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A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation
A Republican Nebraska lawmaker who stirred a firestorm of controversy by repeatedly name-checking a fellow senator while reading a graphic account of rape from a best-selling memoir on the floor of th...
Mar 20, 2024
STF announces single-day strike Friday in Lloydminster, Horizon divisions
Teachers in the Lloydminster Public, Lloydminster Catholic and Horizon school divisions will walk off the job Friday in a single-day strike. The move is the latest in a series of sanctions announced b...
Mar 20, 2024 The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation office in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan pre-election budget pitches record spending, $273M deficit
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is promising big-ticket spending on health, education and communities along with no tax hikes and a $273-million deficit. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer introduce...
Mar 20, 2024
Hullabaloo over fate of Saskatchewan Hoopla basketball tournament overshadows budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is set to release its 2024 budget Wednesday, a day expected to be overshadowed by teacher protests and heightened hullabaloo over the fate of Hoopla. Hoopla, the p...
Mar 19, 2024
STF is sick of hearing 'no' from government, Becotte tells Bray
The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is fed up with being denied by the government. "It is very disappointing that we are at this point," Samantha Becotte said. "We really don't have...
Mar 19, 2024 Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, says she's tired of hearing 'no' from the provincial government at every turn. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan adding 150 more seats to apprenticeship and trades commission
Saskatchewan is investing in skilled trades training. On Tuesday, the provincial government announced $1 million in additional funding for the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trades Certification Comm...
Mar 19, 2024 Jeff Ritter, head of the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission, said the added funding will help meet the growing demand for training in skilled trades. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Federation rejects request from Ontario to let retired teachers work more
TORONTO - Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages....
Mar 19, 2024
'Classrooms, care and communities' will highlight Wednesday's budget, Moe says
Saskatchewan's premier says classrooms, healthcare and communities are the top priorities in the upcoming provincial budget. The budget is to be tabled Wednesday afternoon by Finance Minister Donna Ha...
Mar 19, 2024 Premier Scott Moe has revealed some more details from the upcoming provincial budget. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Alaska lawmakers fail to override the governor's education package veto
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of an education package, just weeks after the bill that sought to boost spending on public scho...
Mar 18, 2024
Basketball, music festival hang in balance in Saskatchewan teacher labour dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan's escalating labour dispute with teachers has left a provincial basketball tournament hanging in the balance, with some students saying it's frustrating the adults can't play wel...
Mar 18, 2024
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