Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Republican senators reveal their version of Kentucky's next two-year budget
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Senate Republicans revealed their version of the state's next two-year budget Wednesday, proposing more funding for the main K-12 school funding formula and doubling the...
Mar 13, 2024
Parental consent should be required for student pronoun changes: Manitoba Tories
WINNIPEG - The issue of whether parents should consent to their child's name or pronoun changes at school reignited in Manitoba Tuesday. The interim leader of the Opposition Progressive Conservatives ...
Mar 12, 2024
New York's budget season starts with friction over taxes and education funding
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Democrats who control the state Senate and Assembly have released their budget proposals for the year, setting up potential battles with Gov. Kathy Hochul's office over ed...
Mar 12, 2024
North Battleford band trip to NYC expected to go ahead despite sanctions
Students and parents at a North Battleford high school are breathing a sigh of relief. On Thursday, 29 members of the band program at North Battleford Comprehensive High School are scheduled to fly fr...
Mar 12, 2024
What to know about a settlement that clarifies what's legal under Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law
The Florida law labeled by critics as " Don't Say Gay " is remaining in place under a settlement reached this week between the state and parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups who challenged ...
Mar 12, 2024
West Virginia governor vies for Manchin's US Senate seat, while moonlighting as girls hoops coach
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - When West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently returned to the spotlight, it wasn't as the state's top executive. Or a wealthy businessman. Or even as a candidate for the U.S. S...
Mar 11, 2024
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
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...