Category Archives: Education
Quebec injects $85 million into schools to fight COVID-19 pandemic
QUEBEC — The Quebec government is investing $85 million in schools to adapt to the new reality of COVID-19. About $25 million of that amount will be used to train and hire employees to better supervise students during the pandemic. The Ministry of...
Gap in early death rates between rich and poor growing: research
Poor Canadians stand a greater chance of dying early than the well off and that gap has been growing for decades, says a detailed new analysis. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found the chances of dying
Ontario to move standardized testing online, will pilot some testing this year
TORONTO — Ontario says it intends to move its annual standardized school tests online and has started to search for a company to develop a platform for them. Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the Education Quality and Accountability ...
With throne speech pledge, Liberals signal new approach on child care
OTTAWA — It was in a recent meeting with child-care experts that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made some heads turn. For years, advocates of broader federal involvement in a provincially regulated sector have been used to hearing questions about f...
COVID-19 case count increases in Manitoba; two more deaths reported
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's chief public health officer says he's worried by an increase in COVID-19 cases in Winnipeg and that some people are going to many different locations while symptomatic. "It's concerning," Dr. Brent Roussin said Monday. The nu...
Ontario reports 365 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, one new death
The steady rise in Ontario's COVID-19 caseload continued on Sunday, though at a slightly slower pace than the previous two days, when diagnoses reached levels not seen for months. The province recorded 365 new COVID-19 cases and one new death...
B.C. teachers appeal to labour board over COVID-19 classroom concerns
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Teachers' Federation is asking the Labour Relations Board to address its concerns about health and safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents filed with the board say the federation has heard from many of i...
Students anxious for more time as federal loan repayment freeze winds down
Ottawa's freeze on federal student loan payments and interest is weeks away from its end date, but students and graduates say extending the measure would offer relief from the lasting financial pressures of the pandemic. Gloria Mellesmoen, who is ...
Appeals court sides with English school boards fighting Quebec law that abolishes them
MONTREAL — Quebec's highest court has upheld a stay granted last month to English school boards that are challenging the provincial government's attempt to abolish them. Thursday's ruling by the Court of Appeal prevents the law known as Bill ...
Queen’s University threatens to punish pandemic partiers as city hikes fines
A prominent university has threatened to discipline students caught partying through the pandemic as part of an effort to cut down on "superspreader" events. The most serious offenders — those who "flagrantly" disregard public health measures...
