a whole one, half of a hard-boiled egg or an apple cut six ways - student nutrition programs across Ontario are finding ways to stretch increasingly insufficie...
Mar 11, 2024
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country's strictest child vaccination laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don't attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirem...
Mar 09, 2024
Gov't boosts funding in four-year deal with school boards association
The Government of Saskatchewan says it's committing to ensure long-term, sustainable funding is available for classrooms in the province. According to the Ministry of Education, the government has sig...
Mar 08, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers announce sanctions to continue Monday
As the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and Premier Scott Moe continue to spar amid stalled contract negotiations, the union has announced its latest round of sanctions. In a media release issued Fri...
Mar 08, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte says that because the government won't put classroom size and complexity into the teachers' contract, she doesn't believe it intends to keep classroom support funding where it is. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Manitoba eyes penalties for schools that fall short on sexual violence policies
WINNIPEG - Post-secondary institutions in Manitoba could soon lose funding if they don't abide by the province's requirements for policies on sexual violence. A bill before the legislature would allow...
Mar 07, 2024
Scott Moe joins Evan Bray after STF accuses premier of dodging accountability
A big funding boost is coming for education in the upcoming provincial budget, but the union representing thousands of teachers across the province says that doesn't address their concerns, and sancti...
Mar 07, 2024
B.C. researcher says liver oil, meat trade threaten deepwater shark populations
Prof. Nick Dulvy recalls when the northern cod fishery collapsed back in 1992. "That was nothing short of a social and economic disaster for Canada," Dulvy said, who's a biology professor at Simon Fra...
Mar 07, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 6
8:30 - Saskatchewan Ministers have been given a warning from the House Speaker about increased heckling, interruptions a...