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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'Secret swing state strategy': Democrats push efforts for Americans abroad vote
WASHINGTON - Running between classes on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Jacob Wesoky's thoughts drift between assignments and class schedules. But there's another looming deadline for the po...
Sep 06, 2024
Food for thought: N.B. Liberals promise free, low-cost food in schools if elected
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to provide free or low-cost food at schools if they're elected this fall. Liberal Leader Susan Holt told reporters Wednesday her government would e...
Sep 04, 2024
Regina school divisions hopeful as year starts with cell phone ban
A new school year meant new books, new classes, and new rules for some on Tuesday. This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced i...
Sep 03, 2024
Asquith school saves parents time, cash by buying bulk supplies
The back-to-school scramble was on in full force last week. Parents who put off shopping for school supplies were busy scouring nearly-empty shelves, sometimes reaching to the very back for the last f...
Sep 03, 2024 Asquith mom Ashlyn Redekop said one of the only items on her back-to-school shopping list this year was new shoes. Her local school provides the majority of school supplies for her children. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Alberta to pursue legislation this fall on opt-in sex education in schools
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's moving ahead this fall with legislation that would require parents to proactively sign up to have their children opt-in, rather than the usual practice of o...
Sep 03, 2024
'A great teaching opportunity': How one school board plans to use AI in the classroom
OTTAWA - When students return to Catholic schools in Ottawa this week, they will be able to use artificial intelligence to help solve math problems and create essay outlines. Their teachers, too, can ...
Sep 02, 2024
Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals
TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. "Even on the sale ra...
Aug 30, 2024 Interest and mortgage rates remain high and many have seen the cost of household staples like food soar, leaving less cash for binders, books and new school looks. Back to school supplies in a shop in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston)
International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
OTTAWA - Fewer students are coming from abroad to study at Canadian universities this fall, and Universities Canada is warning that the numbers have dropped below the cap the federal government set on...
Aug 30, 2024
Health foundations donate $500k to new sonography training program
They say 'it takes a village,' and six charitable hospital foundations in Saskatchewan are taking teamwork seriously when it comes to improving the state of health care in the province. The six groups...
Aug 29, 2024
Saskatchewan schools ensuring pronoun law followed as classes resume
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they've addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province's pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week. Jason Cole...
Aug 29, 2024
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
