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"A tiny city:" Canadian pro-Palestinian campus protesters organize for another week
A patchwork of colourful tarps covered dozens of tents at a pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University's downtown campus on Sunday, shielding protesters from both the heavy rain and prying eyes. ...
May 05, 2024
With a vest and a voice, helpers escort kids through San Francisco’s broken Tenderloin streets
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wearing a bright safety vest with the words "Safe Passage" on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school...
May 04, 2024
Province highlights major investment for young people with Down syndrome
A major investment from the province is aiming to help young people with Down syndrome grow and learn. On Thursday, Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill and Health Minister Everett Hindley highlighted a...
May 04, 2024 AIM is a Saskatoon-based nonprofit providing specialized therapies and support for children and young adults with Down syndrome. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across the nation as Democrat...
May 04, 2024
Pro-Palestine encampment remains at University of Toronto despite safety concerns
TORONTO - Protesters donned rain ponchos and huddled in tents at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto on Friday as they faced wet and windy conditions during the second day of a d...
May 03, 2024
Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the na...
May 02, 2024
Quebec premier says pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill 'has to be dismantled'
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault on Thursday called for the end to the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the lower field of McGill University's downtown campus in Montreal, saying he expe...
May 02, 2024
Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment protest at University of Toronto
TORONTO - Tents, banners and flags cropped up at the centre of the University of Toronto's downtown campus early Thursday as students set up an encampment to call on the institution to cut its ties wi...
May 02, 2024
Campus protests: Israeli academics say their universities are 'best chance' for peace
MONTREAL - One of the demands of pro-Palestinian activists who have set up protest encampments on university campuses in Canada and the United States is a severing of ties with Israeli universities. T...
May 02, 2024
Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah public schools have been rushing to prepare students and teachers as the state starts cracking down Wednesday on any school found not enforcing new bathroom restrictions for...
May 01, 2024
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