Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Seneca Polytechnic to temporarily close Markham campus over international student cap
TORONTO - Seneca Polytechnic says it is temporarily closing one of its campuses north of Toronto because of the federal government's recent cuts to the number of international student permits. The col...
Oct 26, 2024
Alberta legislature sitting to kick off with focus on rights bill, transgender policy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to "fringe" elements of Smith's United ...
Oct 25, 2024
How a Montreal school reignited a debate over secularism and Bill 21 in Quebec
MONTREAL - An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec's education system, with the provincial government pledging to conside...
Oct 24, 2024
Ontario presses feds for more child care money as some for-profit operators protest
TORONTO - Ontario needs more money to properly deliver the national $10-a-day child-care program now and beyond the life of the current agreement, the province's education minister has told the federa...
Oct 24, 2024
Labour expert: Use of dispute board to delay Alberta strike a sign of what's to come
EDMONTON - The Alberta government's recent use of a rarely used measure to intervene in labour disputes is a sign of what's to come, says a labour policy professor. Over 3,000 educational support staf...
Oct 23, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers get degrading messages after change room complaint
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers in a school division that received a complaint about two "biological boys" using a girls change room say they have received degrading messages over the past week. The Pr...
Oct 23, 2024
Pediatric group says doctors should regularly screen kids for reading difficulties
The Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should regularly screen children for reading difficulties and dyslexia, calling low literacy a "serious public-health concern" that can increase the risk o...
Oct 22, 2024
Legault 'shocked' by Montreal teacher scandal, pledges to toughen secularism measures
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault promised on Tuesday to toughen secularism measures in schools, saying he was "shocked" by revelations about a Montreal public school where a group of teachers...
Oct 22, 2024
Sask. Party's Moe says he was unaware of kids' identities in change room complaint
MARTENSVILLE, Sask. - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he didn't know an NDP candidate's two children and their use of a school change room were the subjects of a complaint when he made an ele...
Oct 21, 2024
Classes resume with replacement teachers after 11 suspended at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Eleven Montreal teachers who were suspended for allegedly creating a climate of fear and intimidation inside a Montreal primary school were replaced Monday as the union that represents them...
Oct 21, 2024
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8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
