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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Ontario adding mandatory Black history learning to Grades 7, 8 and 10 history courses
AJAX, Ont. - Ontario's education minister says that the province is introducing mandatory learning on the contributions of Black Canadians to history courses in Grades 7, 8 and 10. Stephen Lecce says ...
Feb 08, 2024
More Republicans back spending on child care, saying it's an economic issue
Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O'Brien struggled to find infant care when her daughter Lennon was born in 2019. So O'Brien, a Republican who represents the Grand Forks region, br...
Feb 07, 2024
Michigan governor's budget promises free education and lower family costs, but GOP says it's unfair
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday presented a $80.7 billion budget Wednesday that aims to boost education spending and deliver on her promise to provide students free e...
Feb 07, 2024
As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced the Republican-controlled Legislature to boost funding for public schools, and Democrats pr...
Feb 07, 2024
A bill that would allow armed teachers in Nebraska schools prompts emotional testimony
A bill that would allow teachers and other staff in schools to be armed in the hopes of deterring school shootings drew dozens of people and some emotional testimony to the Nebraska Legislature's Educ...
Feb 06, 2024
Pennsylvania governor seeks billions for schools and development in budget that envisions legal weed
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Josh Shapiro 's second budget proposes significant increases to education and economic development and would regulate adult use marijuana, while leaning heavily on Pennsylv...
Feb 06, 2024
Sask. teachers to withdraw noon-hour supervision Thursday as strikes continue
As Saskatchewan teachers continue to hold rotating strikes, their union is adding more pressure in its push for a new contract. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) said teachers acr...
Feb 05, 2024
Quebec going ahead with out-of-province tuition hikes despite advisory body concern
MONTREAL - Quebec is moving forward with a plan to hike tuition for out-of-province Canadian students by about 30 per cent, despite a letter from a government-mandated advisory committee urging them t...
Feb 04, 2024
Contract talks between Sask. teachers, government remain stalled
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial government both have said they to want to get back to the bargaining table, but neither group is budging on negotiation points. One day after s...
Feb 02, 2024 Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
N.S. universities given new funding model with conditions to increase accountability
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's universities are getting one-year conditional funding agreements as part of an abrupt government policy change that caught school presidents off guard. The terms announced Frid...
Feb 02, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
There may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the preside...
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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...