Category Archives: Education
Ontario rejects efforts on paid sick leave, says expanding police power was mistake
TORONTO — The Ontario government rejected efforts to support essential workers with paid sick leave Monday while admitting its now-reversed moves to close playgrounds and grant police sweeping enforcement powers had been a mistake. Health experts and ...
Alberta premier shouldn’t say things he doesn’t know: town mayor
ATHABASCA, Alta. — The mayor of a town in northern Alberta says Premier Jason Kenney shouldn't have commented about an outbreak of COVID-19 among school students and staff if he didn't know the circumstances. Kenney said during two news conferences thi...
Expectations high as Trudeau Liberals get ready to unveil first pandemic budget
OTTAWA — The Liberals will look to thread an economic needle with Monday's budget, while dealing with a minority Parliament where the document's defeat would topple the government. It has been more than two years — and two throne speeches —
73,000 Quebec teachers plan to walk off the job for more than two hours April 27
MONTREAL — Around 73,000 Quebec teachers say they will walk off the job for several hours on April 27. The strike is scheduled to take place from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will be the second strike day this month
Alberta Teachers’ Association demands full rewrite of draft K-6 education curriculum
EDMONTON — The Alberta Teachers’ Association wants the province to immediately scrap its draft education curriculum for young students and to start over. Association president Jason Schilling says most of his members feel teaching what's being proposed...
‘Operational pressures:’ Calgary schools shift to at-home learning for grades 7 to 12
CALGARY — Schools in Calgary are to move to at-home learning starting Monday for students in grades 7 to 12. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the change, due to COVID-19, is to last for two weeks and came at the urging
Canadian emissions to make up outsized portion of what climate can bear: study
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized share of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take, a new analysis suggests. "Canada is no small player here," said Angela Carter of the University of
Canadian emissions to make up outsized portion of what climate can bear: study
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized share of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take, a new analysis suggests. "Canada is no small player here," said Angela Carter of the University of
Canadian emissions to make up outsized portion of what climate can bear: study
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized share of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take, a new analysis suggests. "Canada is no small player here," said Angela Carter of the University of
Canadian emissions to make up outsized portion of what climate can bear: study
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized share of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take, a new analysis suggests. "Canada is no small player here," said Angela Carter of the University of
