Murray Wood: Carney's Liberal majority will come because of floor crossers, not votes
Thanks to floor crossings, the Liberals only need to hold safe seats in Monday's byelections to get to majority status. ...
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Health, education, disaster planning: Highlights of Alberta's latest budget
EDMONTON - Alberta's budget for 2024-25 foresees a slim $367 million surplus, with slightly lower revenues compared to last year's estimated top line. Here is where some of the funds in this year's re...
Feb 29, 2024
STF says teachers across Sask. will withdraw extracurricular support Tues., Wed.
Teachers across Saskatchewan will withdraw their support for extracurriculars on Tuesday and Wednesday as their contract dispute with the province drags on. According to the Saskatchewan Teachers' Fed...
Feb 29, 2024
Missouri House passes property tax cut aimed at offsetting surge in vehicle values
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri residents could see a roughly $138 million tax break under legislation passed Thursday by the House in an attempt to offset a recent surge in local tax collections ...
Feb 29, 2024
Credit rating agency says new funding for Ontario universities a 'stop gap'
TORONTO - Ontario's recent post-secondary funding announcement is only a "stop gap" that will still leave universities struggling, and which may end up hurting the student experience, a global credit ...
Feb 28, 2024
Ottawa will shut down shady post-secondary institutions if provinces don't: Miller
Ottawa is ready to step in and shut down shady schools that are abusing the international student program if provinces don't crack down, Immigration Minister Marc Miller warned Tuesday. Miller said th...
Feb 27, 2024
Sask. teachers to resume rotating strikes on Tuesday
Teachers in Saskatchewan are resuming their rotating strikes on Tuesday after withdrawing supervision for extracurriculars on Monday. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial governmen...
Feb 27, 2024
Cape Breton U tripled its international recruitment. Students say they pay the price.
Over the past five years, Navy Nguyen says she has watched thousands of international students arrive at Cape Breton University to find a town that was wholly unprepared for them. From 2019 to 2020, t...
Feb 27, 2024
Utah House kills bill banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags and political views from classrooms
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah teachers will be free to display LGBTQ+ Pride flags and other social, political or religious imagery after the state House blocked a bill on Monday that would have banned te...
Feb 26, 2024
Pride flags would be largely banned in Tennessee classrooms in bill advanced by GOP lawmakers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would largely ban displaying pride flags in public school classrooms was passed by the GOP-led Tennessee House on Monday after Republicans cut a heated debate short...
Feb 26, 2024
Sask. teachers to pull noon-hour supervision in some school divisions Thursday
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation has announced a fourth straight day of sanctions against the provincial government. In a post on its website Monday, the federation revealed that teachers in six ...
Feb 26, 2024 Teachers won't be providing lunch-hour supervision Thursday in a number of school divisions. (980 CJME file photo)
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Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 13
8:30 - A fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire is hanging by a thread as talks are set to begin, with President Trump warning stri...