Category Archives: Education
Students to return to in-person learning in Quebec, nighttime curfew set to end
MONTREAL — Two major public health measures are set to ease across Quebec today as residents prepare to resume life without a nighttime curfew and send their children back to classes held in-person. The provincewide curfew requiring residents to stay h...
Canada approves Pfizer COVID drug as hospitalizations rise and kids return to school
Health Canada added another tool to its pandemic-fighting arsenal Monday, approving Pfizer's antiviral treatment for COVID-19 as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant continued to tax the country's health-care system and millions of students returned...
Teachers union skeptical as Nova Scotia schools poised to return to in-class learning
HALIFAX — As 400 public schools in Nova Scotia prepare to resume in-person classes on Monday, the president of the province's teachers union says he has "severe doubts" as to whether they can stay open until the end of the
Parents, teachers in four provinces prepare to return to class as Omicron spreads
OTTAWA — Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom Monday as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain about how prepared schools really are for a full-scale
Three Alberta universities extend online courses to late February due to COVID-19
EDMONTON — Alberta’s big three research universities are extending online learning because the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly. The University of Alberta, the University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge say virtual classes w...
Western Canadian teachers call for more protection after schools reopen
Elementary and secondary schools across Western Canada have reopened following the Christmas break as provincial governments faced criticism from teachers over what they say is a lack of protective measures against the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Schools...
Ex-White House adviser pleads guilty in $218,000 school scam
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a national charter school network who once served as a White House adviser under President Barack Obama pleaded guilty Friday to a charge alleging he stole over $200,000 from the network.
Ontario drivers, instructors concerned about lack of information on changes to G test
TORONTO — Muneeb Khatana has been waiting to take his final driving test for so long, he no longer knows what he's getting into. When the person administering his test climbs into the Toronto resident's car next month, he said,
Cyber attack in Albuquerque latest to target public schools
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — When the superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools announced earlier this week a cyber attack would lead to the cancellation of classes for around 75,000 students, he noted that the district’s technology department had been fen...
Prosecutors recommend dropping charges against MIT professor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are recommending dropping charges against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was accused last year of hiding work he did for the Chinese government while also collecting U.S. dollars for his nano...